Jessica and Caitlin are back! Fresh off a mini-summer break, they bring you the first half of a two-part series covering the lives of LGBTQ+ rights activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Act 1: Breonna Taylor
Visit https://justiceforbreonna.org/ and click on "take action."
Episode Sources:
Introduction
Marsha P. Johnson
NYT’s Overlooked on Marsha P. Johnson, written by Sewell Chan
Pay It No Mind - The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson by Michael Kasino on YouTube
Sylvia Rivera
"Sylvia Rivera," Biography.com
"Sylvia Rivera Changed Queer and Trans Activism Forever" by Elyssa Goodman, Them
"Sylvia Rivera Was More Than Stonewall," CT Trans History and Archives
"A Woman for Her Time" by Riki Wilchins, The Village Voice
"'I Have to Go Off': Activist Sylvia Rivera on Choosing to Riot at Stonewall," The Guardian
The Stonewall Uprising
"An Amazing 1969 Account of the Stonewall Uprising" by Garance Frankie-Ruta, The Atlantic
"The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That's O.K." by Shane O'Neill, The New York Times
"Two Transgender Activists Are Getting a Monument in New York" by Julia Jacobs, The New York Times