Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

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activist organization defunct organization radical political organization

Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries was a radical, early 1970s activist group in New York City that fought for the rights and survival of homeless queer and trans youth, particularly street queens and gender-nonconforming people.

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Label	Occurrences
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	activist organization ⓘ defunct organization ⓘ radical political organization ⓘ
activeIn	Greenwich Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
advocatedFor	housing rights for homeless LGBT youth ⓘ inclusion of trans people in gay liberation organizations ⓘ legal protections for trans people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	STAR NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateInception	1970 ⓘ
associatedWith	Christopher Street Liberation Day activities ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	post-Stonewall gay liberation era ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedInDecade	1970s ⓘ
focus	housing for homeless LGBT youth ⓘ rights of homeless queer youth ⓘ rights of trans youth ⓘ support for gender-nonconforming people ⓘ support for street queens ⓘ survival needs of homeless queer and trans youth ⓘ
foundedBy	Marsha P. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInDecade	1970s ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	early 1970s ⓘ
hasAcronym	STAR NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFounder	Marsha P. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the first trans-led activist groups in the United States ⓘ pioneering organization for homeless queer and trans youth ⓘ
ideology	anti-poverty activism ⓘ radical queer politics ⓘ trans liberation ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
movement	LGBT rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ gay liberation movement ⓘ transgender rights movement ⓘ
notableFor	early articulation of trans liberation politics ⓘ radical direct action on behalf of street queens ⓘ
notableMember	Marsha P. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	police harassment of street queens ⓘ transphobia within the gay rights movement ⓘ
provided	food and basic necessities to street-involved LGBT youth ⓘ mutual aid for homeless queer youth ⓘ shelter for homeless trans youth ⓘ

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Sylvia Rivera → coFounderOf → Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries ⓘ