From The Advocate magazine, you're listening to LGBTQNA.

I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is an interview with Alexi Romanov and David Farah that I wanted

to bring you in honor of LGBTQ History Month. They talk about the protests that happened at

the Black Cat in Los Angeles. This was 1967. Alexi helped organize and lead the protest and is also the last known person still alive

who was there. He talks about the police raid that led to the protest, the massive number of

people that showed up for it. It was about 5 to 600 people, which was unheard of for the time.

And then also David, his husband is here. And David about 5 to 600 people, which was unheard of for the time. And then also, David,

his husband is here. And David really helps to explain the historical significance of not just

the protest, but the trial that resulted. This occurred about two years before Stonewall for

context. They also talked about fighting for trans rights and why LGBT people need to stand with those in our community who are trans.

And I don't know, Alexi is 80 and we tend to assume that older generations are out of touch.

So I think it's really a great example of how that's not always the case.

So that leads me to my very last point, which is that the midterms are coming up incredibly soon,

and as we know, it is absolutely critical that we vote.

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So to take the pledge to vote, there is a link to the show notes,

or you can go to glad.org slash amp your voice.

All right, that's it. Let's get to the interview.

So I want to give some context just because not everybody has heard of the Black Cat

protest.

And I say that because I had not heard of it until about a year ago.

And so, yeah,

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