#stonewal riots

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Pilgrimage.

Jan 25th 2019

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id like to add some articles that may be helpful:

these arent specifically about marsha or sylvia, but they both have accounts of stonewall. from what we know, stormé delarverie started the riots when she punched a cop, marsha arrived a few days after the riot started, and sylvia may or may not have arrived after.

@adoratato replied to this post: "Slight correction. Sylvia Rivera was not part of the stonewall riots (though she's still a very important part of the gay rights movement, just slightly later)"

My dear lgbt+ kid,

You bring up a good point, thankyou!

To the best of my knowledge, it's not entirely clear if she has been involved or not. She said that she was there - but there are multiple eyewitnesses, like Marsha Johnson, who said she was not there. It also seems like she changed her story a few times (throwing a Molotov cocktail, the first brick or a bottle). But as far as I remember, she herself did always maintain that she had been involved.

I did a quick google search but couldn't find a definite answer on whether she had been involved or not.

I'm typing all this with a curious mind - it's entirely possible that I am in the wrong here and she actually retracted her statement or it has been defintely proven that she wasn't there!

So, if you (or any of my readers) know more about this, please let me know and I will adjust the post accordingly.

With all my love,

Your Tumblr Dad