To many older homosexuals and many members of the Mattachine Society who had worked throughout the 1960s to promote homosexuals as no different from heterosexuals, the display of violence and effeminate behavior was embarrassing.
Moitos gais de maior idade e moitos membros da Mattachine Society, que traballaran durante a década dos 60 para promover a idea de que os homosexuais non eran distintos dos heterosexuais, consideraron vergoñosa a violencia e a exhibición de condutas efeminadas.