Talk:Sylvia Rivera
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[edit] He/She
Is it considered appropriate to refer to the subject of this article as "she" instead of "he?" What are the qualifications for being refered to as a female on wikipedia? Should actual surgery be required, or should anyone be allowed to ask that their gender related pronouns be changed? 69.207.233.236 04:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- Sylvia Rivera identified as a woman her entire adult life. My understanding is that a subject's gender identity is respected. (For reference, a number of transgender people today choose not to undergo surgery. As opposed to being "pre-op," they may refer to themselves as "non-op") -Danspalding 07:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Just "Sylvia"?
I noticed that in many places in the article, Sylvia Rivera was referred to only as "Sylvia." I changed that to "Rivera" to put it into encyclopedic format ("wikifying"). But is there a good reason for her to be referred to as only "Sylvia"? -Danspalding 19:05, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stonewall controversy
User:88.122.12.140 added the following on 16 October:
- She is often described as a veteran of the Stonewall Riots - the protest against homophobic abuse that, in the minds of many, birthed the modern LGBT rights movement. Some credit her with being the first to strike back at the police and spark the riots. In fact, there is no evidence that Sylvia Rivera was at the Stonewall either the first night of the riots or any of the subsequent nights that week. No contemporary account of the Stonewall rebellion makes any mention of either Sylvia Rivera or Rey Rivera (her birth name, which Martin Duberman misspells throughout his book).
- None of the very few photographs of Stonewall participants includes Sylvia Rivera. And several months after the riots, in an interview she gave to a gay 'zine, Sylvia Rivera made no mention of any involvement in the riots. Nor does David Carter make any mention of Sylvia Rivera in his book, "Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution," the only book-length account of the riots.
I am going to do some revising on this page and add citations. This criticism needs to be sourced, or else it's original research, not to mention not neutral. Jokestress 03:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sylvia Rivera-Murray
From a caption in 2000:
- Sylvia Rivera-Murray celebrates as she is released from police custody after being arrested as part of the Soulforce act of civil disobedience, Tuesday November 14, 2000. Rivera-Murray took part in the 1969 Stonewall Bar Riots a nd has been arrested over 25 times since while standing for the rights of GLBT people. [1]
Can't find a published source that uses this, though. Jokestress 04:19, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
