Quote by Sylvia Rivera
"I am a product of my environment, but I refuse to be defined by it."
More from Sylvia Rivera
"Y'all better quiet down. I'm not gonna say it again. This is my house and I make the rules."
"We are the people that are not wanted in society. We are the people that society had written off, such as transvestites and homeless people."
"I was one of the first trans women on the scene and I will always be a legend."
"Street queen, street queen, that's me. And don't you forget it."