On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village. While gay bars were routinely targeted, Stonewall was a haven for the most marginalized: homeless queer youth, drag queens, and trans women. When Marsha P. Johnson—a self-identified drag queen and trans activist—and Sylvia Rivera, a Venezuelan-American trans woman, resisted arrest, they catalyzed six days of protests.
As we face a new era of political backlash, the lesson history offers is hope. The trans community has survived Stonewall, the AIDS crisis, the "gay panic" defense, and decades of erasure. They will survive this, too. And in the process, they will continue to teach all of us—queer and straight, cis and trans—what it truly means to be free. shemale domination
A person’s medical history is private. Asking a trans person about their genitals or surgical status is as inappropriate as asking a cisgender coworker about their last colonoscopy. If you wouldn’t ask a cis friend, don’t ask a trans person. Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Resilience against discrimination, leadership within the LGBTQ+ community, and reclaiming agency. Example Title: leadership within the LGBTQ+ community
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