We stand on the shoulders of giants
The warriors at Stonewall refused to be silenced
They said no longer will we tolerate this violence
Against our communities, and rose up in defiance
For no violence can break our alliance
The Stonewall resistance said now is the time
For Marsha P. Johnson to throw the first brick
To shatter
The status quo
And to prove
That being LGBTQ
Does not equal being non-human
They are our giants
Their fight is our defiance, too
Yet our adversary grows ever-taller
Reaching away from the ground towards the sky
To fight homo- and transphobia we too must fly
As Marsha’s first brick soared into our lives
And rendered us human.