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In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.
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Stonewall Inn
Gay tavern and monument in New York City
The Stonewall Inn is a gay bar and recreational tavern at 53 Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It was the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, which led to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBTQ rights…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gay
Term referring to a homosexual person
Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant "carefree", "cheerful', or "bright and showy".Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Transgender
Gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
A transgender person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. The opposite of transgender is cisgender, which describes persons whose gender identity matches their assigned sex.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Stonewall riots
1969 uprising for modern LGBTQ rights
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Although the demonstrations…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
LGBTQ movements
Social identity movements
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