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posted Friday, June 26, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 26 Our lost gay radicalism: The Stonewall riots of 40 years ago led to demands for liberation. Now we meekly hope for equalityPeter Tatchell The Guardian Friday 26 June 2009 The Stonewall riots of 40 years ago led to demands for liberation. Now we meekly hope for equality This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York when, for the first time in history, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people fought back against decades of police harassment. Previously, LGBT people worldwide had largely complied with arrest and criminalisation. But not in New York on the nights of 27 and 28 June 1969. What began as a routine police raid on a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, turned into sporadic street battles. In the aftermath of this history-making queer resistance, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was formed in New York and similar groups sprang up across the US and the world. The modern LGBT rights movement was born. full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/26/gay-lgbt-victimhood-stonewall?commentpage=1&commentposted=1 -- www.petertatchell.net You can follow Peter on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PeterTatchell or join the Peter Tatchell Human Rights Campaign Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/cj9y6s Peter Tatchell is the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford East www.greenoxford.com/peter |
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