You all had rights. But we had nothing to lose.— Sylvia On June 28, 1969, Sylvia Rivera was a 17-year-old Puerto Rican drag queen, throwing a bottle into the crowd at the now-infamous Stonewall Inn uprising. "I'm not missing a minute of this," she told a bystander. "This is the revolution!"
A Woman to Know: Sylvia Rivera
A Woman to Know: Sylvia Rivera
A Woman to Know: Sylvia Rivera
You all had rights. But we had nothing to lose.— Sylvia On June 28, 1969, Sylvia Rivera was a 17-year-old Puerto Rican drag queen, throwing a bottle into the crowd at the now-infamous Stonewall Inn uprising. "I'm not missing a minute of this," she told a bystander. "This is the revolution!"