Just a note on history: Too often, bigots will turn to history to prove or disprove a point they’re trying to make about the validity of trans people alive today. Trans people alive today deserve respect, not because of something done 50 years ago but because they’re --alive today–-. (Continued) - ThreadSky

lgbtqhistory.bsky.social • 21 days ago

Just a note on history: Too often, bigots will turn to history to prove or disprove a point they’re trying to make about the validity of trans people alive today. Trans people alive today deserve respect, not because of something done 50 years ago but because they’re --alive today–-. (Continued)

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lgbtqhistory.bsky.social•21 days ago

And if you’re going to appeal to history in an argument, it’s worth remembering that you probably aren’t as well-versed in history as you think you are.

madisonsoairse.bsky.social•18 days ago

Perhaps this person should at least revisit the history of Stonewall? Seriously, the most famous moment in the last 60 years of our history, and she can't even bother herself with the details? I'm so disgusted by those in the queer community who are pulling the ladder up behind them.

lgbtqhistory.bsky.social•18 days ago

A lot of folks like her insist 1) Marsha wasn't there 2) Marsha wasn't trans 3) Marsha and Sylvia can't be heroes because they used drugs and did sex work.

lgbtqhistory.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's true that Marsha and Sylvia probably weren't there -at the start- of the first night, but Stonewall was five nights of riots! A lot of people participated in it, and in the early years following it you have people giving credit to "transvestites" in the crowd playing a major part in Stonewall.

lgbtqhistory.bsky.social•18 days ago

If our only metric for respecting our elders is "they were a Stonewall participant" then there should be a lot more murals of straight folk singer David Van Ronk.

madisonsoairse.bsky.social•18 days ago

The term transgender was barely in use back then. "Transvestite" or "transsexual" were far more common. To deny our involvement or existence because of the limited use of the term "transgender" is damaging to our history. The gender expansive community has used many terms used to describe itself.

lgbtqhistory.bsky.social•18 days ago

So many times they'll look at older terms and will say "SEE!!!!!!! transVESTITE!!!!!!! not GENDERERER!!!" and it's so. dumb.

madisonsoairse.bsky.social•18 days ago

From my understanding, it's unclear whether Rivera was even there. In my comment I was actually thinking about Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.

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