Stonewall riots

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

on the morning of june 28, 1969, the police raided a small inn, known as the the stonewall inn, a prominent gay bar of its time.

The June 1969 uprising at New York City's Stonewall Inn marked a raucous turning point in the fight for LGBT rights.

"GAY ME. WE ARE YOUR SISTERS DAUGHTERS FRIENDS TEACHERS MOTHERS NEIGHBORS," Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, New York City, June 1971. Photo © Charles Gatewood. #lgbthistory...

“My biggest fear was that I would get arrested. My second biggest fear was that my picture would be in a newspaper or on a television report in my mother’s dress!” – Maria Ritter In the small hours of 28 June 1969, police invaded the Stonewall Inn at 51 and 53 Christopher Street, … Continue reading "A Gay Rights Rally in NYC (1978) – After the Stonewall Riots"

Journalist Eric Marcus has released a recording of his 1989 discussion with the LGBT icon.