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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Sylvia Rivera

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2014

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Transgender activist Sylvia Rivera is often compared to Rosa Parks. She became famous, in part, for participating in the Stonewall riots, and she spent her life campaigning bravely, stridently and vocally for the rights of gay and transgender people. Read

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Head to iHeartRadio.com slash iHeartland today.

0:30.7

Welcome to Stuffy Mist in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.

0:36.1

Hello and welcome to the podgas.

0:44.7

I'm Tracy B. Wilson and I'm Holly Fralline.

0:47.3

So today's subject, which is transgender activist Sylvia Rivera,

0:51.3

is often compared to Rosa Parks.

0:53.4

Like I would say 70% of the articles that I read,

0:57.2

research in this episode, compared her to Rosa Parks.

1:01.0

Rosa Parks, as you probably know, became famous in part

1:05.1

for refusing to give up her bus seat on a segregated bus.

1:08.7

And Sylvia Rivera became famous in part for purportedly throwing the first bottle

1:14.9

at a police officer during the Stonewall riots.

1:18.3

But really, Rosa Parks and Sylvia Rivera almost could not be more different from each other.

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