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Subject(s)

• Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 [Browse]
• Gay liberation movement—United States—History [Browse]
• Gay rights—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Gay people—United States—History—20th century [Browse]

Editor

• Stein, Marc [Browse]

Related name

• Walter de Gruyter & Co. [Browse]

Summary note

On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the most important moment in LGBTQ history--depicted by the people who influenced, recorded, and reacted to it. June 28, 1969, Greenwich Village: The New York City Police Department, fueled by bigoted liquor licensing practices and an omnipresent backdrop of homophobia and transphobia, raided the Stonewall Inn, a neighborhood gay bar, in the middle of the night. The raid was met with a series of responses that would go down in history as the most galvanizing period in this country's fight for sexual and gender liberation: a riotous reaction from the bar's patrons and surrounding community, followed by six days of protests. Across 200 documents, Marc Stein presents a unique record of the lessons and legacies of Stonewall. Drawing from sources that include mainstream, alternative, and LGBTQ media, gay-bar guide listings, state court decisions, political fliers, first-person accounts, song lyrics, and photographs, Stein paints an indelible portrait of this pivotal moment in the LGBT movement. In The Stonewall Riots, Stein does not construct a neatly quilted, streamlined narrative of Greenwich Village, its people, and its protests; instead, he allows multiple truths to find their voices and speak to one another, much like the conversations you'd expect to overhear in your neighborhood bar. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the moment the first brick (or shot glass?) was thrown, The Stonewall Riots allows readers to take stock of how LGBTQ life has changed in the US, and how it has stayed the same. It offers campy stories of queer resistance, courageous accounts of movements and protests, powerful narratives of police repression, and lesser-known stories otherwise buried in the historical record, from an account of ball culture in the mid-sixties to a letter by Black Panther Huey P. Newton addressed to his brothers and sisters in the resistance. For anyone committed to political activism and social justice, The Stonewall Riots provides a much-needed resource for renewal and empowerment.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

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Contents

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Before Stonewall, 1965-1969; One. Gay Bars and Antigay Policing; 1. "Bridge to Understanding," Eastern Mattachine Magazine.; 2. "On Gay Bars," Drum.; 3. "After the Ball," The Ladder.; 4. "A Brief of Injustices," ONE.; 5. "L.A. Cops, Gay Groups Seek Peace," The Los Angeles Advocate.; 6. Editorial, Daughters of Bilitis Philadelphia Newsletter.; 7. "Anatomy of a Raid," The Los Angeles Advocate.; 8. "Bathhouse Raided," Mattachine Society of New York Newsletter.
• 9. "Grim Reapings-Coast to Coast," Mattachine Society of New York Newsletter.10. "Gay Party at Police Station," Mattachine Society of New York Newsletter.; 11. "The Wicker Report," Eastern Mattachine Magazine.; 12. "Cross-Currents," The Ladder.; 13. "Entrapment Attacked," The Ladder.; 14. "Mafia Control of Gay Bars," The New York Hymnal.; 15. "Editorial: You're an Accomplice!," The Los Angeles Advocate.; 16. Inman v. Miami.; 17. One Eleven Wines & Liquors v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.; 18. In the Matter of Kerma Restaurant Corporation v. State Liquor Authority.
• Two. Activist Agendas and Visions before Stonewall; 19. "The Year Ahead: A Forecast," Mattachine Review.; 20. "Does Research into Homosexuality Matter?," The Ladder.; 21. "Research Is Here to Stay," The Ladder.; 22. "Positive Policy," Eastern Mattachine Magazine.; 23. "Editorial: On Picketing," Eastern Mattachine Magazine.; 24. East Coast Homophile Organizations, July Fourth demonstration flier.; 25. Editorial, ONE.; 26. "Interview with Ernestine," The Ladder.; 27. "The Homophile Puzzle," Drum.; 28. "Finding defects ...," Janus Society Newsletter.; 29. "President's Corner," Vector.
• 30. "A Challenge to San Francisco," The Ladder; .31. "Homosexual Bill of Rights," The Los Angeles Advocate.; 32. "What Concrete Steps Can Be Taken to Further the Homophile Movement?," The Ladder.; 33. "The Lesbian's Majority Status," The Ladder.; 34. "The Masculine-Feminine Mystique," Daughters of Bilitis Philadelphia Newsletter.; 35. "The Views of Vanguard," Cruise News & World Report.; 36. "Bisexuality," Vanguard.; 37. "Purpose of Transvestia," Transvestia.; 38. "I Hate Men," The Ladder.; 39. "Homophile Movement Policy Statement," Vector.
• 40. "The Expression of Femininity in the Male," Journal of Sex Research; .41. "Purposes and Progress," Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter.; 42. "Hymnal Makes Bow," The New York Hymnal.; 43. "Happiness Is a Button," The Insider.; 44. "Gay Revolution," Vector.; 45. "Gay Power's Invincible Rise," Berkeley Barb.; Three. Political Protests before Stonewall; 46. "Cross-Currents," The Ladder.; 47. Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., Rules for Picketing.; 48. "News: Philadelphia," Drum.; 49. "The objectives ...," Janus Society Newsletter.

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ISBN

• 9781479808519 ((electronic bk.))
• 1479808512 ((electronic bk.))

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