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[–]PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It is reddit. I read that a lot of reddit users are really bots, fake accounts farming for karma/attention, spammers, etc.

A lot of the actual people in the LGBT, trans subs and on Twitter just spew the same tiresome BS over and over and think if they repeat it enough it will make it true such as the "trans women of color Stonewall myth" or the myth catchphrase of "The first pride was a riot!" Neither of these are remotely true. Trans people were not at Stonewall or the early pride events at all. I know people who were actually at both Stonewall as bar customers and the demonstration as well as early LGB aka gay pride events and trans/transsexuals were not there or involved. Trans people and drag queens were not even allowed in the Stonewall bar and those who pretended to be regulars when in reality they never were such as Malcolm/Marsha and Sylvia were not allowed in and were seen as the nutcases or people to avoid that they were. Malcolm/Marsha was schizophrenic not on meds and changed personalities by the minute/hour. Sylvia bragged about robbing gay and bisexual men who would go to the Stonewall bar or who were leaving it or near it.

[–]Lovebirds_fury 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Trans people and drag queens were not even allowed in the Stonewall bar and those who pretended to be regulars when in reality they never were such as Malcolm/Marsha and Sylvia were not allowed in and were seen as the nutcases or people to avoid that they were. Malcolm/Marsha was schizophrenic not on meds and changed personalities by the minute/hour. Sylvia bragged about robbing gay and bisexual men who would go to the Stonewall bar or who were leaving it or near it.

Damn, reality is bleaker than I thought. I already knew Marsha wasn't a mythical hero, but I couldn't imagine he and Sylvia were like that. Not like I took the time to investigate, but the trans community put them in a pedestal.

[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Trans people and drag queens were not even allowed in the Stonewall bar and those who pretended to be regulars when in reality they never were such as Malcolm/Marsha and Sylvia were not allowed in and were seen as the nutcases or people to avoid that they were.

I'm not sure about this. Early newspaper reports highlighted drag queens during the riots.