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HIS 100 Project Template(1)HIS 100 Project Template Use this template to address the steps in your Project Guidelines and Rubric. Replace the bracketed text with your responses. Ensure that you have considered your instructor’s feedback when revising your work. Proofread the entire document before submitting. Part 1: Creating a Research Question 1. Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic.  I believe in inclusivity; all people should be treated equally no matter your sexual preference or gender identity. I never really knew much about the LGBTQ+ movement. Like most people who don’t identify with the community I felt as though they were doing too much. I didn’t know what they went through during the 1960s let alone what happened that night at the Stonewall Inn. I needed to know.  When reviewing the options I had for a research topic, I just knew Roe v Wade would be on there. I wanted to research something that involved me without It being about racism. After I read what the stonewall rebellion was, although it had nothing to do with who I am personally it was a great topic to research inequality, injustice, and discrimination. 2. Discuss the significance of your historical research question in relation to your current event.  My research question was, what effect did the Stonewall Rebellion have on Transgender Rights? Looking at current events of Anti-trans bills and laws that have been passed that show inequality and discrimination against trans people are horrendous. People who live in their truth and the decision that they make for their gender identity is still being targeted. That made me wonder did the Stonewall Uprising in fact help Trans people or did it make their situation worse. Seeing that the first brick was thrown by a transgender woman why did the narrative not change for them so much. Trans women are still made out to be stronger and more aggressive than CIS gendered women. This year alone 80 anti-trans bills have been passed, 72 of those have been already signed into law. With that number steadily rising as the days pass.  Through the lens that I look gay people have more rights in my opinion. Seeing that Trans people do not consider their self as gay, they choose to identify as the opposite sex. My research question dug into discrimination and inequality that trans people face. 3. Explain how you used sources to finalize your research question.  I used a lot of sources to finalize my research question. I went from interviews to newspaper articles trying to see what role if any did trans people play in the uprisings. I didn’t find a lot on trans people when I should have. A lot of secondary sources I found seemed to be “whitewashed” and trans people were not involved in the uprisings. Which is very untrue. I even had the question “What role did trans people play in the stonewall rebellion?”, but when googling that question the same articles popped up that didn’t include trans people. I wanted something different.  I wanted to know what they gained from the riots, what rights did they have as Trans people. I read interviews from people like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera on how they were pushed out of the gay rights movements. I read articles on how people have changed the narrative in movies on the stonewall rebellion. Part 2: Building Context to Address Questions 1. Describe the context of your historical event that influenced your current event.  The Stonewall Rebellion started because police raided a well-known gay club called the stonewall inn. Which subsequently incited a riot that was started by a transwoman throwing a 1

brick at police. Marginalization and mistreatment of the LGBTQ+ community led to tension between society and police. The rebellion was a pivotal moment on the fight for inclusion and gay/trans rights.  Although the trans women felt they were pushed out of the gay rights movement, they started this Gay pride movement. If it had not been for Marsha, a trans woman, throwing that first brick at police, where would gay rights be. There would be no pride parades, no gay marriages, no pronouns. 2. Describe a historical figure or group’s participation in your historical event.  Sylvia Rivera was a Latina-American drag queen who became one of the most radical gay and transgender activists of the 1960s and '70s. As co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front, Rivera was known for participating in the Stonewall Riots and establishing the political organization STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) 3. Explain the historical figure or group’s motivation to participate in your historical event.  Sylvia Rivera was Latin-American and a drag queen. She was faced with discrimination just by race, Sylvia had personal ties, her being a transgender woman, that would lead her to participate in the stonewall uprisings. Before Stonewall Sylvia was involved with the Black Liberation Movement as well. In a 1989 interview with journalist Eric Marcus for Making Gay History. Sylvia stated that, it was her first time at the Stonewall Inn, everything just happened to jump off and she said “Well, great, now it’s my time.” “Here, I’m out there being a revolutionist for everybody else. I said now it’s time to do my thing for my own people.” Part 3: Examining How Bias Impacts Narrative 1. Describe a narrative you identified while researching the history of your historical event.  One main narrative that I identified while researching was that the LGBTQ+ people were tired of being targeted, discriminated against, used for a payoff, and treated poorly by law enforcement and government officials. The Stonewall Rebellion was a catalyst for gay rights.  The narrative that police only wanted a payoff. In an interview Sylvia Rivera stated that when they were escorted out the stonewall inn, they started throwing pennies and nickels and dimes. 2. Articulate how biased perspectives presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.  Most perspectives you see are biased although you sometimes get firsthand accounts about a subject and it can be very informative, doesn’t mean that it lacks biased. We tend to go with the first thing we hear and see about history, not many of us research what we are reading. Especially if it’s a primary source, not realizing that even primary sources can be biased. Biased perspectives have a huge influence on what is known about history, people always tell a story to fit their narrative. Which may not be the full or even half-truth. 3. Identify the perspectives that you think are missing from your historical event’s narrative.  The perspectives of people who were not involved in the riots. Law abiding citizens. I didn’t find any interviews from innocent bystanders who were not biased. Part 4: Connecting the Past With the Present 1. Explain how researching its historical roots helped improve your understanding of your current event.  There have been more than enough movies and interviews about the stonewall uprisings. I never even knew that it was an actual uprising that carried on for days. Exploring my research question, I now understand more of the facts that happened that night. Most of the movies that have come out depicts a white cis-gender gay male who threw the first brick at police that night, I now know that was untrue. Marsha P Johnson a trans woman was the one who started the riot which in turn started a movement. Transgender people don’t get enough credit for their 2

contributions to the Gay Rights movement. 2. Articulate how questioning your assumptions, beliefs, and values may benefit you as an individual.  As an individual who feels strongly about what I believe and my values it is imperative and beneficial to always question what I think I know. Looking at my research topic I assumed that it would not have much of a back story. I assumed that Transgender people didn’t have it as hard anymore because of all the gay rights “wins” that had occurred. I questioned myself on that assumption and decided to investigate what hurdles transgender people may be still jumping through. 3. Discuss how being a more historically informed citizen may help you understand contemporary issues.  Theodore Roosevelt said, "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self- respecting regard for the rights of others."  In my opinion what he said was and still is true when it comes to being a good citizen. History is passed down from generation to generation. It’s a cycle where everything just repeats itself through time. Most contemporary issues we face stem from things that have already happened. The only way to understand why things are happening the way that they happen is to research what happened before. Issues tend to evolve over time. When we are historically informed that self-respecting regard for the rights of others Roosevelt was talking about comes naturally. 3

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References  Leitsch, D. (1969, September 1). "Police Raid on N.Y. Club sets off First Gay Riot". The Advocate, (September 1969). https://stonewallforever.org/monument/police-raid-on-ny-club-sets-off- first-gay-riot-from-the-advocate-september-1969/  American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Seymour Pine, 1 of 2. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-64thvx10  “How the Stonewall riots inspired today’s Pride celebrations” By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN. Updated 9:55 AM EDT, Fri June 28, 2019 1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today's Pride celebrations | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/us/1969-stonewall-riots-history/index.html  Hemingway, M. (2020, July 4). False Trans Narrative Rewrites Stonewall History COMMENTARY. Real Clear Politics. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/04/false_trans_narrative_rewrites_stonew all_history.html? callback=in&code=OWIZZMY3ZTITOWRINC0ZMZYYLWI1NDQTZMMYNMU3MZZHMZUZ&state=b a3aa6bbff5a43cd847d9b4a35fb44df  Marcus, E. (1989, December 9). Sylvia Rivera Discusses the Stonewall Riots in a Never-Heard- Before Interview (Exclusive) . OUT. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from https://www.out.com/out- exclusives/2016/10/13/sylvia-rivera-discusses-stonewall-riots-never-heard-interview-exclusive  Theodore Roosevelt, Speech at New York (1902-11-11) Good citizenship - Wikipedia  Feliciano, I. (2020, June 6). As Pride Month kicks off, black trans activists want their stories centered . PBS Kansas. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-pride-month-kicks-off-black- trans-activists-want-their-stories-centered 4

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