6/12/2023 0 Comments Storme delarverie quotes![]() I was asking people to sign the petition. That first year after Stonewall, we were petitioning for a gay-rights bill for New York City, and I got arrested for petitioning on 42nd St. And only a certain number of drag queens were allowed into the Stonewall at that time. If you were a drag queen, you could get into the Stonewall if they knew you. ![]() Washington Square Bar was the drag-queen bar. They say, “Oh, no, it was a drag-queen bar, it was a black bar.” No. This is where I get into arguments with people. The drag queen spot was the Washington Square Bar, at Third St. The Stonewall wasn’t a bar for drag queens. We further have the direct statements from Sylvia Rivera herself, as recorded by recognized historians.Īctually, it was the first time I had been to the friggin’ Stonewall. We have not merely the eyewitness accounts of gay men who were at the Stonewall that night (or the next two nights, or some combination), as in PBS’s Stonewall Uprising. The facts are well established, except to lying transgenders. Whatever “transgenders” frequented the Stonewall were actually drag queens, though that is a distinction without a difference here. The primary clientele was gay males, with some lesbians, and they were dressed like men and women, respectively, in most cases. The Stonewall Inn was not an early Woody’s with weekly drag shows. You couldn’t just sashay down to the Stonewall of a Friday night for a watered-down drink served in a dirty glass, at least not without expecting hassles from cops. It was illegal to appear in public in the attire of the opposite sex in New York in 1969. If you’d like all Stonewall-related transgender lies collected in one place, I would refer you to the so-called Transadvocate. Their lie holds that the Stonewall riot was variously spurred by or chiefly carried out by transgenders, specifically “transwomen of colour” and even more specifically an “ instigator” named Ray “Sylvia” Rivera. Transgenders consistently lie about what happened at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The Jewel Box Revue was the first racially-integrated drag revue in North America.I’ve duplicated this posting in one of the two milieux where transgender activists lie about us and rewrite our history, namely Tumblr. From 1955-1969, she travelled the black theatre circuit as the MC and only drag king of the Jewel Box Revue. LGBT causes would not be the only things she did activism for, but also race-related issues too. Stormé DeLarverie is remembered as the “Rosa Parks of the LGBT community.” ![]() She escaped from their grip multiple times, kicking and shouting and causing a fight, then turned to the onlookers, many of whom were the LGBT people who were kicked out of the bar because of the police raid, and shouted, “Why don’t you guys do something?!” A woman, suspected of being Stormé DeLarverie, was ruffled up by police, and handcuffed. Nevertheless, she kept her head high and continued to do what she loved.Īt Stonewall, it is believed that her arrest is the final straw which led to the uprising. She donned traditionally male outfits like a suit and bowtie, which was frowned upon at the time. She was one of the first drag king performers, blurring the line between male and female, in a stunning display of gender nonconformity. Stormé DeLarverie was no stranger to gay activism. It is unknown who threw the first punch at Stonewall, but many suspect it was Stormé DeLarverie, a mixed race drag king lesbian,
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