 After the rally Rivera chose to leave the movement for years, moving to upstate New York.Following the June 20th, 2000, murder of Amanda Milan, Rivera briefly "resurrected" STAR on January 6, 2001 under the new name Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries.After being honored in Italy, Rivera continued to work to advance the fight for the transgender civil rights bill in New York City and State and to fight for self-determination for all gender non-conformists.