When police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village, it was the city’s most marginalized queers who fought back: homeless youth, drag queens, butch lesbians, and transgender sex workers. Two trans women of color— and Sylvia Rivera —are widely credited as the warriors who threw the first bricks and high-heeled shoes, sparking a six-day uprising.
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