The Stonewall Riots Didn’t Start the Gay Rights Movement JSTOR Daily

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Stonewall and Its Influence On the Gay Freedom Activity

In the summer of 1969, as component of Mayor John Lindsey’s suppression on gay bars, New York City police detectives conducted a routine raid on Stonewall Inn.american gay rights activists The terrible reaction of Stonewall Inn’s patrons, in addition to succeeding troubles as well as protests, noted a shift in LGBT activism that rippled with the decades following and impacted the gay civil liberties and gay liberation motions in the USA.

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