micdotcom:Meet the transgender women of color who helped put Stonewall on the map Wednesday was a bi
micdotcom:Meet the transgender women of color who helped put Stonewall on the map Wednesday was a big day in LGBT history: New York City added the Stonewall Inn to its list of citywide landmarks.Back in the 1960s, the Stonewall Inn was the one of the few bars in Manhattan where people of the same sex could dance with each other without police harassment, which was only protected through alleged Mafia ties. On June 28, 1969, the bar’s patrons clashed with police officers, in a raid that would have otherwise resulted in arrests and public shaming. However, this time the patrons fought back, setting off what we now know as the modern LGBT movement, including the tradition of LGBT Pride marches. Two often-forgotten people who made an impact that night were transgender women of color: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. -- source link
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