Led by trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Marsha P. Johnson (a Black transgender woman) and Sylvia Rivera (a Latina transgender woman) were at the forefront of the riots. Johnson famously said that the "P" in her middle name stood for "Pay it no mind," a defiant rejection of society's need to label her. Together, they founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), a group dedicated to housing homeless transgender youth. They understood a fundamental truth that the wider gay rights movement struggled with: you cannot have gay liberation without gender liberation. ebony shemale big ass new