The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K. “Who threw the first brick at Stonewall?” has become a rallying cry, a cliche and a queer inside joke on the internet — never mind the ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series about the gay-rights movement and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. One of the most enduring questions about the Stonewall riots is ...

She may not have personally thrown the fabled first brick, but her hard work in the years immediately following Stonewall helped ... got my civil rights,” and threw a shot glass into a mirror ...

Tim Stewart-Winter, who studies the history of gay movements at Rutgers University, says it's actually unclear who started the Stonewall riots. "We don't know who threw the first brick just ...

What kind of gay bar was Stonewall? What was a gay bar in 1969 like, anyway? Who went there? Who didn’t? Who protested? Who started it? Who threw the first brick? Was it the launching pad of the ...

My favorite short video piece, which was produced and hosted by my friend Shane O’Neill, is about Stonewall myths. It’s called “Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall: Let’s Argue About It.” ...

that we may never know who threw the “first brick” but we can say for sure that the climate of the time made it possible. “Having written the book about Stonewall, I’ve talked to a lot of ...

The Stonewall riots — an incident that ... and dousing yourself with glitter — and remember who threw the first brick.

Who threw the first brick at Stonewall? The question has been argued over by generations of queer historians, with little consensus. By some accounts, either Marsha P. Johnson or Sylvia Rivera ...

Who threw the first brick at Stonewall? Legends abound about the night a group of New York City queers who were tired of being harassed by the cops every night decided they’d had enough.

Its unclear who threw the first brick at Stonewall Inn on that night in New York City that arguably launched the gay rights liberation movement. As part of queer lore, Marsha P. Johnson ...

Despite their importance in the timeline of queer history, the Stonewall riots that kick started ... thematic context to the story. This is the first feature film role for star Frederick Weller ...