Following Stonewall, Johnson and Rivera founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970. This groundbreaking organization provided housing and support for homeless queer youth and sex workers in New York City, establishing an early blueprint for intersectional community care within LGBTQ+ culture. Distinguishing Gender Identity from Sexual Orientation
This joy is the ultimate form of resistance. When a trans teen attends their first Pride, sees a trans flag, and dances to Chappell Roan or Kim Petras, they are participating in a lineage of resilience that began with Marsha P. Johnson throwing a brick at a police raid.