some individuals who were often credited with instigating or leading the riots, sylvia rivera, marsha p johnsonthere are still conflicting accounts about when they were there, whether they were there. marsha p johnson in many of her accounts explained that she was not there when the riot started but she got there sometime later. if we take her at her word, she played an important role that night and certainly other people of color did, trans people did, but she may not have been there when the riots started. host: let's go to dave in new york city. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. and grew uprs old on long island, i was a college student upstate and i would hitch a ride down and go to the bars. being sortnge to me, of macho, a college student, but stonewall was an amazing place, and i would go in early in the evening before we went down toward the river, toward the new bar, which i have not heard mentioned. i went in about 10:00 in the evening to stonewall, maybe after julia, so we would go and walk through and it seemed all right, it seemed normal early in the evening. i walked down

i met marsha p johnson down by the village and i know that the gay community did not like the drag queensecause they were trying to be with the straight community back then. marsha p johnson was a marginalized black trans woman and a sex worker who was at the stonewall riots fighting with the cops. i noticed that most of the photos and videos that we see, am i talking? host: you are on the air. caller: ok. thanks. host: did you have another question or comment? caller: i wonder why he does not mention the black drag queens who were in front of the bar fighting that night like marsha p johnson. sylvia rivera was also a part of the gay rights movement. host: thank you. guest: the caller is right. as far as we can determine, some of the leading roles in the riots were played by african-americans, puerto ricans, trans people, drag queens. it is still uncertain as to whether they represented the majority of the people who participated in the riots but there are many accounts that place them at the key moments, leading the riots, displaying a real courage, a campy courage some might say. some i

some individuals who were often credited with instigating or leading the riots, sylvia rivera, marsha p johnsonere are still conflicting accounts about when they were there, whether they were there. marsha p johnson in many of her accounts explained that she was not there when the riot started but she got there sometime later. if we take her at her word, she played an important role that night and certainly other people of color did, trans people did, but she may not have been there when the riots started. host: let's go to dave in new york city. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. and grew uprs old on long island, i was a college student upstate and i would hitch a ride down and go to the bars. being sortnge to me, of macho, a college student, but stonewall was an amazing place, and i would go in early in the evening before we went down toward the river, toward the new bar, which i have not heard mentioned. i went in about 10:00 in the evening to stonewall, maybe after julia, so we would go and walk through and it seemed all right, it seemed normal early in the evening. i walked down t

i met marsha p. johnson down by the village in the piers. i know the gay community did not like the drag queens because they were trying to mirror the straight community back then. marsha p. johnson was a black trans woman that was at the stonewall riots. she was siding with the cops. i noticed most of the photos and videos that we have seen -- m i -- am i talking? steve: yes. you are on the air. caller: thanks. steve: did you have another question or comment? caller: yeah. i wonder why he doesn't mention the black drag queens that were out in front of the bar fighting that night like marsha p. johnson. sylvia romero -- steve: thank you for the call. marc stein. marc: the caller is absolutely right. as far as we can determine, some of the leading roles in the riots were played by african-americans, puerto ricans, trans people, street queens drag queens. , it is uncertain whether they represented a majority of the people who participated in the riots, but there are many accounts that place them at the key moments, in the riots displaying real

in particular, marsha p. johnsonss major and several other transgender black women fought back against the police who were trying to arrest them that evening. it then led to six straight days of rioting against the police and against the queer antagonism that had been going on throughout new york during the '60s. that following year is what led to the commemoration which started cry for aids which led to where we are now with the pride month and everybody is celebrating. but, unfortunately, we continue to erase those who started the actual movement. >> why do you think -- why do you think these omissions occurred? is it intentional? is it racist? what is the reason that we've seen the omission up till now where they have been given this permanent artwork in memory of them? >> i think it is very intentional. when you think about how black history just in general in this country is always erased or it's whitewashed or becomes white centered you can talk about abraham lincoln freeing the slaves. that is not a true narra

some of the most important people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha p johnsonk of them just in terms of their participation in stonewall but they were really major activists at that time and were on the front lines of all of the demonstrations. so the whole community came together then? yeah, both this new generation of activists and also the older generation of activists, and lesbian activists, gay activists, and transgender activists. oh, yes, "lesbians unite", yeah. so here you see thousands of people we were willing to come out of the closet and be part of this political movement. it is hoped that exhibitions like this will help keep the memory of what happened alive and inspire a future generation. i'm 27, this is the first time i've seen many of these pieces. why should people my age, my generation, care about this exhibition? in this internet age of people liking things on facebook, and a kind of internet activism, i think it is very hard for people to realise the real oppression that people faced in the 1960s and 70s, and also that they were able to mak

. >> reporter: featured in the exhibit are activists marsha p. johnson and sylvia rivera, two transgender women color who, in 1970, co-founded "star" or the "street transvestite action revolutionaries." e organization addressed the concerns of low-income and homeless queer and trans ethnic-minorities. >> people debate about this, but it seems fairly clear from people's memies of stonewall, that it was actually transgender women of color who were really he front lines of the conflict with the police those first three dama of stonewall. ha p. johnson and sylvia rivera were on the frontlines of all the demonstrations in 70e ivfore them you didn't have this kind of street am. they really had a very broad intersection political agenda. >> reporter: this new wave of activism emboldened thousands across the country to express themselves. dozens of organizations formed, including the gay liberation front and radical lesbians. the exhibit also features gazines that existed before stonewall that boldly brought people out of the shadows. >> they start puing real ha

design on the label absolutely screams pride from the vibrahe colors to beautiful portrayal of marsha p. johnsontivist and stonewall icon. but before you crack open a cold one take a closer reok. there a7 purple pansies on the can, representing the 27 transgender murders that have happened over the last two yes. >> i re like to use design and art to tell stories. >> reporter: for maggie dougherty the artist behind the label that story is one of pride and pain. >> there are ale lot of peop living a reality that a lot of us can't fathom in 2019. >> reporter: but for the owner of dasha beer garden seeing the line around the bck is a sign that the community and its allies are not done fighting for equal rights and protection. >> things were very different back then. now we can gmarried. we have the rights and we need is continue the struggle. >> reporter: so d year's celebration as your cup runneth over with pride raise a glass to tolerance,community, and perhaps most of all love. corey smith, news 4. >>> almost 50 years after a police raid at the stonewall inn,o the new y city police commissioner f

to protect transgender new yorkers, dedicating a monument to legendary transgender activists marsha p. johnson sylvia rivera. raquel willis, your reresponse o what the mayor has said and what he has promised? >> i think it is great we're honoring these figures, but we forget the facts of their lives. marsha and sylvia were women who were fighting for people who are incarcerated, for people who have had very difficult experiences and interactions with law enforcement in the state. while it is great we have these monuments, we have to continue this fight. amy: sylvia rivera, 50 years ago at the stonewall inn. we want to end with actor and model indya moore, star of "pose." >> i want to start by noting the recorded trans women and people who have been murdered, most of which there have been no arrests . you know, there are no leads. our cases are at the bottom of the pile always. jesus, 25-year-old mexican trans woman of color, better known as tricia. she went missing on may 17. the authorities later found her head severed in a cooler outside a town hall. her decapitateted body was later found in

>> there were a number of both colors that were active in the stonewall riots, particularly marsha p. johnsonnewall girl, one of the first girls to ever come in drag since stonewall. 1959 when the stoep wall riot started is when i started my rioting. >> so often people were turning their back on trans folks, not giving us a seat at the table. she made sure we had that seat at the table. >> i think when trans folks of color look back in 50 years, their experience as you were saying earlier is very different. they're now experiencing some of the same things that white people in same-sex relationships or white gay people were experiencing 50 years ago. >> yeah, i don't want to speak for trans women of color. i'm a cisgender woman of color. but i will say i delivered episode four yesterday. at that time we created a scroll that had ten trans gender women killed this far in 2019. unfortunately yesterday i had to add there were 11 women killed. brooklyn lindsey was the 11th woman that we have killed. so we have to address the housing insecurity of trans women of color, the job insecurity of trans w

marsha p. johnson and sylvia riveria, played a role at that time.of world pride. this year alone 11 black transgender women have been murdered in the united states that we know of. the latest is brooklyn lindsey. she was 32 years old. also in the u.s. it is legal to fire openly lgbtq plus people in 26 states. and of those states 11 have some protections for public employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. let me start with you and help us mark this anniversary, that's what's happening here. over the course of the week i dare say in new york city, how are you marking it, this the 50th anniversary? >> it has been an extraordinary month in terms of all the celebrations that have been taking place. but, like, you mentioned it's in the shadow of a lot that's going wrong. the numbers around acceptance for lgbtq people are actually on the decline for the first time. i mean, it's on the decline. we have been making considerable progress with organizations and work that has been done to kind of spread acceptance, right, and have conversations

celebrating many trans and and trans and leaders who are in new york at that time, one of them is of marsha p johnsonfor rights and actually took part in the stonewall riots. >>and you can see it all and as moment, andy warhol from a to b and back again which i love the title. the information is on your screen it's running now through september second you can get more information by logging on this of moments on board suggest thank you so much for giving us more insight and andy warhol thank you marty all right we'll be right back. december 30th is national bacon day. at a-a-r-p, we're all about bacon. especially everyone bringing home the bacon. it's why we have tips & tools to help in any stage of your career. today is the day to get your slice. and a-a-r-p is here to help. country music star trisha yearwood was in san francisco recently to talk about gender equity kron 4 was the only bay area media in the room to capture the celebrity in action. >>you would was with several other high-profile women, including a cast member from the broadway show hamilton kron four's theresa has the story. >>today