Homogenizing Away The Broader LGBT Community's Contributions To Stonewall

[Natasha]

Homogenizing Away The Broader LGBT Community's Contributions To Stonewall

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6/9/2008

"Some of the "broad us" at Stonewall were drag queens; some of the "broad us" at Stonewall were transgender and/or transsexual people (even if those words weren't terms used to describe gender variant people at the time); and some of the "broad us" at Stonewall didn't publicly identify as gay women, but as lesbians. It's been well documented that the "broad us" of Stonewall protestors included a broad swath of LGBT people."

[tekla]

At that, they were mostly 'of color' African-Americans and Purto Ricians.

[Hazumu]

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Karen

Mr. DaBrow:

Please explain "there were no drag queens there at all. It was gay human beings simply standing up for being who they were." to me.  Were there any transgender there at all? (an umbrella term covering all gender-identity-variant from heterosexual 'weekend warrior' crossdressers to hard-core, multiple-operation trans-women, and let's not forget the female-to-males in all their variant glory.)  Were there any transsexuals?  Was there anyone of male birth dressed in female attire at Stonewall during the uprising named after the inn?

As one journalist to another, what are your sources for this statement?  Can you defend it?  NO drag queens?  At all?

I'm a trans-woman, by the way.  Many trans women, as part of their denial of trans-ness, spent time in the military.  Many of the MTFs are thus blessed with a spirit of independence, assertiveness, and a willingness to use it.  Have you considered how you will atone for what I and, I strongly suspect, many others will consider a rude bitch-slap to the trans community?

Sincerely but not cordially;

Karen Savage
SFC, USA (ret.)
Broadcaster