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[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

sorry to keep harping but this also annoyed me:

Historical Precedents from the Fight for Gay Rights

The gay rights movement provides additional insights into how marginalized communities can achieve progress through a combination of activism, advocacy, and strategic legal battles. The Stonewall Riots of 1969 marked a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Sparked by a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, the riots were a spontaneous uprising against systemic harassment and discrimination.

This whole paragraph seems to be excluding the presence and participation of trans people in this exact event. Like it was a mob bar that was paying off the cops and would only let in a certain number of drag queens/trans people- a minority, but in the end they started it. The "activism and advocacy" included being joined by the Black Panthers, antiwar protestors, and the women's liberation movement more broadly.

The takeaway I would see isn't in nonviolence or assimilation, it's in standing your ground and building a coalition of people willing to do the same.

Stonewall was a riot and it was violent.

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