First Trailer for Stonewall Shows More Diverse View of Historic Riots

But sadly, the trans erasure continues.

Teresa Jusino

Published: Aug 4, 2015 03:36 pm

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Check out the first trailer for Roland Emmerich’s film, Stonewall, which was released today!

While I still have reservations due to the trans erasure that’s happening, the trailer seems to at least do a better job of showcasing characters of color. In addition to the lead, Danny (played by Jeremy Irvine), there’s a lot of time focused on Ray Castro, a real-life Puerto Rican participant in the riots (played by Penny Dreadful‘s Jonny Beauchamp). And Marsha P. Johnson (played by Otoja Abit), one of the trans women of color at the Stonewall on the first night of the riots, seems to be represented prominently, albeit played by a cis male actor.

What do you think of the Stonewall trailer? Will you be going to see it?

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Teresa Jusino

Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.