DEUTSCHE VERSION<\/strong> Zusammen mit Johnson gilt Sylvia als eine der f\u00fchrenden Figuren des Stonewall-Aufstands in New York. Die Serie von Stra\u00dfenschlachten zwischen 28. Juni und 2. Juli 1969 wurde zum Wendepunkt der queeren Bewegung und zur Keimzelle der Pride- und Christopher-Street-Day-Demonstrationen. In den 1970-er Jahren gr\u00fcndeten Sylvia und Marsha den Verein Street Transvestite* Action Revolutionaries (STAR), der obdachlose trans Personen und Drag Queens finanziell unterst\u00fctzte. Das Geld f\u00fcr diese Hilfe verdienten sie durch Sexarbeit, um andere vor dem \u00f6konomischen Zwang zu Sexarbeit zu bewahren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia verwahrte sich vehement gegen fr\u00fche Tendenzen, trans Personen aus queeren Bewegungen auszuschlie\u00dfen, und geriet deshalb auch immer wieder mit queeren Organisationen aneinander. So distanzierte sie sich von der zu jener Zeit bedeutenden Gay Liberation Front, nachdem diese Stellung gegen die Inklusion von trans Personen genommen hatte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n STAR wurde 1973 aufgel\u00f6st. Sylvia \u00e4u\u00dferte in diesem Zusammenhang Frustration \u00fcber die Ablehnung, die ihr und denen, f\u00fcr die sie k\u00e4mpfte, von vermeintlichen Verb\u00fcndeten entgegengebracht wurde. In dieses Jahr f\u00e4llt auch einer ihrer bedeutendsten \u00f6ffentlichen Auftritte. Bei der Demonstration zum vierten Jahrestag des Stonewall-Aufstands st\u00fcrmte sie mit dem Aktivisten Lee Brewster die B\u00fchne und unterbrach die Rede der lesbischen Aktivistin Jean O\u2019Leary. O\u2019Leary hatte sich gegen Trans-Inklusion ausgesprochen; sie korrigierte ihre Position sp\u00e4ter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia war im Lauf ihres Lebens immer wieder obdachlos und drogenabh\u00e4ngig und soll mehrere Suizid-Versuche unternommen haben. Sie gab den Kampf f\u00fcr die Rechte besonders von mehrfach benachteiligten, armen und odachlosen queeren Personen sowie People of Color aber nie auf. Sie reaktivierte im Jahr 2000 ihre Hilfsorganisation STAR und beteiligte sich weiter an der politischen Debatte \u00fcber queere Rechte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia Rivera starb am 19. Februar 2002 im Alter von 50 Jahren an Leberkrebs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Zwischen Drag-Performenden, Crossdresser*innen (damals \u201cTransvestiten\u201d genannt) und Trans-Identit\u00e4ten wurde zu dieser Zeit noch nicht genau getrennt. Der Community d\u00fcrften etliche Personen angeh\u00f6rt haben, die sich heute eher als trans und\/oder nonbinary bezeichnen w\u00fcrden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ENGLISH VERSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia Rivera is one of the most important activists of the queer liberation movement in the US. Born in 1951 to a Venezuelan mother and a Puerto Rican father, she was orphaned at a young age and lived on the streets by the time she was eleven years old. She turned to sex work for survival. A community of drag queens* took her in. One of the people in this community was Marsha P. Johnson, who became her friend and protector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Along with Marsha, Sylvia is remembered as one of the leading figures in the Stonewall riots of New York. This series of street battles between June 28 and July 2 1969 marked a turning point in the queer liberation movement and became a catalyst for subsequent Pride and Christopher Street Day demonstrations. In the 1970s, Sylvia and Marsha founded the group Street Transvestite* Action Revolutionaries (STAR), which gave financial support to homeless trans people and drag queens. They raised the funds through sex work, wanting to protect those they helped from being forced into sex work under economic duress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia vehemently opposed early tendencies to exclude trans people from queer movements, which regularly led her to clash with queer organizations. She distanced herself from the Gay Liberation Front, an important organization at the time, after they took position against the inclusion of trans people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n STAR was dissolved in 1973. In this context, Sylvia expressed her frustration with the rejection she and those she fought for experienced from their alleged allies. One of her most important public appearances happened in the same year. At a demonstration on the fourth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, she and activist Lee Brewster stormed the stage to interrupt Jean O\u2019Leary\u2019s speech. O\u2019Leary, a lesbian activist, had spoken out against trans inclusion; she went on to change her stance on this issue later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of her life, Sylvia struggled with homelessness and drug addiction. She is said to have attempted suicide multiple times. However, she never gave up fighting for people\u2019s rights, especially those who faced multiple disadvantages: poor and homeless queer people and people of color. She reactivated STAR in the year 2000 and continued to engage with the political discourse on queer rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sylvia Rivera died of liver cancer on February 19, 2002, aged 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *At the time, differentiation between drag performers, crossdressers (referred to as \u201ctransvestites\u201d) and trans identities was much less precise. 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Sylvia Rivera ist eine der bedeutendsten Aktivist*innen der queeren Bewegung in den USA. 1951 in New York als Kind einer Venezolanerin und eines Puertoricaners geboren, wurde Sylvia fr\u00fch zur Waise und lebte seit ihrem elften Lebensjahr auf der Stra\u00dfe. Sie prostituierte sich, um zu \u00fcberleben. Eine Community von Drag Queens* nahm sie auf. Eine der Personen, die in dieser Gemeinschaft lebten, war Marsha P. Johnson, die ihr zur Freundin und Besch\u00fctzerin wurde.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFighting on the streets: Sylvia Rivera, 1951\u20132002<\/h2>\n\n\n\n