Stonewall Riots

In the earlier hours of June 28th, 1969, a series of violent confrontations between police and gay rights activists started outside Stonewall inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York. As the riots went on, the LGBT+ Rights Movement in the United States began.

Stonewall Inn
Located in Greenwich Village, New York, the Stone Wall Inn is a gay bar and a Historic Landmark and National Monument due to the 1969 Riots that took place there. Originally a nightclub for heterosexuals, mafia members invested into the inn turning it into a gay bar as a way to get more profit from the community.