after all of these years, no one bothered to bring up William Dorsey Swann, an african-american born into slavery, who happened to be the first known person to self identify as the "queen-of-drag" in the united states and also lead a gay resistance group in the 1900s.
Remember their names. 🏳️⚧️
April 5: Davonta Curtis
April 12: Daniella Analee Escobedo
April 17: Aleanna Belcher
April 18: Lucas RedBeard Knapp
April 28: Lanessa Rodriguez
May 9: Ellie Schmidt (still missing)
May 13: Juniper Blessing
May 17: Eryka Caldwell
May 24: Leia Trysiss Ali
May 25: Murry Foust
May 25: Persia
And these are just the ones we know about.
DO NOT LET HER BE FORGOTTEN.
so many femicide cases of trans women of color have been swept under the rug. please Please remember her. say her name. her name is davonta curtis.
rest in peace sweet angel. i hope you are brought justice.
If your response to a child being stabbed 40 times is to mock her or her death then there is something fundamentally broken in you.
You are no longer human. Your humanity is just gone and I dont know if its even possible to get it back once you've sunk to such depravity.