The Stonewall riots was a violent demonstration against a police raid on June 28, 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York City, at the Stonewall Inn. It was the first time that Gay's and Lesbians fought back against the government. It marked the beginning of the Gay Rights Movement all around the world. African American Civil Rights Movement, Counterculture of the 1960s, and Antiwar Demonstrations are some other social movements that happened in the 1960s. Only a few places were open to gay people in the 1950s and the 1960s. The places that often allowed gays were bars, but the bar owners and manargers mostly weren't gay.
At the time the Stonewall Inn was owned by the Mafia. It was popular to the gay community such as: hustlers, effeminate young men, transvestites, and homless youth. The raids that the police did in bars during the 1960s were routine. Officers quickly lost control of the situation at the Stonewall Inn. For several nights after the raid at Stonewall Inn were protests. People who lived in the city started activist groups to concentrate on finding places for gays and lesbians to be open about their sexual orientation without having to be afraid of getting arrested.
About six months after the riots two gay activist organizations were formed in New York. Ggay rights organizations were founded across the U.S. and the world, within a few years. To this day Gay Pride events are are held throughout the world around the end of June to mark the Stonewall Riots.
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