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The Legacy of the Stonewall Uprising and History of Pride

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Historic Figures

Marsha P. Johnson
LGBT activist and Co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) with Sylvia Rivera.
Marsha P. Johnson, a black transgender woman, was a central figure in the gay liberation movement
Marsha P. Johnson Institute (About Marsha)
Sylvia Rivera
LGBT advocate who co-founded STAR with Marsha P. Johnson.
Sylvia River Law Project Bio
A Forgotten Latina Trailblazer: LGBT Activist Sylvia Rivera
Harvey Milk
Civil rights leader and the first openly gay elected official in California.
Bayard Rustin
Civil rights activist and chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Stormé DeLaverie
Drag king performer and gay rights activist who is credited with starting the Stonewall uprising.
Larry Kramer
AIDS activist, writer, co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and founder of the controversial group ACT UP.
James Baldwin
Essayist, author, and playwright whose work focused on race relations, class, and sexuality.
Barbara Gittings
Called the mother of the LGBT civil rights movement, she played an integral role in activism prior to and after Stonewall.
Edith Windsor
LGBTQ activist whose lawsuit against the federal government repealed the Defense of Marriage Act, which laid the groundwork for marriage equality in the US.
Audre Lorde
Poet, librarian, and advocate for equality whose writings about feminism, racism, and sexuality were important contributions to academia.
Pauli Murray
Civil rights activist, lawyer, writer, and first African American woman to become an Episcopal priest in the US.
Gilbert Baker
Political activist, artist, and creator of the rainbow flag.

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