Originally formed by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in 1969 after the Stone Wall Riots, STAR(R) was one of the first Trans led organizations to help New York City’s Trans, Gender Non Conforming, and Sex Worker folx in acquiring immediate daily needs such as housing, food, and community. In addition to mutual aid work, STARR also fought for laws protecting TGNC and Sex Worker folx in addition to battling their own homelessness, and discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community.
Today, Strategic Transgender Alliance for Radical Reform extends Sylvia and Marsha’s legacy by building lasting and productive bonds between other existing organizations, action groups, political and non-political lobbying entities, public corporations, sovereign governments and individuals involved in the global human rights movement. Over 50 years later, STARR still upholds their main efforts of giving immediate needs to the TGNC community; a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, and a family to count on!
STARR is here to coordinate potent actions that lead to lasting change in law and policy; with the goal of creating a safe global society for Transgender, gender queer people or anyone who lives outside of the gender binary; in appearance, action or identity.
