SYMHC Classics: Sylvia Rivera
Stuff You Missed in History Class
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 23.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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This 2014 episode covers transgender activist Sylvia Rivera. 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.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | In 2012, 16-year-old Brian Herrera was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to do homework. |
| 0:11.4 | No suspects. |
| 0:12.5 | No witnesses. |
| 0:13.5 | No justice. |
| 0:14.5 | I would ask my husband, do you want me to stop? |
| 0:17.0 | He was like, no. |
| 0:17.8 | Keep fighting. |
| 0:18.8 | After nearly a decade, a breakthrough changed everything. |
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| 0:50.8 | right now. Police, they are trusting the software with this magical ability to lead them to the right suspect. |
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| 1:01.5 | and sometimes getting it wrong and putting innocent people behind bars. |
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