#june281969

June 28, 1969 marked a historic turning point for contemporary LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. An all too frequent police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City ignited a multi-day rebellion/protest after patrons of the bar resisted the discriminatory conditions they long endured. This was not the first rebellion, but it was the first to be called “the first,” and that act of naming mattered & undoubtedly helped to trigger decades of ferocious struggle by LGBTQ+ people for full personhood in the eyes of government & public alike. #PrideMonth #StonewallRiots #June281969 #GayRights #LGBTQ #Pride #TheFirstPrideWasARiot #EqualRights #Stonewall #Love https://www.instagram.com/p/CQqwIsID0z0/?utm_medium=tumblr

In the early hours of #June281969, a #gay bar in the West Village of Manhattan became the epicentre of an event that changed the course of #LGBTQ history. The days of riots which followed the uprising against police who frequently targeted #TheStonewallInn along with other gay bars were momentous. Led by prominent activists #MarshaPJohnson & #SylviaRivera, who were #transwomen of color, the riots sparked an entire civil rights movement, and the reason why we celebrate #Pride Month in June. #HappyPride (at The Stonewall Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_aCv-sRnH/?igshid=5vja2o0ypxvn