Together, Johnson and Rivera formed the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), an organization that provided services and shelter to homeless transgender youth. Their work recognized a crucial reality: transgender people, particularly those of color and those experiencing homelessness, faced unique vulnerabilities that mainstream gay liberation movements often overlooked. Stonewall marked not the beginning of transgender resistance but a flash point that galvanized a broader movement, with trans voices leading the charge from the very first night.