It's been 45 years...
Jun. 28th, 2014 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengr45 years ago (June 28, 1969 at 1:20 am EDT) A bunch of transvestite, drag guens and other "undesirables" did something unexpected.
When the New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, they didn't go meekly and try to aavoid trouble.
Instead they fought back. And things quickly escalated to a riot.
The riot died down eventually only to revive the next night. Go google "Stoonewall Riots" for details.
Some things haven't changed. TG folks still gret tossed under the bus by the rest of the LGBT "community" when it looks like they'll be an embarsassment. Same goes for bisexuals.
But thing have improved a *lot*. Heck, at the current time marriage equality is either the law or the subject of a lawsuit to make it legal in every state of the US.
Maybe in another 5 years, things will be even better.
When the New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, they didn't go meekly and try to aavoid trouble.
Instead they fought back. And things quickly escalated to a riot.
The riot died down eventually only to revive the next night. Go google "Stoonewall Riots" for details.
Some things haven't changed. TG folks still gret tossed under the bus by the rest of the LGBT "community" when it looks like they'll be an embarsassment. Same goes for bisexuals.
But thing have improved a *lot*. Heck, at the current time marriage equality is either the law or the subject of a lawsuit to make it legal in every state of the US.
Maybe in another 5 years, things will be even better.
