The Stonewall Riots weren’t the beginning of the gay civil rights movement — they weren’t even the first gay riots in the United States. And when the plainclothes police officers walked in the Stonewall Inn at 2 a.m. and shut down the bar, it was the second time they’d raided the bar that week.
For many of the rioters — who, when the police tried to arrest the drag queens and butch lesbians in the bar, showered them with coins, then cobblestones, then one uprooted parking meter — the night was a reaction,...
For many of the rioters — who, when the police tried to arrest the drag queens and butch lesbians in the bar, showered them with coins, then cobblestones, then one uprooted parking meter — the night was a reaction,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Hannah Murphy
- Rollingstone.com
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