Author: Liss Smith

Early in the morning on June 28, 1969, police in New York City raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub. The following days’ protests – known as the Stonewall Riots – against this unprovoked treatment are widely considered the origin of the contemporary LGBTQ+ Rights Movement. The transgender women of color who led […]

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