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[–]odiusgay man[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah. Compare that to the NY Time's 2018 obit. They paint her as some grand civil rights leader, but the paper only referenced her twice before in its history: once in an interview with Sylvia Rivera in the 90s, and in 2002 in Sylvia Rivera's obituary. The reality of who she was vs. what people believe about her is shocking.

[–]Dromedary 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's crazy. Fred Sargeant who was at Stonewall says Malcolm was well known in the gay community as "a "mentally ill thieving drug addict"- his words!- who most assuredly was not there the first night of the Stonewall riots. So,..famous in his own way in the gay community!

[–]odiusgay man[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the impression I got from reading the primary sources. She certainly wasn't the "trans civil rights icon" she's painted as today. BTW, do you have that source from Fred Sargeant?