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Stonewall at 42: 'Why Don't You Guys Do Something?'

Started by Shana A, June 07, 2011, 05:38:35 PM

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June 07, 2011, 05:38:35 PM
Stonewall at 42: 'Why Don't You Guys Do Something?'

Filed By Rev. Emily C. Heath | June 07, 2011 2:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/06/stonewall_at_42_forgetting_our_queer_soul.php

42 years ago this month the Stonewall riots began in earnest when an old-school butch, being beat by police, yelled out to the crowd, "Why don't you guys do something?" We owe her everything. And her question is still relevant.

I had no idea that a butch had helped to start the Stonewall riots. It's the sort of thing that has been lost through the years as LGBTQ history has been cleaned up and corporatized. Do you ever see a butch leading an HRC event or in a corporate ad congratulating Pride attendees? No. But, I digress.

Or maybe I don't. Maybe that's exactly the issue.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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