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Stormé DeLarverie (c. December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014) was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to DeLarverie and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, spurring the crowd to action. [3] She was born in New Orleans, to an African American mother and a white father.
—anonymous Stonewall riots participant The police were to transport the bar's alcohol in patrol wagons. Twenty-eight cases of beer and nineteen bottles of hard liquor were seized, but the patrol wagons had not yet arrived, so patrons were required to wait in line for about 15 minutes. Those who were not arrested were released from the front door, but they did not leave quickly as usual ...
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberation [ 6][ 7] activist and self-identified drag queen. [ 8][ 9] Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. [ 6][ 10][ 11] Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF ...
In the wee hours of June 28th, 1969, the police and the gay community came head-to-head in a historic event that launched the gay rights movement into existence—the Stonewall Riots.
The commemoration of those so-called Stonewall "riots" of 1969 is now more a riot of rainbows and glitter. And many trans people, believing they’ve been left behind by the larger LGBTQ movement ...
The origins trace back to 1969 when the Stonewall Riots marked the first major demonstration for LGBT rights in U.S. history. In the early morning of June 28, 1969, police raided a popular gay bar ...
In 2018, Happy Birthday, Marsha! a short film about Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, set in the hours before the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, was released. [55] A large, painted mural depicting Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson went on display in Dallas, Texas, in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries ( STAR) was a gay, gender non-conforming and transvestite street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, [1] subculturally-famous New York City drag queens of color. [1] [2] STAR was a radical political collective that also provided housing and support to homeless ...