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—anonymous Stonewall riots participant The police were to transport the bar's alcohol in patrol wagons. Twenty-eight cases of beer and nineteen bottles of hard liquor were seized, but the patrol wagons had not yet arrived, so patrons were required to wait in line for about 15 minutes. Those who were not arrested were released from the front door, but they did not leave quickly as usual ...
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 ...
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 Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, Stonewall revolution [56], 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.
An even later occurrence that is also said to have been the beginning of the movement for Gay Rights was the Stonewall Riots. On June 27, 1969 New York's Stonewall Inn bar was raided by police. Though this was a regular incident in gay bars like Stonewall, the reaction of its patrons, as they refused to leave and clashed with the raiding police ...
Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was a series of LGBTQ events and celebrations in June 2019, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was also the first time WorldPride was held in the United States. [1] [2] [3] Held primarily in the metropolitan New York City area, the theme for the celebrations and educational events ...