Stonewall Was Not the Beginning of the Gay Rights Movement
Talk Queerly: a bi-weekly column on LGBTQ culture & politics
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13 min readJun 6, 2019
The Stonewall Inn Riots of 1969, alternatively referred to as a rebellion or uprising, are often described as the beginning of the modern Gay (now LGBTQ) Rights Movement and the most significant event in LGBTQ history. Stonewall is not solely an historical event…
