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1973 STAR 1
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.24.04 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:24:31+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Sylvia Rivera (left) and Marsha P. Johnson (second from left) protest in a rally in New York City in 1973. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a gay, gender non-conforming and transvestite street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, sub culturally-famous New York City drag queens of color. STAR was a radical political collective that also provided housing and support to homeless LGBT youth and sex workers in Lower Manhattan. Rivera and Johnson were the "mothers" of the household, and funded the organization largely through sex work. STAR is considered by many to be a groundbreaking organization in the queer liberation movement and a model for other organizations.plain2023-04-03T22:24:31+00:001973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49