"It was here on the physical margins of our city that they found a home,"
"She arrived here at the age of 11, where she immediately landed in the center of the gay rights movement. She befriended the legendary Marsha P Johnson, protested at Stonewall, and led marches for equality. But even among the queer community, trans New Yorkers were excluded. Rivera and others were discouraged from walking in Pride, their participation erased from Stonewall history."
"When she had nowhere left to turn, she would sleep here [upon the Christopher Street Piers], waves lapping nearby."
"deploy hundreds of lawyers"
Zohran Mamdani honored Sylvia Rivera and pledged to deploy hundreds of lawyers to fight Donald Trump's anti-trans attacks and to make New York City a sanctuary for trans people. Mamdani recounted Rivera arriving at age 11, befriending Marsha P Johnson, protesting at Stonewall, and leading marches for equality. Mamdani highlighted that trans New Yorkers faced exclusion within the queer community, with Rivera and others discouraged from walking in Pride and erased from Stonewall history. Rivera experienced substance abuse and homelessness, sleeping on the Christopher Street Piers in a one-room dwelling without heat, electricity, or running water, yet she continued to advocate for others.
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