Stonewall
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Introduction
The stonewall uprising is a very imporatnt part of LGBTQ+ history in regards to the civil rights movement in The United States.
This page contains links regarding other important historical events in The United States other than Stonewall. These topics are difficult for me to discuss, and it may be some time before there is a more detailed writings on this page. In the meantime, below are numerous valuable resources.
General Information
On June 28, 1969, there was a police raid of a New York City bar known as Stonewall Inn. On this day, the patrons fought back. These riots led to the LGBT+ rights movements we know now in the United States.
External Links
YouTube Resources
- YouTube Video: American Experience | PBS: 06/06/2023: Stonewall Uprising | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
- YouTube Video: Frameline: 12/29/2012: Frameline Voices - Pay it No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson
- YouTube Video: itlmedia: 06/30/2009: A Stormé Life
- YouTube Video: Randolfe Wicker: 07/27/2011: SYLVIA RIVERA TRANS MOVEMENT FOUNDER
Women's House of Detention Resources
- Advocate: Jeffrey Masters: 05/10/2022: Before Stonewall: The Women's House of Detention Changed Queer History
- NPR: Terry Gross: 05/16/2022: This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity
Stormé DeLarverie
- After Ellen: Grace: 06/05/2018: From the Archives: An interview with Lesbian Stonewall Veteran Stormé DeLarverie
- Black Past: Harley Osgood: 09/30/2018: Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014)
- Legacy Project Chicago: Stormé DeLarverie - Nominee 1920 - 2014
- StorméDeLarverie.com
- Them: Elyssa Goodman: 03/29/2018: Drag Herstory: A Drag King's Journey From Cabaret Legend to Iconic Activist
- Wikipedia - Stormé DeLarverie
Marsha P. Johnson
- BBC: 06/30/2020: Pride Month: Who was Marsha P. Johnson and why were they so important?
- Biography: Tyler Piccotti: 05/29/2024: Marsha P. Johnson
- Britannica: 03/19/2025: Marsha P. Johnson American drag queen and activist
- CNN: Christina Maxouris: 06/26/2019: Marsha P. Johnson, a black transgender woman, was a central figure in the gay liberation movement
- Making Gay History: The Podcast: Season 2: Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker (https://makinggayhistory.org/podcast/episode-11-johnson-wicker/) - Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker took dramatically different approaches to activism, but each left an indelible mark on the LGBTQ civil rights movement. To learn more about each of them, have a look at the resources that follow.
- National Women's History Museum: Emma Rothberg, Ph.D.: Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)
- The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
- Wikipedia - Happy Birthday, Marsha!
- Wikipedia - Marsha P. Johnson
- YouTube Video: UCLA Film & Television Archive: 02/13/2025: Interview with Marsha P. Johnson (1988)
Pulse
- ABC News: 06/12/2025: Deena Zaru: 9 years after Pulse massacre, survivors revisit nightclub before building is demolished (https://abcnews.go.com/US/9-years-after-pulse-massacre-survivors-revisit-nightclub/story?id=122772519)
- Ap News: 06/16/2025: MIKE SCHNEIDER: Pulse nightclub: A haunting look inside before the mass shooting site is razed (https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-orlando-florida-pulse-nightclub-massacre-6a982920a99276e9270740891d879c65)
- Britannica: 06/05/2025: Micheal Ray: Orlando shooting of 2016 (https://www.britannica.com/event/Orlando-shooting-of-2016)
- CBS News: 06/20/2016: How the Orlando nightclub shooting unfolded: A timeline (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-omar-mateen-timeline/)
- CNN: 06/13/2016: Ralph Ellis, Ashley Fantz, Faith Karimi & Eliott C. McLaughlin: Orlando shooting: 49 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance (https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/)
- History: 06/12/2017: Brynn Holland: Remembering the Pulse Nightclub Shooting (https://www.history.com/articles/one-year-ago-a-gunman-entered-pulse-nightclub-soon-it-wiil-be-an-official-memorial)
- NBC News: 06/12/2018: Tim Fitzsimons: What really happened that night at Pulse (https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/what-really-happened-night-pulse-n882571)
- NPR: 06/26/2016: Ariel Zambelich & Alyson Hurt: 3 Hours In Orlando: Piecing Together An Attack And Its Aftermath (https://www.npr.org/2016/06/16/482322488/orlando-shooting-what-happened-update)
- Time: 06/12/2016: Julie Shapiro: What to Know About the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando (https://time.com/4365260/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-what-know/)
- Tumblr: 06/12/2016: capitulism: The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that. (https://www.tumblr.com/the-transgenda-agenda/786920977585094656/butch-reidentified-butch-reidentified)
- Wikipedia - Pulse Nightclub Shooting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting)
Additional Resources
- Daily Dot: Mary Emily O'Hara: 05/28/2021: 7 films that tell the real story of the Stonewall rebellion
- Digital Transgender Archive A Woman, Crossdressed in Black Leathers, Started the Riots at Stonewall
- IMDb: After Stonewall (1999): Directed by John Scagliotti
- IMDb: Before Stonewall (1984): Directed by Greta Schiller & Robert Rosenberg
- IMDb: Stonewall (1995): Directed by Nigel Finch
- Library of Congress - Stonewall Era
- Miss Major Film
- NBC News: Stonewall 50: The Revolution
- NPS - Stonewall
- Stonewall Forever - Documentary directed by Ro Haber
- The Stonewall Inn NYC
- Wayback Machine: Back 2 Stonewall: Will Kohler: 10/23/2018: Gay History Month- June 28,1969: The REAL History of the Stonewall Riots (https://web.archive.org/web/20190330122534/http://www.back2stonewall.com/2018/10/the-stonewall-riots.html) - The original Stonewall Inn was located at 51 and 53 Christopher Street, in New York City’s Greenwich Village and what many people do not know is that it was owned by the infamous Genovese mafia family...
- Wikipedia - After Stonewall
- Wikipedia - Before Stonewall
- Wikipedia - Stonewall (1995 film)
- Wikipedia - Stonewall Riots
