“You are the definition of courage.” Robert Beaird traveled from Dallas to attend the Stonewall anniversary events a couple of years after coming out in his 50s. “I just kind of hid who I was for my whole life, and then within the last two years, I’ve been going through this ...
you. Look at what you have done. You deserve a round of applause. It makes me cry. I'm so emotional today. This community has fought and continued to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance, and the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage. Do yo...
roughed up many of itspatrons, cleared the bar, and—in accordance with aNew Yorkcriminal statute that authorized the arrest of anyone not wearing at least three articles of gender-appropriate clothing—took several people into custody. It was the third such raid on Greenwich Village gay bars in...
Sylvia Rivera, American civil rights activist who advocated for gay rights and was particularly influential in the movement’s early years. A transgender woman, she fought for the inclusion of transgender and other gender-nonconforming people in the main