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Contents:

• MAN PUNCH 3 PEOPLE ON NYC SUBWAY ALLEGED ANTI-GAY ATTACK: POLICE
• 50 YEARS AFTER THE STONEWALL RTS, IS NYC’S GAY-BAR CULTURE DYG?
• ♦KNOW YOUR LGBT RIGHTS! → (X)
• HOW NYC’S GAY BARS THRIVED BEE OF THE MOB
• ANTI-GAY HATE NYC: IT'S TIME TO RALLY

MAN PUNCH 3 PEOPLE ON NYC SUBWAY ALLEGED ANTI-GAY ATTACK: POLICE

The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village New York Cy. For stance, solicatn of same-sex relatns was illegal New York such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and socialize whout worry. However, the New York State Liquor Authory penalized and shut down tablishments that served alhol to known or spected LGBT dividuals, argug that the mere gatherg of homosexuals was “disorrly.

But engagg gay behavr public (holdg hands, kissg or dancg wh someone of the same sex) was still illegal, so police harassment of gay bars ntued and many bars still operated whout liquor licens— part bee they were owned by the Rights Before StonewallThe first documented U. Police raids forced them to disband 1925, but not before they had published several issu of their newsletter, “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter. In 1966, three years before Stonewall, members of The Mattache Society, an anizatn dited to gay rights, staged a “sip-” where they openly clared their sexualy at taverns, darg staff to turn them away and sug tablishments who did.

When The Commissn on Human Rights led that gay dividuals had the right to be served bars, police raids were temporarily Stonewall Inn The crime syndite saw prof terg to shunned gay clientele, and by the mid-1960s, the Genove crime fay ntrolled most Greenwich Village gay bars. And was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed were still a fact of life, but ually rpt ps would tip off Mafia-n bars before they occurred, allowg owners to stash the alhol (sold whout a liquor license) and hi other illegal activi. Stonewall's LegacyThough the Stonewall uprisg didn’t start the gay rights movement, was a galvanizg force for LGBT polil activism, leadg to numero gay rights anizatns, cludg the Gay Liberatn Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) the one-year anniversary of the rts on June 28, 1970, thoands of people marched the streets of Manhattan om the Stonewall Inn to Central Park what was then lled “Christopher Street Liberatn Day, ” Ameri’s first gay pri para.

50 YEARS AFTER THE STONEWALL RTS, IS NYC’S GAY-BAR CULTURE DYG?

”In 2016, then-Print Barack Obama signated the se of the rts—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surroundg streets and siwalks—a natnal monument regnn of the area’s ntributn to gay Gallery The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny. Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them. After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village.

" This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts. ”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971.

In 1966, when bars New York didn’t allow for LGBTQ people to get served bars, a group of gay men om the Mattache Society challenged thory by anizg a “sip-” at Juli at the Wt Village Tavern. When Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay elected official, was assassated 1979, thoands of prottors rted San Francis’s Castro District due to the lenient sentencg of Dan Whe for Milk’s murr.

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The NYPD says two 19-year-old victims were ridg the Queens-bound E tra on Saturday, July 31, when a man approached them and ma anti-gay statements before punchg one of the teens the face multiple tim.

1973THE STRUGGLE GAINS SPEEDJune 23, 1973Homosexualy Not a Mental Illns One of the first major succs of the movement me when the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn removed Homosexualy om the DSM-ll, where had been listed as a mental illns alongsi pedophilia and zoophilia.

HOW NYC’S GAY BARS THRIVED BEE OF THE MOB

1979THE COUNTRY IS LISTENINGOctober 13, 1979The First Natnal MarchFollowg the 10-year anniversary of Stonewall and the assassatn of Harvey Milk, thoands took to the streets for the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. June 4, 1981The AIDS Epimic Ravag Gay and Bisexual MenJune 5, 1981, saw the first reports of a rare pnmonia that was killg gay men, and soon other diseas began to attack their weakened immune systems, a ndn that would be known as "GRID" (gay related immune ficiency) until eventually beg known as AIDS (acquired immune ficiency syndrome) when beme clear that everyone was vulnerable to HIV, the vis intified 1984. Internatnally, Herage of Pri hosted the 16th annual Internatnal Associatn of Lbian and Gay Pri Coordators nference, the first to have substantial participatn om ternatnal pri mte.

Though the stggle for gay marriage rights ntued, steady and creasg progrs was beg 14, 2011New York Pass Same-Sex MarriageOn the eve of Pri weekend, state lawmakers voted to make New York the sixth state the natn, and the most populo th far, to legally regnize same-sex marriag. 2015ONE NATION UNDER LOVEJune 27, 2015 Supreme Court Rul favor of Same-Sex Marriage46 years after a rt at the Stonewall Inn hered the morn gay rights movements, the Supreme Court led that same-sex upl n marry natnwi. The FutureTODAY - Be a Vibrant Part of the FutureA year after Stonewall, the first Gay Pri March was held by the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Commtee to memorate the rts.

Inclive venu like Hoe of Y Brooklyn and Tim Square now offer the kd of clubby hookup culture and acceptg atmosphere that ed to be exclive to gay bars, while gay bars are often overn wh bachelorette parti for straight cisgenr women.

ANTI-GAY HATE NYC: IT'S TIME TO RALLY

History & CultureExplaerA June 1969 police raid of the New York bar epted to a days-long rebelln that l a fire unr the fight for LGBTQ 1969, police raids of gay bars Manhattan followed a template. By the 1960s, homosexualy was clilly classified as a mental disorr, and most municipali the Uned Stat had discrimatory laws that forba same-sex relatnships and nied basic rights to anyone spected of beg gay. Although some gay rights groups had begun to prott this treatment publicly, many LGBTQ people led their liv York Cy, however, was home to a large LGBTQ populatn and a thrivg gay nightlife.