Levine, who bore witness to the Stonewall riots — a series of demonstrations following a police raid at a downtown gay bar in 1969, an event that galvanized the gay rights movement — was an ...

On June 28, 1969, transgender and queer New Yorkers fought back against discriminatory police raids in what are now known as the Stonewall Riots, galvanizing the modern LGBTQ+ liberation movement ...

Sescily Coney’s mother remembers her own mother, a dressmaker, had so many transgendered friends who were involved in the Stonewall riots back ... of the trans leaders who led the stonewall ...

In June, 1969, a typical NYPD raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, had an unexpected result: gay patrons fought back.

Witness History, from the BBC World Service, spoke to John O'Brien, who took part in the famous protest outside the Stonewall Inn. Victoria Fernandez speaks about the market reaction to US ...

but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals — especially transgender women of color — who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for ...

“This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals — especially transgender women of color — who were ...