ALSO…

MARSHA P. JOHNSON

Marsha P. Johnson arrived at the Stonewall Inn around 2am on 28 June 1969 — after the police raided the bar — and joined the riots. She went on to become an outspoken advocate for the community as a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front a year later when she participated in the first Christopher Street Liberation Pride rally on the first anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion in June 1970.

SYLVIA RIVERA

A prominent early activist who rioted against the police during the Stonewall Inn raid in 1969. Rivera worked tirelessly to help homeless LGBT+ people and co- founded

S. T. A. R. ( Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), alongside Marsha P Johnson.