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1 day ago · 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.
5 days ago · The Stonewall riots began on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. That the event began with someone throwing a brick is mythical, the New York Times reports, but what is agreed on is that it was a response to police harassment of gays, lesbians, transgender people, and other sexual minorities.
1 day ago · Sky News can reveal the majority of the most influential accounts responsible for spreading disinformation and orchestrating the far-right riots in the UK came from accounts and users abroad.
2 days ago · The selection featuring Rodwell’s story in The Stonewall Reader is an excerpt from from The Gay Crusaders by Kay Tobin Lahusen and Randy Wicker, 2 which explores the stories of key players in the homophile movement. In the excerpt, Rodwell speaks at length on the philosophy guiding his bookstore and the content of the books he chose to sell ...
3 days ago · A conversation about the history of Stonewall. Thursday night, the Zimmerman-Peirce Democrats held a conversation between Mayor Sean Strub and me at the Columns Museum here in Milford. As many of you probably know, I covered the Stonewall riots for the Village Voice way back in June of 1969.
6 days ago · LGBT activists remember Stonewall riots 50 years later: 'We were fighting and it was for our lives'
4 days ago · Introduction Subscription Databases (On-Site Only) Further Reading June 28, 1969 marks the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising, a series of events between police and LGBTQ+ protesters which stretched over six days. It was not the first time police raided a gay bar, and it was not the first time LGBT...
