Stonewall (riots/uprising)

The Stonewall refers to the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the Stonewall riots/uprising of 1969, a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ+ community against police raids that is widely regarded as a pivotal turning point in the gay rights movement.

Claims that use this term

• The Stonewall raid was a federal liquor-enforcement operation, not routine local policing.
• The Stonewall uprising was explicitly understood as retaliation for earlier Movement confrontations