Over the years I have seen this article on Chris Thompson, a black trans feminine person who was forcibly incarcerated in the Bellevue, pop up a few times. Chris has largely only been known through this Gay Flames article until of something I found recently.
![Rivera reminisces about wearing girls' clothing when she was a child, and laments her previous encounters with reporters who insisted on using her birth name and male
pronouns.
"This is very oppressive. Everyone calls me Sylvia. I've had the same name for nine years," she says. "It's not just transvestites that call me as Sylvia or treat me as 'she.' This is [how] people respect you. This is respect."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ff43yrlhqdskijtgfoxy7dgw/bafkreihlyynhn7x6v7cpyobtre5pvsezbo264dwwb4rfaltbw36ym3eeia)
