Skip to content
229,518 profiles ranked

Sylvia Rivera

American LGBT activist, transgender rights activist, and community worker (1951-2002) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 50

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.

Sylvia Rivera is read about 248 times a day, in 29 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Sylvia

Close ties

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 9

10 credits on file

Television 1

Awards

VH1 Trailblazer Honors2016

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1951 to 2002 · aged 50