STAR

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STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) was a pioneering activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson to support and advocate for homeless queer and trans youth in New York City.

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instanceOf LGBTQ+ activist organization ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
activeInDecade 1970s ⓘ
advocatedFor housing rights for LGBTQ+ youth ⓘ
legal protections for trans people ⓘ
recognition of trans women in gay liberation movement ⓘ
associatedWithEvent post-Stonewall activism ⓘ
associatedWithNeighborhood Greenwich Village ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn gender nonconforming people ⓘ
homelessness ⓘ
street queens ⓘ
trans women ⓘ
youth ⓘ
foundedBy Marsha P. Johnson ⓘ
Sylvia Rivera ⓘ
foundedInYear 1970 ⓘ
fullName Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries ⓘ
hasAcronym STAR ⓘ
hasIdeology LGBTQ+ liberation ⓘ
trans liberation ⓘ
hasPurpose advocate for queer and trans rights ⓘ
provide housing for homeless LGBTQ+ youth ⓘ
support homeless queer youth ⓘ
support homeless trans youth ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first trans-led organizations in the United States ⓘ
pioneering organization for homeless queer and trans youth ⓘ
inspired later trans youth shelters ⓘ
later trans-led mutual aid groups ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
movement Gay liberation movement ⓘ
LGBTQ+ rights movement ⓘ
transgender rights movement ⓘ
notableMember Marsha P. Johnson ⓘ
Sylvia Rivera ⓘ
operatedFacility STAR House ⓘ
opposed exclusion of trans people from mainstream gay organizations ⓘ
police harassment of queer and trans people ⓘ
STARHouseLocatedIn Lower East Side, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to: Lower East Side
supportedBy donations ⓘ
sex work income of founders ⓘ
timePeriod post-Stonewall era ⓘ
usedStrategy community organizing ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
mutual aid ⓘ

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