wizardlovingwomen:

Stormé DeLarvarie was a butch lesbian activist and drag king performer who is remembered (although not often enough) for her involvement in the Stonewall Riots (which she always chose to refer to as a rebellion or uprising as opposed to a riot). She was very active in the NYC LGBT community and worked as a bouncer for lesbian bars until she was 85 years old, and was called the “guardian of lesbians in the village”.

Stormé deserves better than only being used by transmisogynists to discount Marsha P Johsnson and Sylvia Rivera. Her involvement in Stonewall and vigilant protection of other lesbians, as well as involvement in programs to assist women and children who were victims of abuse, should be remembered and she should be held up more often on tumblr for what she was, an extremely important person in LGBT history.

[Image description: two black and white photos of Stormé, a mixed race woman in androgynous style. The first picture is a head and shoulders shot of her in a suit and bowtie. The second picture picture shows her on a bench outdoors, wearing a more casual sweater. End description]