Stonewall riots

The early morning hours on June 28th 1969 marked the beginning of a new era for the gay rights movement. The Stonewall Inn, at the time one of the few establishments that openly welcomed the gay demographic, was raided by the police. Subsequently, a riot erupted amongst the arrested crowd – the first time that the gay population had protested a police raid. The incident incited several more violent demonstrations in the following days, which have been famously dubbed as the Stonewall riots. The series of riots are often regarded as the sole catalyst for the modern gay rights movement. Moreover, the Stonewall Inn has become a landmark that embodies the notion of a grassroots movement and fight for civil rights. Prior to the events at Stonewall,…

Before June 28, 1969, homosexual acts between consenting adults were illegal in all fifty states of America, which was reported in the article “The Stonewall Riots: June 28, 1969” (“The Stonewall Riots”). The Stonewall Inn is a gay bar in New York City. In 1969, it had no liquor license and held refuge for gay men and transvestites against the prejudiced police and laws. The laws were made to specifically On June 28th, these police raided Stonewall, which was not uncommon. But that night, for…

Stonewall Riots The prominent philosopher Slavoj Zizek breaks down the standard definition of violence into a two-part cause and effect system. In his novel, Violence, he categorizes violence as either being “subjective”, i.e. the more physical and literal examples of violence, such as murder, riots, and similar acts, or “objective”, the systematic or metaphorical violence that has caused the subjective violence, such as systematic oppression by the government or similar controlling bodies. The…

Based on the events of the 1969 Stonewall riots is the film, Stonewall. The movie focusses on fictional Danny Irvine, a gay Caucasian youth who leaves his conservative Indiana countryside for New York City. In the weeks leading up to the riot, he meets and befriends a group of LGBTQ youth. Danny is shown the rough lifestyle of theft and hustling of these street kids as well as the realities of police raids and the brutality of their bigotry. In the process, he learns more about LGBTQ culture…

Groves Ms. Ayers English II 10 - 31 - 16 The Stonewall Riots The Stonewall Riots were protests about gay rights and the beginning of the gay rights movement. It refers to the violent raids and arrests on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village at the Stonewall Inn (“White House…” par. 1). It happened June 28, 1969, in New York. It took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Most who protested were LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender). They all protested for the…

The riot at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969 was an event that had a massive impact on the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) rights movement. The riot started because of a police raid on the bar, due to it being illegal to be a LGB person at that time, the people in the bar had grown tired of the raids and fought against the police. The people involved with the riot did this through its effects on the movement by creating advocacy groups and made changing how LGB people were treated by police.…

June 28, 1969, New York City Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located on New York City’s Christopher Street. This soon turned violent when police forces roughly dragged out the patrons and employees out of the bar. The police arrested the employees for serving liquor without a license, which was their reason for disturbing the peace, and forced multiple patrons into a police van. This unnecessary act sparked a riot, bringing together residents and bystanders as they threw bottles and…

Take a trip back with me to June 28th, 1969. This day is important for many reasons. It is the beginning of the Gay liberation movement at the Stonewall Inn. Now I’m sure we are all well aware of the significance of such an event and the domino effect that rippled across the nation. For those of you who don’t though, the events that took place at Stonewall was a riot of freedom and life (do your research). For me, it holds more significance, not because of the actions that took place then and…

As stated on history.com, right after 3 o’clock in the morning, a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay club, became violent when patrons of the establishment and local sympathizers began to revolt against the police. Even though the police had the right to raid the club, seeing as how the club was selling liquor without a license alongside other violations, New York’s gay community grew tired of the police department targeting gay clubs; even the majority of clubs had already…

A local bar in New York’s Greenwich Village called the Stonewall Inn was the target of this routine police raid. At this age in time, it was still considered socially unacceptable to be gay. There were no laws protecting homosexuals and brutal force was used by the government officials. This all began as police were leading bar patrons outside to a waiting patrol car. Outside the bar, tempers flared and anger soon took control. The mob of people began throwing bottles toward the building and…