AFRICAM 27AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, Sylvia Rivera, Stonewall Riots
16 Nov 2018
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Queering the 1960"s and the black freedom struggle. Stonewall riots: tired of being policed by the state and the police department, enough is enough, rallying moment for queer liberation. Gay power/black power: sylvia rivera and marsha p johnson equally inspired by black panther party, Stokely carmichael/black panther party (bpp: sncc (student nonviolent coordinating committee, prime minister of the black panther party, 1970 turning point for bpp on lgbtq rights w/ letter written by huey p. Newton addressed to the movement from jail: homosexuals are not enemies of the people. Black lesbian newsletters/publications: black lesbian newsletter, loving her. Publications are key: circulating publications/newspapers were a key to different movements, created visibility, spread message, gave silenced members of society a voice. Lorraine hansberry, writing on homophile movement 1930-1965: a raisin in the sun, playwright, performer, writer, leader and advocate of homophile movement.
