Police LGBTQ Liaisons Have Failed to Stop Police Abuse of Trans People
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 14, 2022
On a hot Saturday night at a bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, police officers attacked and handcuffed Stormé DeLarverie. One hit her head with his baton.
Altercations like these were common at the time. Bars and restaurants were often raided and shut down for serving gay patrons, and transgender people were hauled in for "masquerading" as another gender. On any other night, the encounter might have been forgotten as just another police raid. At any other bar . . .
