reverend emma chattin is ordained in the metropolitan community church, and serv i a parinorthern virginia. r e is also executive director for the transgenucation association of greater washington. george johnson is an l.g.b.t.q. a h.i.v. activist. he is also a columnist for afropunk, and a guest editor for b.e.t. digital. beverly tillery is the execu director of the anti-violence project, an organization dedicated to ending violence against the l.g.b.t.q. community. and, mark segal was at stonewall the night it was raided by police, and participated in the riots. he is the founder of philadelphia gay news. and welcome all of you to the thank you for being here. mark segal, i want to start with you. you were there on the night ofne 8, 1969. you were 18 years old. what did you see? >> as an 18-year-old kid, i moved from philadelphia, a city of 1.6 million, to be with my people, in a sense, because were invisible. that night, like every other night, i was walking up and down crstreet and at the end of the night, you would go into the stonewal s going into tnewall was a typical night until th