This Is What LGBTQ Resistance Looks Like

As much as it seems like one big block party, LGBTQ Pride has always been about resistance. We celebrate in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riot on June 28, 1969, during which two transgender women, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, fought back against a police raid on one of New York City's LGBTQ bars, the Stonewall Inn. This was followed by six days of protests and demonstrations in the streets. LGBTQ people often think of the Stonewall uprising as the beginning of the modern queer...