Why You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To Give

Why You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To Give

Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.On this day, June 24, in 1973, Sylvia Rivera—a founding mother of the queer and trans liberation movement—took to the stage for the fourth annual Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally, as it was called back then. Now, we know it as Pride.Despite the the parade supposedly honoring the movement she helped ignite, Rivera…