Despite the high population of gays and lesbians who called Greenwich Village home, very few places existed, other than bars, where they were able to congregate openly without being harassed or arrested.
A pesar de que había unha gran poboación gai e lésbica no Greenwich Village, existían moi poucos lugares, fóra dos bares, onde se puidesen reunir abertamente estes sen ser acosados ou arrestados.