Opened the parade with Dykes on Bikes, riding through thousands of people flying our own little fuck you to the military recruiters at SF pride this year.
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alison bechdel / leslie feinberg / nina nijsten / miriam zoila perez / tumblr user queermasculine / karleen pendleton jimènez
Transgender Good News by Pat Conover, photographs by Mariette Pathy Allen
Illustrations from Pierre Louys’ Les Chanson de Bilitis by Georges Barbier (1922)
stormé delarverie, often referred to as “the stonewall lesbian” and “the guardian of lesbians in the village”, was a biracial butch lesbian singer and drag king. her assault by the NYPD was a defining moment in the stonewall rebellion and riots. stormé is credited as the woman who threw the first punch and shouted to bystanders “why don’t you guys do something?” she fought against the police alongside other butch lesbians who were also involved in the uprising. please remember to include her in your pride celebrations. don’t let her be forgotten. excerpts and photographs from female impersonation by avery willard, 1971
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going by he/him but in the lesbian way, being called boyfriend but in the lesbian way, going on testosterone but in the lesbian way, changing your legal gender to male but in the lesbian way, getting bottom surgery but in the lesbian way
