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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 riots and 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.
The Stonewall Inn (also known as Stonewall) is a gay bar and recreational tavern at 53 Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.It was the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, which led to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.
On June 28, 1969, an 18-year-old Mark Segal was one of the many LGBTQ people outside Stonewall Inn, where a stand was being taken against the latest police raid of one of the community’s few ...
1969: The uprising that gave Stonewall Columbus its name happened on June 28, 1969. The Stonewall Uprising began in New York between police and LGBTQ+ protestors after a raid at a gay bar, the ...
The NYC Pride March is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ community in New York City.The largest pride parade and the largest pride event in the world, the NYC Pride March attracts tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June, [4] [5] and carries spiritual and historical significance for the worldwide LGBTQIA+ community and its advocates.
Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did. "The actions ...
"The reason it's in June is absolutely connected to what happened on June 28, 1969, on Christopher Street," Broidy says of Pride Month. While Stonewall is a turning point in LGBTQ+ history, it ...
1969. Saturday 28 June – Stonewall ... the first gay Pride parade to be held in New York City by way of a ... been 1,969 cumulative deaths by AIDS in New York.