Sylvia Rivera was born in 1951 in New York to a Puerto Rican father and a Venezuelan mother. A Difficult Early Life After her father “Sylvia Rivera – The Rosa Parks of the Modern Transgender Movement”
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Henry Gerber and the Society for Human Rights
Henry was born Heinrich Joseph Dittmar on June 29th 1892 in the city of Passau in Bavaria. He later changed his name to “Henry Gerber”. “Henry Gerber and the Society for Human Rights”
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was born in the East Frisian village Westerfeld, incorporated today within Aurich, which at the time was in the Kingdom of Hanover on “Karl Heinrich Ulrichs”
A Brief History of Modern Ballroom Culture
Modern ballroom culture, or ball culture emerged in the 1920s in and around New York City. In the beginning, performers consisted mainly of white men “A Brief History of Modern Ballroom Culture”
Terrence Higgins Trust
Terrence Higgins was one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness. He died aged 37, on 4th July 1982 “Terrence Higgins Trust”
Saturnalia – The Real Gay Christmas
Follow me in merry measure as I tell you about what is about to become your new favourite holiday, Saturnalia. Oh, what a queer festival “Saturnalia – The Real Gay Christmas”
ACT UP Organisation
ACT UP, or the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is an international, political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group defines themselves as “ACT UP Organisation”
Christine Jorgensen – Former G.I. Turned Trans Activist
Who was Christine Jorgensen Christine was born George William Jorgensen, Jr. on 30th May 1926 in the Bronx, New York City. As a child, Jorgensen “Christine Jorgensen – Former G.I. Turned Trans Activist”
Stormé DeLarverie – Village Guardian
Stormé DeLarverie, who was born in New Orleans in 1920 to a black mother and a white father; it is said that her mother was “Stormé DeLarverie – Village Guardian”
PFLAG Co-Founder Jeanne Manford
Born Jean Sobelson in Flushing, Queens in 1920, the third of five daughters of Sadie, a housewife, and Charles Sobelson, a salesman, she studied for “PFLAG Co-Founder Jeanne Manford”