“It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience – it wasn’t no damn riot.” - Stormé DeLarverie
DeLarverie was a mixed race drag king whom many attribute to instigating the fights at Stonewall in 1969. She filled many roles as an MC, a performer, a bouncer, and a volunteer street patroller, and as such has been refered to as “guardian of lesbians in the village.”