Stonewall Riots
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Read the Incredibly Anti-Gay 1969 NY Daily News Piece on the Stonewall Riots – “Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees Stinging Mad”
Since many of our younger generation don’t comprehend the virulent anti-gay culture that prevailed in 1969 when the Stonewall Riots…
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Gay History- June 28th, 1969: The REAL History of the Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall Inn was located at 51 and 53 Christopher Street, in New York City’s Greenwich Village and what many people do…
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Forgotten Gay Heroes – Craig Rodwell: The Father of PRIDE
While in recent years certain groups in the LGBT community have been trying to put the all the focus on…
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Black History Month – Black Panthers Leader Huey Newton’s Pro-Gay Rights Letter
A little over a year after the Stonewall riots of 1969, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton spoke these words on…
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Stonewall Vet Miss Major: I Did Not See Sylvia Rivera or Marsha Johnson At The Stonewall Inn
Ever since Roland Emmerich’s trailer for his fictionalized re-telling of the Stonewall riots has been released there has been…
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Unsung Gay Heroes: Stonewall Riot Participant Danny Garvin – The Stonewall Riots Described in His Own Words (AUDIO)
Sadly one of the few remaining verified Stonewall bar riot participants Danny Garvin passed away at the age of 65…
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Stage Reading of Stonewall Musical Set for October 16 and 17 in NYC
Via Playbill: A new musical about the events leading up to the 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn,…
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Drunk History Falls For The Hype and Wrongly Recaps The Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
Crissle West — writer, comedian, and co-host of The Read podcast — popped by Comedy Central’s Drunk History this week to dutifully drain a…
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President Obama Includes The Stonewall Riots In “Loyalty Day” Proclamation
Loyalty Day is a Cold War-era holiday made official by Congress in 1958. It was first observed in 1921…
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MUST WATCH – Stonewall Veterans Talk About the Night That Changed The World: “It was Fag-ulous!” – Video
Veterans of the Stonewall riots, along with author David Carter, recount the largest gay rebellion happened and will stands…
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