Storme Delarverie - Tumblr Posts
reblog to spread history further and remind our fellow queers who helped to get us to where we are today.
Knowing that trans women of color started the movement in the united states and were literally immediately erased and excluded from what they started is the most deeply jading knowledge.
It is the original sin of the so-called queer community and it damns it from the cradle.
Some of the principle actors of the stonewall rebellion
harsh reminder that if youâre part of the lgtbqia+ community and are silent or against the black lives matter movement, then i hope you remember who ran so you could walk
Meet queer pioneer StormĂ© Delarverie! As a biracial woman born in New Orleans, Delarvarie made her way to New York City where she performed as a singer, often in drag, and would come to be known as the âRosa Parksâ of NYCâs LGBTQ+ community.
Identifying as a lesbian, Delarverie was on the forefront of âbutchâ fashion culture in the â40s and '50s, blurring the lines between a masculine and feminine appearance, and often performing on stage as a man.
While there are conflicting accounts as to who sparked the Stonewall uprising, some believe DeLarverieâs arrest and a subsequent scuffle with police ignited the action. She referred to the event not as a riot, but as âa rebellion, an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience.â She would serve as a bouncer at many lesbian bars, and as a member of the Stonewall Veteransâ Association, being known as a rough-and-tumble protector and guardian of the local LGBTQ+ community.