At the first Pride march-the Christopher Street Liberation Day March-held the following year, members of the transgender community were relegated to the back of the parade procession. Johnson who some have coined the “Rosa Parks” of the gay liberation movement.ĭespite being vanguards of the gay liberation movement, trans people did not share the same gains as the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. At the forefront of these protests, were Black and brown trans people, including Martha P. Their raid sparked a violent uprising and the catalyzing moment of the gay liberation movement. On the night of June 27, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular bar for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers.
The collective anger and anguish following the murders of Tony McDade, Riah Milton, and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells-the latest media-reported deaths in the epidemic facing the Black trans community-have sparked a return to the radical roots of the gay liberation movement, particularly the Stonewall Riots, also known as the Stonewall Uprising.
