A Stonewall Survivor Spills All: 'It Was 70% People Of Color'

chrysalisamidst:

What percentage of the crowd was Hispanic or black?

At least 70%. The Spanish group was the Delightful Ladies. The black group was the Blackwell. There were no leather queens there. There were leather bars for leather people. The majority of people at Stonewall were either drag queens or gay men of color. You could never go to Julius [a nearby bar] unless you were extremely conservative and well dressed. We were never allowed there.

What did the cops do to you once you were busted?

In those days, if you were busted, the first thing they did was shave your head. They’d crop your hair right off. It was to humiliate you.

pinkhyungwon:

Stonewall Riots + 5 Names To Know

BOYCOTT 2015 "STONEWALL" MOVIE

e-nest:

burlybard:

iwriteaboutfeminism:

It is time that black and brown transwomyn and drag queens are recognized for their efforts in the riots throughout the nation. From the preview alone, we know that will not be happening . Majority of characters casted are white actors, cis men play the role of transwomyn, and folks who began the riots do not seem to be credited with such revolutionary acts. 

WE ARE CALLING A BOYCOTT OF STONEWALL. Do not throw money at the capitalistic industry that fails to recognize true s/heros. Do not support a film that erases our history. Do not watch Stonewall.

It’s worth noting: the main character of this movie is fictional. He did not exist. They literally invented a white, cis character to be the face and leader of the Stonewall riots.

Instead of seeing Stonewall, please consider supporting Happy Birthday Marsha, a film project about transgender activist Marsha Johnson and her life right before the Stonewall Riots. Its made by people from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and stars actual trans women of color.

transgenderteensurvivalguide:

commongayboy:

#KnowYourHistory: #Stonewall

Jay says:

Some more accurate Stonewall history!

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Sylvia Rivera - Legacy of Resistance (1973)

July 2 is the birthday of transgender revolutionary Sylvia Rivera, a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front (a militant LGBT organization that took its inspiration from the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam in the aftermath of Stonewall), and STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), dedicated to helping advocate for and protect street drag queens and transwomen in NYC.

She was an ally of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords. Here is a speech Rivera gave at a rally in New York City in 1973.

*TRIGGER WARNING: Descriptions of sexual assault/rape in this speech.

Via Being a Socialist