Stonewall Riots Anniversary

Pride has a different meaning to everyone but we cannot celebrate Pride when we do not all have the same freedoms and protections. It is important to acknowledge that Pride was born from a movement and that celebrations we enjoy today (virtually and in person) were a result of the queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people of color who came before us that started the modern day LGBTQ+ rights movement. Black queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people such as Storme Derlaverlie, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracey, and Zazu Nova who were present at and helped start and continue the Stonewall Riots which birthed our  modern-day movement for liberation.

Stonewall was a riot. A riot at Greenwhich Village - at the time viewed as one of the queerest neighborhoods in the U.S. People destroyed property within “their own community” because they realized that there was a difference between  their community…