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Stonewall riots
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Stonewall riots

(June 28, 1969) Series of violent confrontations between police and gay rights activists in New York City. In response to the second raid in a week by police on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village that had been selling liquor without a license, about 1,000 transvestites, gays, and lesbians taunted police and threw debris; police responded with violence. Similar riots occurred on succeeding nights and were followed by protest rallies. The event marked the awakening of gay rights organizations throughout the U.S.; it is commemorated annually in Gay and Lesbian Pride Week. In 1999 the U.S. National Park Service placed the Stonewall Inn on the National Register of Historic Places. See also gay rights movement.
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Based on a truly gay story: forty years ago this summer, two ... by Colman, David / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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What made Stonewall different by Carter, David / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
Young will speak about the early years of the gay liberation movement launched after the June 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City.
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