Disputes remain “about how exactly the riots began, but it is agreed that they were the result of police raiding the bar for activity then considered criminal”, said The Independent. On 28 June 1969, riots broke out in the area surrounding New York City’s Stonewall Inn, a bar on Christopher Street in Manhattan. What was the catalyst for the gay pride movement? Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first historic protest in the UK, when “hundreds of queer people marched defiantly through the streets of London to demand that they be treated with respect by a society that loathed them”, said Pink News.īut some of the veterans who took to the streets that day have said the official modern celebrations are a far cry from the protest of 1972. ![]() The Week Unwrapped: Trans sport, fragrant friends and lost data.Why Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special has been condemned by LGBT activists.
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