@mpjinstitute: Happy birthday, Sylvia Rivera. Today we honor the legend, but we also honor the human. The girl from New York who survived what was meant to erase her. The fighter, the friend, the entertainer, the caretaker, the one who fed people, clothed people, housed our babies, and still found the strength to raise her voice when the movement tried to leave TRANS people behind. Sylvia did not ask for permission to belong. She made the world answer for forgetting us. May her birthday remind us that our icons were not just symbols. They were people. Tender, tired, brilliant, messy, loving, loud, and necessary. Happy birthday, Sylvia. We still hear you. #pride🌈 #silviarivera #marshapjohnsoninstitute #unityincommunity

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