Stonewall riots

Stonewall riots
Stonewall riots
Part of events leading to Gay liberation and modern LGBTQ rights movement
Date	June 28 – July 3, 1969
Location	Stonewall Inn; New York City; ; 40°44′02″N 74°00′08″W / 40.7338°N 74.0021°WCoordinates: 40°44′02″N 74°00′08″W / 40.7338°N 74.0021°W
Caused by	Police raid on the Stonewall Inn (specifically); General repression of LGBTQ rights (more broadly);
Goals	Gay liberation; and LGBTQ rights in the United States;
Methods	Rioting, street protests
Parties to the civil conflict
New York Police Department Tactical Patrol Force; Fourth Precinct; Fifth Precinct; Sixth Precinct; Ninth Precinct;	Stonewall Inn patrons; and other sympathizers;
Number
Day 1: 10 NYPD officers (inside the Inn); Day 2: Multiple NYPD precincts	Day 1: 500–600 supporters outside; Day 2: ~1,000 supporters inside and outside

The Stonewall riots were a series of riots in New York City from 28 June to 6 July 1969. They happened after the New York City Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) bar in Greenwich Village. That made many LGBT+ people protest being persecuted by the police. The riots are seen as the start of the Gay Rights Movement in the United States.

Stonewall Riots Media

Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village
Layout of the Stonewall Inn in 1969.Source: Carter, David (2004). Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution, St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312342691, (p. 1, photo spread)
The sign left by police following the raid is now on display just inside the entrance.
Christopher Park, where many of the demonstrators met after the first night of rioting to talk about what had happened. It is now the site of the Gay Liberation Monument, featuring a sculpture of four figures by George Segal.
August 1969 Mattachine Society newsletter, covering the events
Gay rights demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, including members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). The GLF in the UK held its first meeting in a basement classroom at the London School of Economics on October 13, 1970. The organization was very informal, instituting marches and other activities, leading to the first British Gay Pride March in 1972.
Gay and Proud, a 1970 film by Lilli Vincenz documenting the first Christopher Street Liberation Day
Banner reading "Stonewall was a riot" pictured during Berlin Pride, 2009
Queer anarchists at Stockholm Pride with banner reading "Remember Stonewall"