On June 28th, 1969, when the police entered the Stonewall Inn in the West Village for the sole purpose of harassing the queer people gathered there, a
Stormé DeLarverie was a legendary entertainer, a smoothly charismatic figure, a firebrand, a rebel, a sister, a father figure, a fighter and a protector. As she says best in her own words, she was “a survivor who helped other people survive.” THAT is why she’s a legend. She was the very best of us.







