• VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As a queer man it makes me really angry that there are queer people who won’t even learn the fucking history, trans people were instrumental at the start of LGBT civil rights. If anything lgb drop the t is an attempt to co opt the movement.

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      9 months ago

      Yes there are even people who try to assert that Marsha Johnson was “just a gay man” as if she was not a trans woman and had been recognized as such by her community for mad long.

      Stonewall was a riot. Bring your own brick. We can share bricks tho if youre running short

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      9 months ago

      Check out the history of the brothel that saved Seattle in the late 1800s. The madam’s quote was, “All our ladies are dressed in white.” But there’s a photo all of the women in the brothel, some of whom are dressed in black.

      She did some other amazing and progressive things for that time period. It’s a fascinating piece history for this city.