marsha p. johnsonown by the village and the piers. and i know that the gay community didn't like the drag queens because they were trying to be with the straight community back then. marsha p. johnson was a black trans woman at the stonewall riots who was fighting with the cops and i notice that most of the -- most of the photos and videos that we see, am i talking? >> yes. you're on the air, tanya. did you have another question or comment? >> caller: yeah. and i wonder why he doesn't mention the black drag queens who were in front of the bar fighting that night like marsha b. johnson and silvia berra. >> thank you for the call. marc stein. >> no, 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, transpeople and street queens and drag queens. it is uncertain whether they represented a majority of the people that participated in the riots but many accounts place them at the key moments leading the riots, di

talk to me about activists like marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera and why sometimes trans women of colort out of history books. >> i think it's the history books for a lot of marginalized people have been written not by them. so the true events of stone wall, 1969, you know, really have to center lgbtq people of color, trans women of color and gender non-conforming people and specifically hearing people speak the names of rivera are, o exist in a moment for a long time didn't address the particular needs of black and brown trans women and trans women of color. >> reporter: but as trans women of color are being celebrated they're still very much in danger. the american medical associate described antitrans violence as epidemic. last year we highlighted the story of malaysia booker, just one of the 18 trans women killed that year. she was a target in her home town of dallas. >> a and kicked. >> the next time it could be someone else. >> reporter: but malaysia would never see justice. weeks later in the quiet of an early morning, malaysia was found murdered. >> at approximately 3:00 p.m., t

p. johnson was the innovator of riots in making our voices be heard in lgbt community. we want to make sure combined in marshavil rights movement. it's how we're here and why we're here. >> brandon an thony and erin, thank you very much. we're seeing people in a rally in brooklyn chanting black trans lives matter. let's meet back here tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. until we meet again, i'm joshua johnson. the news continues after this break on msnbc. after this break on msnbc hot! hot! no no no no no, there's no space there! maybe over here? oven mitts! oven mitts! everything's stuck in the drawers! i'm sorry! oh, jeez. hi. kelly clarkson. try wayfair! oh, ok. it's going to help you, with all of... this! yeah, here you go. thank you! oh, i like that one! [ laugh ] that's a lot of storage! perfect. you're welcome! i love it. how did you do all this? wayfair! speaking of dinner, what're we eating, guys? thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmen

mash s marsha p. johnsonal fight for today. >> the >> the book is a fascinating read. anyone interested in american history or queer history, i urge them to read it. eric, thank you so much. really appreciate it. thanks for writing the book. >>> what an investigation revealed when looking at president trump's hurricane dorian scandal. ♪ here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> we want to check in with chris and see what he's working on for cuomo prime time. >> we have the attorney for rayshard brooks family on tonight. to have a tough conversation about what this situation says to them. and what his argument is about what justice is in this. this w

but in 1969, many people like marcia marsha p johnson silvia rivera were comfortable referring to themselves as both gay and trans vests, they didn't see those things is necessarily an opposition are mutually exclusive. >> there are viewers or listeners tuning in we are looking back 50 years ago at the stonewall riots, the turning point for the gay and lesbian community and our guest from greenwich village new york is mark stein. he is the author of a new book that looks back on what happened 50 years ago, and we have been talking about new york city police officers police commissioner james o'neil on twitter, with this apology for the way officers 50 years ago handled the situation. s we>> i think it would be at tl irresponsible of me as we go through world pride month not to speak of the events at thend pret stonewall inn in june of 1969. i'm certainly not going tove stand up here and h pretend to e an expert on what happened at stonewall, i do know what happened should not have happened. the actions taken by the nypd were wrong, plain and simple. the actions and the laws were discriminato

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