in remembrance of pride month, please don’t exclude the history of HIV/AIDS activism done by LGBT members, especially done by black activists as they were the most affected by the AIDS crisis and still to this day still experience the highest rate of HIV transmission by race and orientation
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also in remembrance of pride month please don’t exclude the history of activists who also were sex workers, such as the original stonewall rioters Sylvia Rae Rivera and Marhsa P. Johnson, and how sex work to this day intersects with the LGBT community
“Black and Black Multiracial National Transgender Discrimination Survey respondents had the highest rate of sex trade participation overall (39.9%), followed by those who identified as Hispanic or Latino/a (33.2%). Those who identified as “White only” had the lowest rate of participation at 6.3% “ (source)
