Stonewall riots

The Stonewall riots were a series of riots in New York City from 28 June to 6 July 1969. They happened after the New York City Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) bar in Greenwich Village. That made many LGBT+ people protest being persecuted by the police. The riots are seen as the start of the Gay Rights Movement in the United States.

 Raid 
At 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1969 police walked into the Stonewall Inn. The employees were not told there was going to be a raid. Like they did in other raids, the police lined up the people in the bar and checked their ID's. They also confirmed the sex of the people Cross-dressing to arrest them. The people in the Inn and those watching from outside began the initial riot.

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