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Stonewall 1979: The Drag of Politics
“Gay people aren’t fighting anymore,” drawled Marsha P. Johnson, 34. “They don’t care as long as they have a bar to go to. You know that, darling. But when I came down here 10 years ago, I caught the drift the minute I walked into Sheridan Square. I said, ‘It’s about time, honey.’ ” We […]
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A Woman for Her Time
She may have been the prototypical Angry Queen. Unbowed, unbought, and virtually indigestible by a gay movement she helped birth, Stonewall warrior Sylvia Rivera died on February 19 of end-stage liver disease aggravated by too many years on alcohol and city streets. Sylvia (né Ray) was one of those outcast femmy boys and butchy girls […]