Carl Wittman's an L.G.B.T Activist wrote in his book A Gay Manifesto, " To be free we must govern ourselves, set up our own organizations, protect ourselves" (Wittman, 75). The quote establishes the goals that many of the people from the gay community wanted in their lives. Many of these gay people wanted the same right that heterosexual people had. The Stonewall riots proved to not just gays but all people that enough time had passed. They wanted equal rights it was going to be in everyone lives not just one sexual orientation. The thought that this riot was the only way to see the pain that we as a society caused to this community is
