Gay rights movement

Giving Stonewall too much credit misses the movement’s growing strength in the 1960s, sociologists note.

How the Stonewall Riots Changed the Gay Rights Movement | The Everygirl

“There’s six police officers with machine guns standing outside.”

In 1969, the New York Stonewall riots ignited a fire under the LGBT rights movement. Not only were LGBT citizens now demanding a more open and public position in society, but that visibility also led to a lot of backlash from the conservative side. That being said, the 1970s saw a lot of traction, momentum, and gains in the fight for equality. For example, the work of Evelyn Hooker forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from their list of mental disorders in…

The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for years, but the situation has worsened since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin argues that the war is a proxy battle with the West, which he says aims to destroy Russia and its “traditional family values” by pushing for LGBTQ+ rights. Any public representations of gay and transgender people are banned. Gender-affirming medical care and changing one’s gender in documents are prohibited. A year ago, Russia’s…

The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, took place on June 28, 1969, in New York City, after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a local gay club. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes. The Stonewall Riots served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement.

Che Gossett responds to Slavoj Žižek’s essay “The Sexual Is Political,” published in "The Philosophical Salon."

“Stonewall was not the start of the LGBTQ civil rights movement,” historian Eric Marcus said of the 1969 uprising. “It was a key turning point.”

Peter Tatchell looks back at the pioneering Gay Liberation Front that helped create the modern LGBT+ community and changed society forever.

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