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[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How did such a complete fuck-up become a hero?

Simple: activists needed a reason to justify including TQ+ shite into the LGB rights umbrella, and so they completely fabricated an icon to help doing so.

Also, at this point, the Stonewall Riots aren't even a historic event anymore, but a creation myth.