News of the riot spread quickly throughout Greenwich Village, fueled by rumors that it had been organized by the Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panthers, or triggered by "a homosexual police officer whose roommate went dancing at the Stonewall against the officer's wishes".
As noticias sobre os disturbios estendéronse rapidamente por todo Greenwich Village, alimentadas polos rumores de que foran organizados polos Students for a Democratic Society, os Black Panthers ou até que foran causados por "un policía homosexual cun compañeiro de piso que foi bailar ao Stonewall contra os seus desexos".