Did you know Marsha P. Johnson is slowly being written into American History as a gay rights and liberation activist? In the 1960s same-sex relationships were illegal in New York City. Night clubs and bars were where gays would gather in privacy from the law. Police would still conduct raids because many bars were owned by the Mafia and operated without liquor licenses. For me, it’s presumable the Mafia could still make their money from the gay community and then allow the police to still do their job and kick them out. But that’s not historically accurate because I have no proof of there being deals between the Mafia and New York Police…lol. Anyway, an event cited as the Stonewall Riots took place after a raid happened at a club in the arts hub, Greenwich Village in 1969. Police roughly hauled employees and patrons out the bar. No deaths. Thankfully. That led to six days of protests and violent clashes with the law. It served as the catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. It was said that Marsha P Johnson “really started it” according to others. It was said that she threw a brick, but that history is fuzzy. What isn’t fuzzy is Marsha P Johnson died mysteriously and was found floating in a river in 1992 after a gay pride parade.
enemies too.