Edmund White, writing within weeks of the Stonewall riots, notes the response of a group of onlookers on the second night (a Saturday):pic.twitter.com/Gj96BHcxTR
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Edmund White, writing within weeks of the Stonewall riots, notes the response of a group of onlookers on the second night (a Saturday):pic.twitter.com/Gj96BHcxTR
I've always been struck by that keen, early insight — from a contemporaneous account — into the power dynamics of queerness.
Here's where that quote comes from, a letter Edmund White wrote to two of his friends: http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/stonewall-riot-police-reports/contents/edmund-white-letter …
Chris Geidner Retweeted Alex Morash
Been thinking about that quote a lot tonight after today's protests at #DCPride.https://twitter.com/alexmorash/status/873664848361607168 …
Chris Geidner added,
More on Saturday's protests, from the Post:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/public-safety/captial-pride-parade-disrupted-by-protesters-revelers-rerouted/2017/06/10/97053aa6-4e28-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html …
Here's the full paragraph in which White writes the sentence that started that thread, for context:pic.twitter.com/CFgd1r2Nnv
Aside from the import and serious and historic topics discussed in Edmund White's letter, the end of it has an incredible paragraph:pic.twitter.com/nQv90ixkpa
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