LGBT activists remember Stonewall riots 50 years later: 'We were fighting and it was for our lives' The riot began the gay civil rights movement. By Allie Yang. June 28, 2019, 5:55 AM.

Patrons and onlookers fought back—and the days-long melee that ensued, characterized then as a riot and now known as the Stonewall Rebellion, helped spark the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement.

Attraverso le foto di Enrico Bellenghi ecco il mosaico di personalità e originalità che ha animato la parata bolognese di ...

Police raids of gay bars in the 50s and 60s were routine but a raid on the Stonewall Inn did not go to plan and what followed effectively kick-started the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement.

The Stonewall Uprising, a pivotal moment in the LGBTQ+ rights fight, occurred 56 years ago and sparked a movement led in part by two transgender activists: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.

The Stonewall Inn became an official national monument in 2016. Police raided the bar and triggered riots in 1969 when homosexual acts were illegal in New York City. The Stonewall National Monument ...

New Yorkers protest erasing words transgender, queer from Stonewall National Monument website 02:08. Protesters gathered at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Friday after ...

Before Stonewall (2019) : Throughline In 1969, a gay bar in New York City called The Stonewall Inn was raided by police. It was a common form of harassment in those days but what followed, days of ...

Pride Month stems from police harassment, Stonewall Inn riots. Until a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, homosexuality was considered a crime throughout the U.S.As a result, people who ...

The Stonewall National Monument visitor center, near the Stonewall National Monument in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York on Feb. 13, 2025.