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Jared 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 privileges of LGBT people. The Stonewall Riots took place in the morning of June 28, at around 1 AM where there was an unannounced raid on the Stonewall Inn (Hughes n. pag.). There were many reasons the raid happened. One thing was that homosexual relations were illegal in New York during the time. The Inn was basically the only place LGBT people could stay safe together without harassment (“Stonewall Riots” par. 1). When the raid took place, the officers actually performed it legally. An example of why it was legally justified is because the Stonewall Inn was serving alcoholic beverages without a license (“The Stonewall …show more content…
It’s not other people deciding that we’re sick, or should be felt sorry for, or all these things. The world before Stonewall was very much like the world that the Christian right would want it to be today” (Eilperin par. 14).
Another participant named Dave van Ronk, a famous folksinger, was actually in the building while the riot was taking place, but he wasn’t actually of the LGBT community, though. He just supported the movement and helped in the riot (Hughes n. pag.). The police came in the building and also ended up dragging out three drag queens and a lesbian (“The Stonewall Riot” par. 2), one of whom, the lesbian, was Storme de Larverie (Hughes n. pag.). While being dragged to the police car she yelled, “Why don’t you guys do something!” to the crowd (n. pag.), and at that moment all the protesters became
Jared 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 privileges of LGBT people. The Stonewall Riots took place in the morning of June 28, at around 1 AM where there was an unannounced raid on the Stonewall Inn (Hughes n. pag.). There were many reasons the raid happened. One thing was that homosexual relations were illegal in New York during the time. The Inn was basically the only place LGBT people could stay safe together without harassment (“Stonewall Riots” par. 1). When the raid took place, the officers actually performed it legally. An example of why it was legally justified is because the Stonewall Inn was serving alcoholic beverages without a license (“The Stonewall …show more content…
It’s not other people deciding that we’re sick, or should be felt sorry for, or all these things. The world before Stonewall was very much like the world that the Christian right would want it to be today” (Eilperin par. 14).
Another participant named Dave van Ronk, a famous folksinger, was actually in the building while the riot was taking place, but he wasn’t actually of the LGBT community, though. He just supported the movement and helped in the riot (Hughes n. pag.). The police came in the building and also ended up dragging out three drag queens and a lesbian (“The Stonewall Riot” par. 2), one of whom, the lesbian, was Storme de Larverie (Hughes n. pag.). While being dragged to the police car she yelled, “Why don’t you guys do something!” to the crowd (n. pag.), and at that moment all the protesters became