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Stonewall at 50: A Roundtable
Stonewall at 50: A Roundtable

Stonewall at 50: A Roundtable

Today on the blog, we mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with a series of short essays by activists, writers, and scholars whose lives and work have been shaped by the events of June 1969 and their aftermath. This year, the scale of celebration and commemoration in New York is larger than ever — more than 4 million people are expected to attend this weekend’s festivities, and an estimated 115,000 people will be marching at Pride.

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Politics, Postwar New York, Crime & Policing, Gender & SexualityGuest UserStonewall, Pride, Matt Brim, Jewel Cadet, Melinda Chateauvert, Young Lords, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, Stop and Frisk, Rachel Corbman, Jeffrey Escoffier, New Left, Women's Liberation, Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution, Anti-War Movement, Bianey Garcia, Curtis Harris-Davia, Two Spirit, Pauline Park, Greenwich Village, Polly Thistlethwaite, NYC House of Detention for Women, LGBTQ, New York Police Department (NYPD), Civil Rights Movement, City University of New York (CUNY), Black Panther Party (BPP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Comment
What Stonewall Means to Me
What Stonewall Means to Me

What Stonewall Means to Me

By Perry Brass

People often ask me if I was “at Stonewall,” and I’m one of the few people who will definitely say, “No.” I was actually around the corner at an old bar called Julius’, when some young men raced in to tell us that “the girls are rioting at the Stonewall!”

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Postwar New York, Gender & SexualityGuest UserStonewall, Anti-War Movement, Sheridan Square, Perry Brass, Gay Liberation Front, LGBTQComment