Navarro's papers, videos, and artworks are held at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries in Los Angeles.

[2] After moving to New York City, Navarro became an active member of ACT UP, an advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS.

The protest targeted Cardinal John O'Connor who promoted conservative[clarification needed] positions on sexual and public health issues in local and national political debates.

Diva TV founder member Jean Carlomusto remarked in 2002 that Navarro's performance:... was also really powerful because Ray, whose own illness was progressing very quickly, dressed as Jesus Christ that day outside was sort of leading chants outside of St. Pat's.

[2]In a 2014 "Revolution" issue of ART21 Magazine, film director Jim Hubbard stated that Navarro exuded "warmth and human connection.

[6] After Navarro lost his vision due to cytomegalovirus retinitis, an AIDS-related complication, he and Zoe Leonard created a photographic series, Equipped.

Below each framed photograph, a plaque etched with a provocative phrase was displayed[3]—stud walk, hot butt, and third leg.

As of December 2009. she works to shape public policy related to HIV/AIDS and serves on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors HIV/AIDS Committee.

[1] In memory of Navarro and Gerardo Velázquez, Harry Gamboa Jr. wrote the chapter "Light at the End of Tunnel Vision" for the 2018 book Latinx Writing Los Angeles: Nonfiction Dispatches from a Decolonial Rebellion.