Stonewall riots
1969 LGBT rights demonstrations in New York City, United States
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The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, 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. Although the demonstrations were not the first time American homosexuals fought back against government-sponsored persecution of sexual minorities, the Stonewall riots marked a new beginning for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
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edit- The last goal I set for myself was to find the Stonewall. The news of the battle against the police in C.E.1969 had affected us immensely. I wanted to ask a passerby to take a photo of me in front of the bar. I thought that one day, after I die, someone might find the photo and understand me a little better.
- The girls of Stonewall siam: | I'll do the perm; | we don't wear underwear; | pubic hair shows! | The queens of the Siam village: | we always look at ourselves | let's do the perm, | because we are girls!
- Stonewall (1995 film)
- Everyone has their own Stonewall legend.
- Stonewall (1995 film)
