Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a transgender activist organization founded in 1970 by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. It was the first political organization for transgender rights in the world. Marsha and Sylvia used to hustle the streets in order to keep their children from having to do the same to feed and shelter themselves. STAR in New York was the model for other STAR organizations in the U.S. and in England as well as for Transy House 1994-2006. STAR was briefly renewed in the early 2000s initiating street demonstrations and other political activity before Sylvia's death in order to advance the fight for the transgender civil rights bill in New York City and New York State and to fight for self-determination for all gender non-conformists.