Many gay men wear dresses, and enjoy doing drag. These were mostly gay men, some who wore dresses, most who did not. There were NO transgender identifying people involved in these riots. This is huge, and she is to be celebrated as an early hero of all movements toward equal rights. She also started a movement for transvestite visibility (not transgender), which became part of the first Pride march the year following the Riots. She played a pivotal role in the later stages of the riots, and threw things at cops during the riots. These assertions can be found in interviews with them on YouTube, and accounts from others who were there (a few are still alive).
When asked about this, they clarified this repeatedly. Both of these GAY MEN identified as gay men, as men in dresses, and as transvestites. She showed up later with her friend, Sylvia Rivera. Johnson was uptown when this started, and had nothing to do with the beginning of the riots. The Riots went on for several days (June 28 – July 3, 1969). There were a few drag queens among these gay men, and none of them identified as women or transgender. The Stonewall Riots were started by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, who were 98% gay men, and a few pissed off butch lesbians, in response to one of the police's regular raids. "I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal," Cawthorn said. The Global Network on Extremism & Technology, the London-based research arm of tech industry-backed Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, describes Dark MAGA as a "post-alt-right online aesthetic movement" that has largely functioned so far through engaging in meme warfare, typically by posting black and red-tinted pictures of Trump and other right-wing figures shooting laser beams out of their eyes.ĭark MAGA images also sometimes feature neo-Nazi and white supremacist iconography, according to the Global Network on Extremism & Technology. He went on to say "it's time for the rise of the new right, it's time for Dark MAGA to take command." Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), but vowed to go on a "mission" to purge the GOP of members he feels are "cowardly and weak." The 26-year-old freshman congressman tweeted congratulations to Edwards Tuesday night, saying "It’s time for the NC-11 GOP to rally behind the Republican ticket to defeat the Democrats’ nominee this November," but his Instagram post Thursday-the first since the loss-struck a far different tone.Ĭawthorn posted a list of so-called "patriots" like Trump, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is calling for vengeance against Republicans who didn't support his failed reelection effort, saying on Instagram Thursday afternoon that it's "time for Dark MAGA to truly take command," referencing a growing far-right community that endorses former President Donald Trump punishing his political enemies.Ĭawthorn lost the Republican primary for his North Carolina House seat on Tuesday, falling to state Sen.