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May 9, 2024 · Stonewall riots, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. As the riots progressed, an international gay rights movement was born.
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- The first documented U.S. gay rights organization was founded in Chicago in 1924. How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement. Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, founded the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights organization in the United States.
- The pink triangle was co-opted from the Nazis and reclaimed as a badge of pride. Homosexual prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing pink triangles on their uniforms on December 19, 1938.
- Three years before Stonewall, a protest for gay rights started in another New York City bar. What Is the ACLU? In 1966, three members of the Mattachine Society, an early organization dedicated to fighting for gay rights, staged a “sip-in”—a twist on the “sit-in” protests of the 1960s.
- The Mafia ran gay bars in NYC in the 1960s. An NYPD officer grabs someone by their hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1970.
- The Stonewall Inn was operated by an organized crime organization. In the 1960s, homosexuality was under fire from all directions. Because it was perceived as being amoral, individuals caught engaging in so-called "lewd behavior" were arrested and their names and home addresses were published in their local newspapers.
- Police had to lock themselves inside the Stonewall Inn to barricade themselves from the crowd. During the June 28 raid, police (who were alleged to have targeted Stonewall for its lack of a liquor license and the owners' possible blackmail attempts on gay attendees) confiscated alcohol and arrested 13 people in total, some for violating the statute on inappropriate gender apparel.
- The situation got worse on the second night of the Stonewall riots. After getting the crowd to disperse, police likely thought the worst of their problems were over.
- Protestors set their sights on The Village Voice. Tempers flared again days later when The Village Voice published two articles using homophobic slurs to describe the scene at the Stonewall Inn.
Jun 17, 2019 · By Tom Geoghegan. BBC News, Washington. When half a dozen police officers raided a Mafia-run gay bar on a hot New York night 50 years ago, little did they know their actions would spark a movement...
Jun 28, 2019 · Robert Bryan joined the crowd outside the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, when a police raid took an unexpected turn. Here’s what they had to say. What was the Stonewall Inn?
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May 30, 2019 · In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, four police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar and dance club in New York City's Greenwich Village. They began to arrest patrons who hadn't yet cleared out of the bar for drinking in a space that was operating without a liquor license (more on that later).
Jun 28, 2019 · 28 June 2019. Comments. Getty Images. The Stonewall riots changed attitudes to gay rights around the world. It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which helped spark the fight...
