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Title: Who Started The Stonewall Riots? I Have An Answer
Post by: Shana A on April 11, 2012, 08:12:46 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 11, 2012, 08:12:46 AM
Who Started The Stonewall Riots? I Have An Answer
By Michael Musto Tue., Apr. 10 2012 at 10:30 AM
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/04/who_started_the.php (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/04/who_started_the.php)
Well, every eldergay on earth claims to have not only been there, but to have started the riot--even more people than claim to have seen the original Carrie musical.
But a documentary about "the Saint of Christopher Street," transsexual legend Marsha P. Johnson, has uncovered some interesting info.
[...]
"The story that Robin Souza told me, that Morty Manford told him, was that Marsha Johnson said: 'I got my civil rights!' and then Marsha threw a shot glass into a mirror. And that's what started all the riots.
"This was later know as the 'shot glass' heard round the world.
By Michael Musto Tue., Apr. 10 2012 at 10:30 AM
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/04/who_started_the.php (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/04/who_started_the.php)
Well, every eldergay on earth claims to have not only been there, but to have started the riot--even more people than claim to have seen the original Carrie musical.
But a documentary about "the Saint of Christopher Street," transsexual legend Marsha P. Johnson, has uncovered some interesting info.
[...]
"The story that Robin Souza told me, that Morty Manford told him, was that Marsha Johnson said: 'I got my civil rights!' and then Marsha threw a shot glass into a mirror. And that's what started all the riots.
"This was later know as the 'shot glass' heard round the world.