Lindsay Graham
speaker
1,224 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 4d ago
Lindsay Graham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When New York University suddenly put an end to hosting gay social functions, a call went out to occupy Weinstein Hall, a building near Washington Square Park.
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The university's administration had closed its facilities to gay students until a panel of ministers and psychologists determined whether homosexuality was morally acceptable.
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In response, for five days, students and activists peacefully occupied the building, holding teachings for the public about gay rights.
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Rivera, Johnson, and other trans activists took part in this occupation, and over the five days, some of the tension dissipated as Rivera and Johnson, betting down in the same space as cis lesbian activists, engaged in frank and personal dialogue.
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One of the occupiers described it later, saying, We started mixing together and really started getting along very well.
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All kinds of us were together trans people, middle class people, people used to passing for straight, blacks, whites, Latinos, street people, students.
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A lot of barriers and fears were broken down.
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But on the fifth day, New York City police arrived to forcibly evict the students and activists.
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Rivera resisted and had to be carried out.
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But she had come away from the occupation with a new idea.
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She would start an organization of her own.
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By the fall of 1970, Sylvia Rivera had formed a community organization that could finally address the issues facing young, often homeless sex workers, in other words, people like her.
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She called it STAR, which stood for Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.
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Its goal was first to provide housing for homeless LGBTQ people.
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Rivera approached Marcia P.
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Johnson and asked her if she'd like to be president of this new group, but Johnson declined, telling Rivera that she should have the job, saying, You stay on one thought when you speak.
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I go off in all directions.
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You'll be the president, I'll be vice president.
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The two began the organization out of the back of an abandoned trailer truck.
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Gathering around two dozen sex workers and friends from the street, Rivera and Johnson laid out some ground rules.
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