48 years ago
Jun. 27th, 2017 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrPolice raid Stonewall Inn, 01:20 am EDT, June 28, 1969 (10:20 PM June 27 PDT)
Not the first times trans folks fought back (that was the Compton's Cafeteria Riot). But the first time it really stuck.
And yes, it was trans folks, and POC at that that did much of the fighting over then days that followed.
Here's some more info on what was going on before Stonewall:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pre-Stonewall_LGBT_actions_in_the_United_States
Not the first times trans folks fought back (that was the Compton's Cafeteria Riot). But the first time it really stuck.
And yes, it was trans folks, and POC at that that did much of the fighting over then days that followed.
Here's some more info on what was going on before Stonewall:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pre-Stonewall_LGBT_actions_in_the_United_States
