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nerdygaymormon · 3 months

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#black history month #queeeer chameleon #audre lorde #willi ninja #marsha p johnson #bayard rustin #stormé delarverie #james baldwin #justin fashanu #lady phyll #yasmin benoit #queer history

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femmepathy · 6 months

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Stormé DeLarverie singing "There Will Never Be Another You" in Michelle Parkerson's "Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box" (1987)

full doc available now on the internet archive!

#Stormé DeLarverie #Stormé #lesbian #drag king #pre-stonewall #joan nestle #drag #jewel box revue #mine #michelle parkerson #butch #masc

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sighing-is-a-song · 2 years

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Happy Pride! Let’s get some things str8

Trans people had nothing to do with the first pride 😁

Black Butch Cis lesbian Stormé DeLarverie started threw the first punch that started the stonewall rebellion. I say rebellion and not riot because that is how Stormé herself referred to it:

“It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience – it wasn't no damn riot.”

Two cis gays and two cis lesbians, Craig Rodwell. Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, and Linda Rhodes, proposed Pride. And then Cis bisexual Brenda Howard organized it. She is even called “the mother of Pride.”

Furthermore Marsha P Johnson was NOT trans.

And Sylvia Rivera doesn’t like being called trans.

Erasing the accomplishments of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals to fit your narrative is not cute or “woke.” It’s disrespectful and downright homophobic. All of you spreading misinformation should be ashamed.

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deputy-buck · 3 months

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Frankie Hines - Fellow Travelers 1x02: Bulletproof

#with a couple of bonus Stormés!!#god i love frankie so much i need a second season just to follow his and marcus' relationship #frankie hines #stormé delarverie #fellow travelers #buck builds #i don't know who's more stupid‚ queue or the hick

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fnibbit0 · 11 months

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Happy pride month. Let’s take a moment to remember some of the leaders of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement.

#pride #pride month #lgbtq #lgbt pride #stonewall #art #digital art #illustration #my art #procreate #marsha p johnson #Sylvia Rivera #stormé delarverie #miss major #trans #gay #queer #this was my first time drawing these lovely people

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ilickedanenvelopeandilikedit · 11 months

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SHES SO COOL HELLO (im adoring learning through this)

#Stormé DeLarverie #troyboy's bullshit

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playitagin · 11 months

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2014 – Stormé DeLarverie

Stormé DeLarverie (December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014) was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to Stormé and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, spurring the crowd to action.She is remembered as a gay civil rights icon and entertainer, who performed and hosted at the Apollo Theater and Radio City Music Hall.She worked for much of her life as an MC, singer, bouncer, bodyguard, and volunteer street patrol worker, the "guardian of lesbians in the Village."[3] She is known as "the Rosa Parks of the gay community.

#May.24.2014 #date of death #Stormé DeLarverie #Rosa Parks of the lesbian community #Stonewall uprising #history today

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ayoitslilith · 11 months

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It was a black lesbian who started the stone wall riots. But you all don't care about that, her name was Stormé DeLarverie. She was a Drag King, and Masha P Johnson admitted ariving late to the riots...mentioned in a documental about his life (using his because he called himself that, and identified as a gay man doing drag, and I respect his memory and identity) you shoul check this thing out

(Bad english, I am trying my best to comunicate)

I generally try not to do much in the way of arguing on my page itself to maintain a consistent tone, but I felt I should at least give a little honor to my first ask since opening up the ask box.

I assume this is in reference to a comment I made somewhere else on this site, when I referenced the role of crossdressers and trans people alike in Stonewall (and the general uplifting of queer people). I was already aware of Stormé DeLarverie, who was also super important in Stonewall, and truthfully - I should comment on DeLarverie's involvement more. But, that also doesn't negate the involvement of other individuals, such as Marsha P. Johnson (who was often referred to by "she" or "her" in accounts by her friends - though she would consider herself a drag queen, you're not respecting Johnson's identity as much as you think you are by avoiding those pronouns). And concerning Johnson's involvement in Stonewall, please consider the following excerpt from Wikipedia.

While she wasn't involved with the very start like DeLarverie, she is reported by many accounts to have been incredibly involved.

That being said, I am glad you brought up DeLarverie, and I'm sad you seem to think that "us all" (or at least I) would not care for DeLarverie's involvement. Like Johnson, she was incredibly involved in uplifting actions for the queer community throughout most of her life, and her legacy will likely live on for a long time coming. It's nice to occasionally talk about queer figures such as herself - it's both inspiring and connective, in that weird existential way.

#queer #stone wall #marsha p johnson #stormé delarverie #pride #queer pride

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gayingawaythepray · 2 years

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sputiamosuhegel · 1 year

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Stormé Delarverie: chi è la "lesbica di Stonewall"?

In molti, lei stessa compresa, la identificarono come la "lesbica di Stonewall", dato che l'episodio del suo arresto e della sua resistenza alla polizia fu un momento cardine dei moti del 1969. Ma in quanti oggi saprebbero parlare di lei?

Il suo nome dovrebbe far drizzare le orecchie a molte più persone di quanto non faccia, specialmente alle lesbiche. Visse tra il 1920 e il 2014 e nel 2010 raccontò lei stessa della sua vita e delle sue esperienze come donna lesbica nera in un'intervista di Afterellen.

Lavorò sia come cantante e performer di varietà con diversi gruppi (esibendosi anche al radio city music hall, l'apollo theatre e il copacabana) che come buttafuori per vari bar per lesbiche a New York, al Cubby Hole nel 1985 e poi all'Henrietta Hudson, fino all'età di 85 anni.

Nell'intervista racconta di aver realizzato di essere lesbica all'età di diciotto anni, quando non sapeva neanche con quale parola descrivere la sua sessualità se non "queer", lo slur usato per descrivere chi non aderisse alla norma eterosessuale.

Stormé era una lesbica butch, che oltre a esibirsi con abiti maschili li indossava anche nella vita di tutti i giorni, mostrandosi con giacca e pantaloni per le strade di New York. Lei stessa dichiara di aver ispirato altre lesbiche a mostrarsi con abiti maschili.

Ciò per cui i più la ricordano è il suo ruolo nella resistenza alla polizia allo Stonewall Inn, l'episodio che fece scoppiare la rivolta della comunità dopo anni di violenza e incursioni della polizia in quello come nel resto dei bar per persone gay, lesbiche, bisessuali e trans.

Stormé fu colpita da un poliziotto in faccia con un manganello e reagì tirando un pugno all'agente. Venne colpita ancora perché disse che le sue manette erano troppo strette.

"Why don't you guys do something?" è ciò che urlò alla folla prima di essere portata via dalla polizia.

Continuò a esibirsi dopo il 1969 a vari eventi di beneficenza, fino a quando non si ritirò in casa di riposo e le fu impedito di uscirne per partecipare a incontri e marce. La sua situazione fu analoga a quella di altre donne lesbich, costrette a invecchiare da sole perché hanno perso contatti con le proprie famiglie o sono state rifiutate da esse per la propria sessualità. Stormé si ammalò di demenza e visse i suoi ultimi anni in una casa di riposo decadente, insieme a degli sconosciuti e lontana dalle persone che fecero parte della sua vita.

Lisa Cannistraci, amica di Stormé da 25 anni e proprietaria dell'Henrietta Hudson, fu intervistata per un articolo del New York Times su Delarverie ed evidenziò il modo in cui Stormé viene tuttora ignorata dalla comunità lgbt. Le sue parole esprimono la stessa frustrazione di così tante lesbiche della sua generazione e di molte di quelle successive.

Lesbiche e persone che si definiscono nostre alleate: parlate di Stormé Delarverie. E parlatene con cognizione di causa. Chiamatela lesbica butch e nera. Ne abbiamo bisogno più che mai.

#stormé delarverie #lesbian #stonewall #pride #lesbica #femminismo #storia #lgbt italia #radfem

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annemarieyeretzian · 2 years

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i-do-not-fangirl-i-fanwoman · 2 years

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Watch "Stormé DeLarverie: The Lesbian Who Started the Stonewall Riots" on YouTube

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#anyway #Pride #Stormé DeLarverie

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pennydykedaughter · 1 month

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oc. 2020

#storme delarverie #stormé #pride #dyke March #dykeposting #dyke art #double venus #dyke #canon dslr #lesbian symbols #lesbian feminist #lesbian art #lesbian #labrys #Polaroids

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catastrfy · 4 months

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HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, STORMÉ DELARVERIÉ!! I hope you're having fabulous adventures on the other side. This image comprises two photos of Stormé that I edited, cleaned up, and colourised. I was given scans of the originals, (which are now part of the part of the Stormé DeLarverié collection at the @schomburgcenter ) The first photo is from 1946 (her family received at least one of the photos in this set for Christmas that year). It was taken by Bloom Chicago. The 2nd is by an unknown photographer and appears to be from the 1980s or 1990s It *delights* me how decades later, Stormé chose to place her hand in such a similar position for the later photo. Yes, Stormé's actual birth year was 1923; she was 6 years old on the 1930 census and 16 on the 1940 census. To all of us, happy 100 years of Stormé DeLarverié!! To quote Stormé, "it ain't easy being green"! Let's all honour Stormé by always supporting the lgbtq+ community and shutting down what she called "ugliness", ie homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc.

#Stormé DeLarverié #Stormy Dale #Storme DeLarverie #Queer elder #Queer History #We've always been here

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genderkoolaid · 11 months

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When we talk about Stonewall this month, let's not forget to talk about how the entire thing was sparked by the arrest of a butch transmasculine lesbian- Stormé DeLarverie, a mixed drag king, who fought back against the cop who was violently arresting her for crossdressing.

Drag queens and trans women deserve recognition for their role in the Stonewall uprisings, and so do butches & transmascs. We all fought for each other.

#btw im referring to Stormé as transmasc both as an umbrella term #and bc s/he was interviewed by leslie feinberg for Transgender Warriors #m.

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letters-to-lgbt-kids · 11 months

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My dear lgbt+ kids,

It's June, so it's time for a little history lesson:

You probably know that June is Pride Month, but do you know why this month was choosen? It's because of the Stonewall Riots that happened in June in the year 1969, in a bar called Stonewall Inn in New York (USA).

In the 60s, engaging in "gay behavior" in public (like holding hands, kissing or dancing) was illegal. Violent police raids of gay bars were common.

Especially trans women of color were regularly arrested and subjected to police brutality during those raids. Police officers would also sexually harrass them by taking them to the bathroom to “verify their sex”.

In the early hours of June 28, 1969 there was one of those (homophobic and transphobic) police raids happening in the bar mentioned above.

A police officer hit a woman (Stormé DeLarverie) on the head with a baton after she complained that her handcuffs were too tight. This sparked the crowd to fight back. They threw objects (such as pennies, bottles and stones) at the police, which ultimately led to serveral nights of rioting.

These riots are the event that paved the way for the modern gay rights movement. Within a few months, at least two organizations and three newspapers to promote lgbt+ rights were founded.

One year later, there was the first “Christoper Street Liberation Day” in New York (named after the street where the riots started). Their official chant was: “Say it loud, gay is proud.”

Eight years later, Sweden celebrated the first “Christoper Street Liberation Day”, the first Pride event in Europe. Nowadays, there are Pride Events all over the world.

Of course this is just a short and simplified overview. If you want to deepen your knowledge, there are plenty of ways online to learn more about the history of Pride Month! For example, here is an more in-depth article by history.com

With all my love,

Your Tumblr Dad

#lgbt #lgbt+

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