Rivera famously said: “I am tired of being invisible. You all tell me, ‘Go to the back of the bus.’ Well, I’m not going to the back of the bus anymore.”
Those roots, as Sylvia Rivera reminded us, are not in tuxedos and wedding cake lawsuits. The roots are in the gutter, with the homeless trans sex worker; in the emergency room, with the non-binary teen who attempted suicide; and on the ballroom floor, with the trans woman of color striking a pose of defiance.
Significant gaps remain in healthcare and mental health outcomes, particularly for the transgender community.
