#stonewall riots

[ivygorgon]

"No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." -Marsha P. Johnson

[animentality]

[queerasfact]

“The nights of Friday, June 27, 1969 and Saturday, June 28, 1969 will go down in history as the first time that thousands of Homosexual men and women went out into the streets to protest the intolerable situation which has existed in New York City for many years…” —Flier written by activist Craig Rodwell, 29 June 1969

Today marks 55 years since the famous Stonewall riots, which began with a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, an illegal gay bar in Greenwich, New York.

Influenced by a shift in the gay rights movement to a focus on pride rather than assimilation, queer patrons fought back violently, and continued to riot on subsequent nights.

One year on from the Stonewall riots, queer New Yorkers celebrated Christopher Street Liberation Day, an event which has transformed into the Pride marches we now see worldwide.

Learn more with our podcast on Stonewall!

[usnatarchives]

On June 28, 1969, the #Stonewall Riots began following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, one of New York City's best-known LGBTQ clubs. Forty-seven years later, the site was declared a National Monument by Presidential Proclamation. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315976

[taylorklosscomeout138]

In the same rare blue folklore dress that she wore on 8/9 when Karlie was at eras and she played New Romantics.

Which was 89 shows ago.

Or 318 Business Days ago. (13 + 8/3)

And several artists apart of the New Romantics movement dropped music today ESPECIALLY Elton John. ("Goodbye yellow brick road", Wizard of Oz storyline)

But I'm supposed to not believe she's gonna play New Romantics tonight?

And mash it with the other song about Stonewall Riots, Cassandra, for max chaos?

"All the bricks they threw at me" x "When the first stone's thrown they're screaming. In the streets, there's a raging riot"

"The rumours are terrible and cruel but honey most of them are true" x "When the truth comes out it's quiet"

"It's poker he can't see it in my face" x "They knew, they knew, they knew the whole time"

"The best people in life are free" x "They filled my cell with snakes; I was in my tower" (locked up like Rapunzel in her tower very much not free, forced to hide her golden glowing secret)

JUST A THOUGHT. MANY THOUGHTS....

[partly-hueman]

LGB rights

LGB Pride was started by four homosexuals: Craig Rodwell, Ellen Broidy & Linda Rhodes and Fred Sargent.

Stormé, a lesbian, started the Stonewall riots.

The LGB flag was designed by a Gay man, Gilbert.

Before you pull Marsha out of your ass. Marsha was a gay man, & was not trans. He claimed that he had nothing to do with Stonewall riots as he was not present there.

TQ+ cult keeps abusing LGBs lying that we got our rights because of a 'transwoman' Marsha who was not even trans, nor was present for any first LGB riot.

[gayest-historian]

Events Leading to Stonewall

In honor of the Stonewall riots' anniversary I'd like to take a minute to talk about what led up to them.

The Stonewall riots, taking place June 28th, 1969, were a series of riots that started at the Stonewall Inn between police and LGBTQ+ protestors. The events leading up to them are just as important as their impact on today so a few of these events will be discussed in this post. Obviously I cannot cover them all but I plan on talking about more in their own posts.

After WW2 many Americans began efforts to restore the country to it's pre-war state and prevent change from occurring in the social order. During this time any groups considered "um-american" were deemed security risks, among these groups were gay men and lesbians. The reasoning behind this was that, according to the US State Department, they were deemed susceptible to blackmail. According to a report chaired by Clyde R. Hoey: "It is generally believed that those who engage in overt acts of perversion lack the emotional stability of normal persons" These actions led to 1,700 federal job applications being denied, 4,380 people being discharged from the military, and 420 individuals being fired from federal jobs, all due to suspicions of homosexuality.

In 1952 homosexuality was listed in the DSM as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association. The reasoning behind this choice was a belief that homosexuality stems from an unreasonable fear of the opposite sex. Despite numerous studies contradicting this belief, including those of Evelyn Hooker, the APA did not remove homosexuality from the DSM until 1974. The lasting damage of this decision can be seen even today with many queer people still being seen as mentally ill for their identity.

The Hays code was originally implemented in 1934, also being known as the Motion Picture Production Code. Created by a Catholic man named Martin Quigley in 1929 the purpose of the Hays code was to enforce "morals" in the film industry in order to not badly influence american citizens, particularly children. Some examples of Inclusions prohibited by the Hays code include: Profanity, ridicule of the clergy and seuxla perversion (including homosexuality). The frustration regarding these rules could be felt at the time within the queer community and even today with tropes like queer-coded villains.

I hope this post helped to provide some context surrounding the events that kickstarted the Stonewall riots. Looking back at these events gives us both context for how far we've come aswell as how far we still need to go.

[citizenscreen]

Sometime after midnight on June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Riots began in NYC’s Greenwich Village. #OnThisDay

[mr-paxton]

MIDNIGHT COWBOY

[yoylecake420]

BRING BACK THE STONEWALL RIOTS!!!!

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Malcolm:

Did not start the Stonewall revolt. There was no one event, but an accumulation of episodes of harassment including multiple arrests (such as Stormé DeLarverie) and strip-searches, which built up into an unleashed mob revolt.

Was not even there when the Stonewall revolt began. He himself says he arrived at about 2am and the fighting and the fire were already well underway.

Was not "trans." he describes himself as a "boy" and a drag queen.

If you're wondering, the religious parallel is the Crucifixion. It's ahistorical, there's no evidence it happened, but it's pushed, as an article of faith, as being "true" in order to fabricate a "debt" owed and an obligation by others to repay that mythical debt.

New York's pride was organized by Craig Rodwell, Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, and Linda Rhodes. Michaels had nothing to do with it.

It's interesting that the Dems' official account believes that gay men and women were not organizing and advocating for their own interests and rights until a drugged out, homeless, prostitute and pedophile pimp drag queen came along. That's what they think the legacy of gay rights and its core values are about.

[emma-dennehy-presents]

Celebrating Black Queer Icons:

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Born on October 25, 1940, Major is a trans women well known as a leader in the broader trans community and an activist, with a particular focus on black and incarcerated trans women. Major grew up in Chicago's South Side and participated in the local drag scene, during her youth. Major described the experiences as glamorous, like going to the Oscars. While she did not have the contemporary language for it, Major has been out as a trans women since the late 1950s. This made her a target of criticism, mistreatment, and violence, even among her queer peers. Majors transition, especially getting her hands on hormones, was largely a black market affair. Given the lack of employment opportunities for black trans women at the time, she largely survived through sex work and other criminalized activities. At some point Major moved to New York City and established herself amongst the cities queer community, despite the prejudice against trans women. She participated in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Later, after getting convicted on a burglary charge, Major was imprisoned with men at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. There she met Frank "Big Black" Smith, a participant in the 1971 Attica Uprising at Attica Correctional Facility. He treated Major, and her identity as a woman, with respect and the two built a friendship. Smith also taught Major a good bit about advocating for herself and other trans women being mistreated by the US Justice System. Major was released from Dannemora in 1974. Major moved to San Diego in 1978 and almost immediately began working on community efforts and participating in grassroots movements. Starting by working at a food bank, she would go on to provide services directly to incarcerated, addicted, and homeless trans women, and would provide additional services after the AIDS epidemic started. In the 1990s Major moved to the San Fransisco Bay Area, where she continued her work, alongside organizations like the Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center. In 2003 Major became the Director of the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project, shortly after its founding by attorney and community organizer Alexander L Lee, a trans man. The group works to end human rights abuses in the California Prison System, with a focus on trans, intersex, and gender variant POC. The position has since been passed on to Janetta Johnson, a previously incarcerated trans woman who mentored under Major. She is the focus of the 2015, award winning, documentary Major!. Major has five sons, two biological and three runaways she adopted, after meeting them in a California park. Her oldest son, Christopher was born in 1978, and her youngest, Asiah (rhymes with messiah) in 2021. At 82 years old Miss Major Griffin-Gracy continues to be an active member of her community and an advocate for our rights as trans people.

Haven't settled on which yet, but Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax or Victor J Mukasa will be next!

[ro-ro-bbbi]

Can we talk about how if hobie is from the '70...

He defintly saw Stonewall riots

maybe in his universe they could even started in england, maybe because he strated them.

And how cool is that? He would just casually mention that he saw, or maybe even fucking started the most well known lgbt riot in the world.

And, if gwen is anything like me, as a futuristic queer kid, she would scream, ask him about it, if he is fine, how it went ecc.

Bc she been told about this big riot and how brave it was bc no fucking body would give a shit about gay rights at the time and how all the rights that she has now are possible thanks to the fight and the sacrifices that queer people did for creating the whole damn lgbt+ movement... and now she has a friend who might have been the one who started it.

Hobie ofc is always ready to rant about his riots so he tells her everything and if hobie was cool before now he is gwen's idol.

(This doesnt last forever, especially when she realizes that he is a dumb teen who makes dumb jokes just like every other spider-teen, but the respect and admiration for him would never leave, dont tell him though ((he already knows)))

Im projecting but it just has such a strong impact for me listening about queer histrory and i'll never stop complaining about the fact that in my country it isnt taught at school, and yeah... just another reason why i want to be hobie's friend (or more)... As if there werent enough reasons already.

[treyparkerandmattstonefacts]

[teethburger]

the electric mayhem 100% participated in the stonewall riots