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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.
Stonewall Uprising. Stonewall Uprising is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. Stonewall Uprising made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010, at the Film Forum in New York City. [1] [2] [3] The film features interviews with 15 participants and ...
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberation [ 6][ 7] activist and self-identified drag queen. [ 8][ 9] Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. [ 6][ 10][ 11] Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF ...
The origins trace back to 1969 when the Stonewall Riots marked the first major demonstration for LGBT rights in U.S. history. In the early morning of June 28, 1969, police raided a popular gay bar ...
The uprising that took place at The Stonewall Inn 51 years ago this week was the spark that set off a powder keg, paving the way for acceptance and equality of gay, lesbian and transgender people ...
The department admits it was "wrong" to storm into a bar 50 years ago to enforce a discriminatory law that made it illegal to serve alcohol to gay people.
Lesbian feminism. Stormé DeLarverie (c. December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014) was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to DeLarverie and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, spurring the crowd to action. [ 3] She was born in New Orleans, to an African American mother ...
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community is a 1984 American documentary film about the LGBT community prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots.It was narrated by author Rita Mae Brown, directed by Greta Schiller, co-directed by Robert Rosenberg, and co-produced by John Scagliotti and Rosenberg, and Schiller.