{"id":24022,"date":"2015-08-11T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-film-leaves-out-trans-activists-highlighting-an-epidemic-in-communal-activism-and-american-culture\/"},"modified":"2015-08-11T18:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T22:20:09","slug":"this-film-leaves-out-trans-activists-highlighting-an-epidemic-in-communal-activism-and-american-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-film-leaves-out-trans-activists-highlighting-an-epidemic-in-communal-activism-and-american-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"This Film Leaves Out Trans Activists, Highlighting an Epidemic in Communal Activism and American Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This Film Leaves Out Trans Activists, Highlighting an Epidemic in Communal Activism and American Culture<\/b><br \/>\n<em>This post was <a href=\"http:\/\/blavity.com\/film-intentionally-leaves-out-trans-activists-of-color-highlighting-an-epidemic-in-communal-activism-and-american-culture\/\" target=\"_hplink\">originally published on Blavity.com<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/blavity.com\/author\/elogan\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Erin Logan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7vmeZx2TPaQ\" target=\"_hplink\">September, Ronald Emmerich and Jon Robin Baitz&#8217;s <em>Stonewall<\/em> is set to hit theaters.<\/a> Many are excited for this story to be brought to the big screen. Others are skeptical &#8212; and for a good reason. Emmerich and Baitz&#8217;s film attempts to tell the story of the Stonewall Riots, which are widely admired and accredited as a critical event of the LGBTQI+ rights movement. But they designated a cisgender white <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> as the lead character while having a few token <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people in the background. No doubt, this movie is documenting this inspiring moment that&#8217;s rarely taught in schools on a large scale, but it is erasing the contributions of those who started the movement. The initiation of the riots at Stonewall Inn are <a href=\"http:\/\/planettransgender.com\/stonewall-movie-erases-black-trans-women-and-drag-queens-from-history\/\" target=\"_hplink\">credited<\/a> to a black drag queen, Marsha P. Johnson and a Latina <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>, Sylvia Rivera. These two are nonexistent in the film. Instead, a cis white <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> is the focal point of a wholly fictitious movie, erasing the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> impact on the beginnings of the modern LGBTQI+ rights movement.<\/p>\n<p> The cis\/whitewashing seen in this movie is all too common in Hollywood, which is notorious for writing white people into roles meant for people of color. Emma Stone recently played a character who is, in real life, of Chinese and Hawaiian descent. <a href=\"http:\/\/blavity.com\/disney-is-making-a-movie-about-a-white-dad-declaring-his-daughter-the-princess-of-north-sudan\/\" target=\"_hplink\">The first African Disney princess is set to be a cis American white girl.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cis-washing is extremely dangerous because of the incessant lack of inclusion the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> community faces among social justice movements and society as a whole.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This year, Caitlyn Jenner made headlines all over the world. Her <em>20\/20<\/em> interview with Diane Sawyer as well as her new show, <em>I Am Cait<\/em>, have introduced many to the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> community for the first time. Despite the existence of the transgender community throughout the country, many people do not personally know an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> person, much less know of the importance of their involvement in the LGBTQI+ movement. This lack of interaction with the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> community speaks to the widespread existence of transphobia in American politics and culture. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocativ.com\/culture\/lgbt\/transgender-suicide\/\" target=\"_hplink\">41 percent<\/a> of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people attempt suicide. In Florida, a bill was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Documents\/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0583__.docx&amp;DocumentType=Bill&amp;BillNumber=0583&amp;Session=2015\" target=\"_hplink\">proposed<\/a> to force <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people to use single-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> public restrooms in accordance with their assigned <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> from birth. Trans <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> of color are frequently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/06\/transgender-women-disproportionately-targeted-violent-hate-crimes\" target=\"_hplink\">targeted<\/a> by police and subject to violence from civilians. Trans <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> are frequently excluded from the feminist movement as well as ignored by many in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> community is regularly marginalized from groups focused on eliminating institutionalized inequality because of the transphobia present across activist circles. This is why the intentional erasure of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> of color from the highly anticipated film <em>Stonewall<\/em> is paramount.<\/p>\n<p> Instead of crediting the mostly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> crowd present at Stonewall for initiating the modern-day LGBTQI+ rights movement, Emmerich and Baitz are intentionally and unapologetically erasing them from history. They are perpetuating a culture that consistently excludes <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> folks while maintaining an unprecedented amount of violence towards <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> communities of color. They are erasing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people of color from a movement that is supposed to be inclusive of all identities. Do not waste your money on this movie. Do not support a project that intentionally overlooks a group of people who helped millions become themselves. Instead, support Happy Birthday, Marsha, a movie that highlights the life, efforts and work of black drag queen and activist Marsha P Johnson. Without her, the long awaited breakthrough of this summer might have never seen the light of day. Stonewall had the opportunity to shed light on a community that struggles for visibility. Instead of writing a semi-historically accurate portrayal of a crucial event, they intentionally skirted over an exceptionally marginalized community to make a guaranteed box office hit about a &#8220;pretty&#8221; cisgender white <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/terms.html\/\">terms.<\/a> It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/1\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/1\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/2\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/2\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/3\/rc.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rc.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/rc\/3\/rc.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/ach.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adchoice.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/ach.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi2.feedsportal.com\/r\/234567068511\/u\/197\/f\/677065\/c\/35496\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/a2t2.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/mf.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0Cerin0Elogan0Cthis0Efilm0Eleaves0Eout0Etran0Ib0I7966980A0Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/c\/35496\/f\/677065\/s\/48e72a6e\/sc\/38\/l\/0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0Cerin0Elogan0Cthis0Efilm0Eleaves0Eout0Etran0Ib0I7966980A0Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fgay0Evoices0Gir0FGay0KVoices\/story01.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Film Leaves Out Trans Activists, Highlighting an Epidemic in Communal Activism and American Culture This post was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/Blavity.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Blavity.com<\/a> by Erin Logan. This September, Ronald Emmerich and Jon Robin Baitz&#8217;s Stonewall is set to hit theaters. Many are excited for this story to be brought to the big screen. 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