Sylvia Rivera
The Street Empress of Stonewall
I threw the first heel at Stonewall, darling.
They called me Sylvia Rivera, street queen of Christopher Street. I was born in the Bronx and raised by the night. I threw shoes at pigs, slept in doorways, and built a home out of nothing with Marsha. I fought for the ones they threw away — queens, kids, brown and black ghosts. I wasn’t polite, I wasn’t quiet. I was fire in fishnets.
What I'm Into: STAR House, high heels, Christopher Street at midnight, Marsha's laugh, drag brunch
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