The poster to the right from Justseeds depicts Sylvia Rivera, a Puerto Rican and Venezuelan trans woman from New York City. Queer people at San Francisco’s Compton’s Cafeteria, Philadelphia’s Dewey’s Restaurant and Los Angeles’ Black Cat tavern all protested to demand access to public accommodations and freedom from police harassment. ![]() Jason Baumann, who curated the New York Public Library’s exhibit honoring the Stonewall Uprising’s 50th anniversary, points out that as early as the 1950s, groups like the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis were opposing job discrimination. However, in Teaching Stonewall’s 50th Anniversary, Teaching Tolerance editors note that it is important for students to learn that the gay rights movement did not begin with Stonewall.īefore, during and after Stonewall, activists in New York City were fighting against a system that criminalized their love lives and outward expression. The Stonewall Riots are considered to be a spark that ignited the gay rights movement. ![]() The raid did not proceed routinely, and resulted in resistance and demonstrations by the bar’s patrons and other individuals who gathered around the scene. ![]() On June 28, 1969, New York City police arrived at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in Greenwich village that catered to the gay community, to conduct a routine raid and arrest any individuals found to be cross-dressing.
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