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1984 documentary Before Stonewall criticised over Marsha P Johnson omission
Original: Before Stonewall released in 1984 didn't seem to recognize that a Black Trans Woman Marsha P Johnson started Stonewall s
The 1984 documentary Before Stonewall is being criticised for failing to credit Marsha P Johnson, a Black trans woman, with helping to start the Stonewall uprising. One viewer said the film did not recognise her role and gave it the lowest possible rating, reviving a long-running debate about how queer history documentaries portray trans women and people of colour in the Stonewall story.
Why now: Renewed debate over erasure of trans women of colour, particularly Marsha P Johnson, from mainstream accounts of Stonewall
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