# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvia-rivera
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:16.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvia-rivera"
name: "Sylvia Rivera"
slug: "sylvia-rivera"
description: "Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life and later as a transgender person, participated in demonstrations with the Gay Liberation Front."
tagline: "American LGBT activist, transgender rights activist, and community worker (1951–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/STAR_Rally_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-07-02"
deathDate: "2002-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.58055066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1474941"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump