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Jun 28, 2019 · TIME invited a group of LGBTQ activists of all ages to discuss what's changed in the community 50 years after Stonewall. Watch their conversation.
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- How Did The Stonewall Riots Start?
- Defending Human Rights at The Stonewall Riots
- Stonewall’s Legacy
There is still some debate over the exact moment the riots started. But people who were there that night agree that three women of colour, Marsha P Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Stormé Delarvarie were pivotal in inspiring the other guests to rise up against the police. Police raids at the Stonewall Inn were by no means a rare occurrence. In fact, rega...
The riots at the Stonewall Inn are an iconic demonstration of how a single decision, an instinctive reaction to injustice, can be the first step to igniting a movement that can change the course of history. When Marsha and Sylvia decided to go out that night, there was no way they could have imagined that their actions would become defining moments...
A year after Stonewall on 28 June 1970, people returned to the Stonewall Inn and marked the anniversary as Christopher Street Liberation Day. This parade became known as the first LGBTI Pride festival and served as a catalyst to other movements and events across the globe. Even though LGBTI people had long-standing acceptance in many cultures aroun...
Jun 13, 2019 · June 27-28, 1969: Stonewall crowd erupts after police arrest and rough up patrons. After midnight on an unseasonably hot Friday night, the Stonewall was packed when eight plainclothes or...
- Sarah Pruitt
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Jun 17, 2019 · About 200 customers - lesbians, gay men, transgender people, runaway teenagers and drag queens - were thrown out on to Christopher Street. A crowd turned on the officers who retreated inside for ...
Jun 28, 2019 · After the Stonewall protests happened, the first Pride festival officially took place in the UK in 1972. Around 2,000 people turned out for the event back then. But now, more than a million...
Jun 26, 2019 · On June 28, 1969, New York City’s then-underground queer community fought back against police oppression when officers raided the popular bar. The Stonewall riots became a pivotal moment in...
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, Stonewall revolution, [3] or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
