Protestor at Weinstein Hall demonstration for the rights of gay people on campus

A protestor at the Weinstein Hall demonstration. In September 1970, the Gay Libertion Front organized demonstrations at NYU's Weinstein Hall to protest the cancellation of gay dances and events. Sylvia Rivera hsa said that S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) was born out of this event. Photograph by Diana Davies, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.