. >> was judy garland viewed as an icon by the community? -- judy gartland garland was an icon. it was only a guess that this was the thing that really flipped the switch that might read could have been the fact that it was hot, that it was summer, could have been the fact that it was the late 1960's and all kinds of other groups were trying to get their civil rights. violent resistance against police repression was actually becoming a common thing. whatever it was the patrons decided they weren't going to allow themselves to be pushed around anymore just for being lesbian, gay and transgender. >> this was a civil rights marker for the gay and transgender community. the things that happened was people who weren't actually patrons of stonewall in , by that point west village became a gay place. students and activists and all kinds of countercultural people. they began to gather around. if you look at memoirs of the period, there are so many people as important figures in lesbian and gay history. somehow they were all in the area that might going to another bar or sitting at a res