50th anniversary of the 1969 stonewall riots, a key turning point in the stonewall -- in the gay rights movement. of thest is an editor stonewall riots, documented history. ♪ >> having to lie is the saddest and ugliest part of being a homosexual. when you have your first bad love experience, you cannot go to your brother or sister and say i am hurting. >> at first i was very guilty. then i realized that all the things that are taught you not only by society but the psychiatrists is just a fit you into a mold. i rejected the mold and when i did i was happier. >> these are mostly independent organizations across the country. there are between 60 and 75 groups across the united states, maybe more because they keep growing up overnight. of 20vent was on the part to 30 organizations on the east coast. their differences are primarily in approach and tactic. certain groups tend to emphasize a very militaristic confrontation tactic. other groups will emphasize a more educational approach, going out into areas where what you might call people who live in medical -- in middle america and don't kn

>> now, from the stonewall mark themonument, we 50th anniversary of the stonewall riots, a key turning point in the gay rights movement. our guest is professor mark steyn, editor of "the stonewall riots." withwas a coproduction c-span's "washington journal or come "washington journal." >> you have your first love experience and you can go to your brother or your sister and say, i'm hurting. guilty.rst, i was very then i realized all these things that are taught you, not only by society, but by psychiatrists fit you in a mold. and when i rejected the mold, i was happier. >> independent organizations all over the country. unified effort on the part of 20, 30 organizations on .he east coast use confrontation tactics. other groups will use a more educational approach. people emphasize different things. some groups -- [indiscernible] effort today is to change the social institutions -- [indiscernible] ♪ [chanting] the: a portion of documentary. this is what the stonewall inn looks like today. joining us from greenwich n,llage, new york, mark stei the editor of "the stonewall riots: a docume

when thet a kid stonewall uprising happened. i didn't care about stonewall on in my history class. it was not until i was in my own when as a part of coming out process i began to research the history of the gay rights movement. i learned more about the events at stonewall, the people involved in the movement it created. after stonewall, in kathy became the first openly gay person elected to political office. winning a seat on the ann arbor city council in michigan. 1977, --rs later, in was elected to the san francisco city council. in 1986, i had the honor of winning election to the board of supervisors in madison, wisconsin. it was my first role in elected office. i wasn't the first. i was the third openly gay person to serve on the county board. i was fortunate to have role models who had come before me. became the first openly gay person elected to the house of representatives as a nonincumbent. first member of the lgbtq community to be elected to the united states senate in its history. i remember my early years in werec office, when there only about two dozen or so elected of

there was a pre-stonewall movement.any of us try to teach a broader history of sexual and gender difference and variety in american history. stretching back centuries. of course, it is important to follow the stories after the stonewall riots. how did the gay liberation movement develop in the 1970's? lesbian feminist movement, the transgender liberation movement. how did people of color organize autonomous lgbt movement, going particularly strong in the late 1970's? how did that change with the 1980's when -- in the 1980's with the aids crisis? what were the some of the changes in the more recent decades? what itlications of means to be recognized by local, state, and federal government and the possibility that liberation might be limited, might be compromised, might be unfinished in a variety of ways. that is what a lot of us try to teach when we emphasize lgbt history. host: you have spent probably more time than most historians looking back at the events of stonewall. what has surprised you the most? guest: i think

this story of stonewall. i yield the floor. announcer 1: and joining us from greenwich village, new york is marc stein the author of a new , book, stonewall history. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. marc: thanks very much for having me. steve: take us back 50 years ago this week. what happened? marc: the police in that timeframe regularly rated gay bars and -- raided gay bars and there was one on the stonewall in days earlier. andthe police began a raid things proceeded in a fairly routine matter. some of the patrons were allowed to exit and some were detained. it was common for the police to detain bar owners, managers, bartenders, people of color, ,eople who transgressed gender that lingo of the day, transvestites or street greens, and people who talked a bad or fought back. some people were detained inside the bar. others began exiting the bar, but on that night and by this time it was the early morning hours of june 28, patrons began gathering on the streets outside. and as the police tried to bring those they

stonewall riots, a key turning point in the stonewall -- in the gay rights movement. our guest is an editor of the stonewall riots, documented history. this was a coproduction with c-span's "washington journal." >> having to lie is the saddest and ugliest part of being a homosexual. when you have your first bad love experience, you cannot go to your brother or sister and say i am hurting. >> at first i was very guilty. then i realized that all the things that are taught you not only by society but the psychiatrists is just a fit you into a mold. i rejected the mold and when i did i was happier. >> these are mostly independent organizations across the country. there are between 60 and 75 independent groups across the united states, maybe more because they keep growing up overnight. this is a unified event on the part of 20 to 30 organizations on the east coast. their differences are primarily in approach and tactic. certain groups tend to emphasize a very militaristic confrontation tactic. other groups will emphasize a more educational approach, going out into areas wh

these stonewall uprising is his story for one reason. it inspired the creation of a new phase of the movement for the rights of gays and lesbians and later the bisexual and transgender. they created a mass movement, making most of the gains over five decades possible. stonewall and the gay liberation movement also inspired similar organizations around the world so that globally, lgbt people have more civil rights than they did 50 years ago. this is why i often say to study the uprising without learning about the day liberation phase of the lgbt civil rights movement is like studying the fall of the bastille without knowing anything about the french revolution. like toi would underscore that while they were many factors that came together to create the stonewall uprising, the most important of these causes is the progress omophile phasee h of the movement, particularly locally in new york city. this is a conclusion reached by craig rothwell, a man whose perspective is of primary importance in understanding the historic record or historica

stonewall. >>> as the 1970s kicked off, the battle cry that came straight out of stonewall was being>> there was tremendous excitement and hope in the early '70s. come out, come out wherever you are, gay power, gay pride, were very empowering messages. the movement was taking on weight. >> studies began to add on to existing nondiscrimination ordinances. they added sexual or affectional preference. things were getting better and better and there was no stopping the march forward. >> alongside the push for gay rights came a successful effort to remove homosexuality from the american psychiatric association's list of mental disorders. >> one of the most important things to come out of the soma riots was an energetic movement within the scientific and particularly psychiatric communities to have homosexuality removed from the dsm in 1973. >> overnight, millions of lgbtq people were cured of their mental illness. but it took homosexuality from the realm of the medical establishment into the realm of opinion. and sin. ♪ jesus loves me >> by the late '70s, the growing march for gay accepta

there had been other lgbt protests and demonstrations before stonewall, but stonewall became centralo the way that history, really because of the annual commemorations every summer that have now gone on for 49 years. host: i want to quote one point in perspective. walter jenkins, who, at the time, was one of the closest aides to president lyndon johnson, worked with him for 25 years when he was in the senate, vice president, and then president. he was married, the father of six children, and this is a ofto of him, was forced out the white house after he had a sexual liaison with a man at the ymca in washington, d.c. he was charged with a crime on morals charges. and i mention that, in 1964 with where we are today, pete buttigieg, the south bend, indiana mayor, who is openly gay. now running for president. what does that tell you? guest: i think openly lgbt candidates began running for office in the united states before stonewal were not generally successful, but they began to be successful in the early 1970's. the first were in ann arbor, michigan. came out as members gays and lesbia

the stonewall was an inviting target.rated by the gambino crime family without a liquor license, june of group of hustlers and minors. many of spent the early part of the day outside the frank campbell funeral home were judy garlands funeral was held. she had died this unable for. it was always precisely at midnight that the morals squad pulled up to the stonewall inn, led by debit inspector seymour pine. >> there was never even any reason to feel anything of any unusual situation would occur at night. you could feel it in the air. you really could. i guess judy garland step really just really helped us. >> as we were bringing the prisonerout, they were resisting. >> people started gathering in front of the park across the street from stonewall. people were upset. no, we're not going to go. people started screaming and hollering. >> one drag queen, as we put her in the car, opened the door on the other side and jumped out. at which time we had to chase that person. he was caught, put back into the car, made another attemp

the night of stonewall, i was 18.t nht i wasoing more running th fightin i rember lookoking back from 10th street and there on waverly street, there was police believe a cop on his stomach in his tactical uniform with helmet and everything else, a drag queen straddling him post up she was beating the hell out of him with her shoe. it was hysterical. mama jean.is i'm a lesbian. i remember on that night i was in a gay bar, a woman's bar, called cookie. we were coming out of the bar going towards its street. that is when we saw everything happen. people getting beat up. police coming from every direction. hitting women as well as men with theheir nightsticks. gay men running down the street with bod all or their face. we decid right then and there, scared or not, we just jumped inin. >> going completely bananas, hitting ththe windshield. the next thingng you know, the taxicab was being turned over. cars were being turned over. windows wewere shattering all or the place. res s were burnining arounund te place. it was beau

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onthe stonewall riots began june 28, 1969 after police raided the stonewall inn. the rate started six days of protests. come on american history tv, panelists, including an eyewitness to the protests discuss the legacy of the riots and how the treatments of the lgbtq has changed over the past 50 years. the national law enforcement you see him in washington, d.c. hosted this event. >> it is my pleasure and honor to be back with you as we stream as well, we are looking back on 50 years. where we were 50 years ago at the stonewall riots and how far we have come. at the changes that have been made and the changes still to come. i would like to introduce our panel if we can. starting with david carter, the author of "stonewall." and a film which won the peabody award. downey.ective brian also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. manages the department andian gay transsexual bisexual department. thank you all for taking part in this today. i am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 year

stonewall --rence stonewall made his everybody who ,s in the riot at stonewall they were on the street, they looked gay, they were in a gay riot, so they were out. more and morel, people started coming out. realized mye people cousin is gay, or they have a couple who lives next door that actually lived together. they loved each other. when gay people coming out affected families it affected communities, it affected relationships at work, it made everything better. made coverage in the media better. it's made what you see on tv better. >> during the 60's when there was a lot of heavy policing, i read the police had a lot of andledge of the culture obviously under the radar. a lot of institutional knowledge about the gay community. do you think because the , that thefforts institutional knowledge and culture declined as a result of that? that?re a way to preserve >> there was a lot more culture about communities and place department. so howdy dies down, if preserve that? >> i'm not sure i agree with that. there's a lot of policing of the gay community back in the 60's. they didn't know a

onthe stonewall riots began june 28, 1969 after police raided the stonewall inn.six days of protests. come on american history tv, panelists, including an eyewitness to the protests

stonewall-- from stonewall came gay liberation front. gay liberation front was the first organization in america that believed in diversity. we had drag queens -- which today woue wld call trans -- we had biskupics, we had women, we had radical peoe, and at that time we had young people like me. we need to learn to go back, g off twitter, getaur facebook, stock looking fo likes, get into the streets, and let's get arrested again. >> woodruff: beverly tillery, what about that? how do you see th obstacles that are out there today? and how do you strategiznk how do you tbout how to get around them, beyond them, through them? >> well, it's ally interesting, you know, hearing mark's story about stonewall. one of the things that ses me is that, you know, we don't often talk about the rot causes of that stonewall riot. it wasn't just, you know, a raid that just happened to happen that day. as emma sas, you know, this wa coming on the heels of people beg oppressed for years under laws that were meant to criminalize the community. and those laws

host: stonewall was what? mr.rancis: stonewall was in 1969, and it was a gay bar that was raided, as bars were in those days, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back with the gay, lesbian, and trans patrons of this bar. and they were rioted -- and they rioted. they refused to get in the paddy wagons. they refused to follow the advice of "if you are arrested." that you be polite. it was a three-day riot that shook the world. major media did not cover it at all or very slightly. nicolas von hoffma -- von hoffman wrote in a column in the washington post, calling it "the faggot riots," up in new york, but lilli did this film. the film is epic because there is nothing like it, because she was the only one. host: here's a portion from 1970, "gay and proud." [video clip] >> at first, i was very guilty, and then i realized, of all the things that are taught you not only by society, but by psychiatrists are just to fit you in the mold. i just rejected the mold and when i rejected the mold, i was happier. >> thes

days later stonewalled was n a national monument. >> what they started at the stonewall inn in 1969 is, we have it continue to fight and make sure we keep stonewall at the forefront of that battle. >> reporter: half a century later what happened here still con ge conjures up emotions for morton boyce. >> tha spirit, because i can feel it. not just say it. >> reporter: what's that>> spir? t's the spirit of freedom. it's indefinable. something people for. >> reporter: a spirit that lives on today. >> i'm glad that it didn't end in a memory of violence. it ended in a memory of hope. >> joe, that was a powerful spot. and we know we're about to have the pride parade here in new york city. it's pride month. what isn the connectio between pride and stonewall? >> a lot of people may not realize there is a strong connection. the one-year anniversary of stonewall, june 28, 1970, was the first pride parade in new york. it was meant to be a political statement. that time.s had pride parades 50 years later it's a huge celebration around the country. >> i love what you said aboute th spirit living o

the stonewall uprising had begun. "dw news" revisits the event and speaks to the pioneers who led the protest. brent: i'm brent goff. to viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we can truly say tonight it has never been this hot before in france.% today, parts of france experienced their highest temperatures on record, with mercury reaching a whopping 45.9 degrees celsius in one place. an early summer heat has been scorching countries across southern and central europe. the weather bureau says that this is consistent with patterns expected as a result of climate change. france has been taking extra precautions after thousands died in a similar heatwave more than a decade ago. reporter: a tale of two heatwave's. this is paris on friday. temperatures in the mid-30's, plenty hot, but people were beating the heat and enjoying it. it was a different story in southern france, where temperatures had hit the mid-40's in many towns. silence, deserted tourist attractions, closed schools, people stayin

the original stonewall participant. happy pride to you. and that's an important context to keep in mind. the celebration is massive but it really is more about what happened in this city over five decades ago, what happened not far from where i'm standing at the stonewall inn and that galvanizing moment. >> thank you, polo, and mark. >>> the stonewall riots served as the tipping point for the lgbtq community. here's a look at some of the major milestones since those historic days. in december 1973, the american psychiatric association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. january 1978, san francisco city supervisor harvey milk makes history becoming the first openly gay man to be elected to political office in california. but that victory is cut short when milk is murdered by a former colleague just ten months later. april 1997, stand-up comedian ellen degeneres shocks the world by appearing on the cover of "time" and declaring, yep, i'm gay. april 26th, 2000,

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you were actually at stonewall inn. take us back to what it was like to be there. >> it was accidentle for me. i had just graduated from west point, believe it or not, and i was spending my free going into the army leave going in new york walking from the loft i two to two doors down. i turned the corner on to christopher street and there it was in front of me. they were busting the stonewall, a couple of police ars pulled up on the street. it had begun probably half an hour before. they were starting to bring out people in cuffs and put them in the police cars. a crowd had gathered across the street and they were watching. some of the people across the street had gotten out of the stonewall as the cops came in, either out the back door or around the cops and out the front door or somehow. and then the word spread what was going on, on christopher street. and christopher street was the heart and soul of the gay community in new york. there were a lot of gay bars and places that gay people had dinner and so forth right n

out of stonewall comes protests. they were called zaps because they were provocative, designed to get press coverage and attention to what the activists were fighting for you have groups like the gay raiders out of philadelphia who got themselves into the cbs evening news with walter cronkite, had a protest, and this appeared as americans watched their evening newscast. cronkite took time after the newscast to talk to them and it changed the way cbs covered the gay movement at the time. various groups and nationalities that were not best their stories were not being told by the mainstream press, they would start their own newspapers and magazines. here you see gay activist and commit many publications rose up -- here you see "the gay activist" and other publications that rose up. this woman was encouraged to come up with a flood that symbolized the gay movement. you will notice it has two more stripes than has now. the reason is because two of the colors were harder to produce. the flag was made by gilbert. this was

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since stonewall. and i'd like to just read the whereas as it relates to stonewall. it reads, whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at stonewall inn in new york city on june 28, 1969, were ioneers of the lgbtq movement, including two transgender women -- hl wror, sylvia rivera color, sylvia rivera and marshall p. johnson, who were brave, visible leaders in the uprising at stonewall. mr. speaker, it is said that a great person will always rise to the occasion, a great person will always rise to the occasion. but the truth is it takes a greater person to make the occasion. these two transpersons were the greater people who make the occasion that we will commemorate on june 28 and the six days that ensue. two persons who took a stand among many, there were others, but they were two among the many who took a stand that literally s helped to shape the course of history. sometimes it really does take just a few to get the job done of starting a movement that can change society. mr. spea

johnson. >> i was a stonewall girl, one of the first girls to ever come in drag since stonewall. 1959wall riot started is when i started my rioting. >> so often people were turning their back on trans folks, not giving us a seat at the table. she made sure we had that seat at the table. >> i think when trans folks of color look back in 50 years, their experience as you were saying earlier is very different. they're now experiencing some of the same things that white people in same-sex relationships or white gay people were experiencing 50 years ago. >> yeah, i don't want to speak for trans women of color. i'm a cisgender woman of color. but i will say i delivered episode four yesterday. at that time we created a scroll that had ten trans gender women killed this far in 2019. unfortunately yesterday i had to add there were 11 women killed. brooklyn lindsey was the 11th woman that we have killed. so we have to address the housing insecurity of trans women of color, the job insecurity of trans women of color. we have to ask why they're being butchered without people really coming to thei

that long arc of history that began with stonewall has ended in full citizenship for lgbt people. >> watch american history tv next sunday, june 23, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall inn riots. we are back alive now at gettysburg college pennsylvania with the civil war institute's annual summer conference. up next, west virginia university professor jason phillips talks about abolitionist john brown's pikes. you are watching american history tv here on c-span3. >> good afternoon. i am peter carmichael, a member of the history department. it is my

. >> stonewall was an event in the summer of 1969. uprising at a gay bar in new york city, that propelled forward the modern lgbt rights movement. this is where we tell that story of how ordinary americans use their first memory freedoms speech, protest, religion, to advocate for change. and to change society. we are going to walk around the corner into the prologue area and look at the artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations that rose up in the 1950's and 1960's, the gay americans lived in fear and secrecy. for much of the 20th century. gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public. police prowled parks to arrest gay people. it was a difficult time to be a gay american. but this is where you see the qse of a few early lgbt groups such as the mattachine society and the daughters of bilitis. when people are meeting secretly in their homes to talk about what it is like to be a gay man or lesbian woman, to socialize and have fun. but out of these social groups rose movements for social justice. instea

. >>> plus 50 years since the stonewall riots. a look back at the historic uprising that helped spark the gay rights movement. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, former vice president joe biden came under attack during the second night of the democratic debate. last night biden, the front-runner in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, faced criticism over his record on racial issues, immigration, and abortion rights. laura podesta is in miami. laura, there's one moment in particular that everyone is talking about this morning. what exactly happened between joe biden and kamala harris? >> reporter: well, anne-marie, senator kamala harris challenged former vice president joe biden's record working with segregationists, his history with civil rights. it's one of the most contentious campaigns we've seen so far. >> do you agree today to bussing in america in. >> no. >> do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in a

in the face of unprecedented stonewall wig the trump administration -- stonewalling by the trump administration, the passage of this resolution, h.res. 430, is so important in ensuring that committees are able to carry out our constitutional responsibilities efficiently. the ability for us as committee chairs to proceed with civil litigation when authorized by the bipartisan legal advisory group, without the need for a floor vote is key to ensuring that committees can quickly and efficiently hold officials who have not complied with our duly authorized subpoenas accountable. with an administration that continues -- continuously tries to implement delay tactics, each measure we take to ensure speed and efficiency is essential. who does this president think he is? he carries on like a dictator or crime boss. publicly saying things like, and i quote, we're fighting all subpoenas and i don't want people testifying. in the united states of america, no one is above the law. my colleagues and i are committed to carrying out our oversight responsibilities in the financial services committee we're condu

uprising which placed the l g b t movement on a global stage back then the stonewall inn was a haven for people who didn't identify with the heterosexual norms of the day here they could hang out drink daunce simply be themselves but not without risks being gay could result in prison or heavy fines violence and harassment were common in the early hours of june 28 1969 police raided this spot the stonewalling now it wasn't the 1st time but this time around it was breaking point lesbian gay and transgender people were herded out and on to this street the now iconic christopher street bottles and bricks were thrown on the raid spot to protest bush lost it for days college a remembers them well she was 22 at the time and kept her gay identity secret fearful of the consequences like manning lesbians of my generation i compartmentalize my life i have had to hide my identity and college. and now i was hiding my identity at work because i could be fired for being a lesbian under the law homosexuality was illegal i already knew there really was nothing wrong with me but for me the question wa

20 years in the making and 50 years ago protesters rioted against new york police brutality the stonewall uprising have been go w. news revisits the event and speaks to the pioneers who led the protests. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome and we can truly say tonight it has never been this hot before in france today parts of france experion . their highest temperatures on record with the mercury reaching a whopping 45.9 degrees celsius in one place and early summer heat wave has been scorching countries across southern and central europe the u.s. weather bureau says that this is consistent with patterns expected as a result of climate change or france has been taking extra precautions after thousands died in a similar heat wave more than a decade ago. a tale of 2 heat waves this was paris on friday temperatures in the mid thirty's plenty hot the people were beating the heat and enjoying it it was a different story in southern france where temperatures have hit the mid forty's in many towns silence deserted tourist attractions c

this year will be especially pregnant though, as it marks the 50th anniversary of the stonewall riotshat marked the start of the struggle for recognition, rights and respect. we sent the bbc‘s lgbt correspondent, ben hunte, to find out more. new york, a city that has always held a special place in my heart. i love the pace, the energy, and the excitement. but more than anything it's a city that i found inclusive, where people like me can be themselves. when i was growing up, i didn't really think about what had happened before i was alive to enable me to live such a free and open lie. it is something i think a lot of young people go through now. you just find yourself within a community that's really loving and accepting and you don't think about the history behind it. so it's so nice to come to new york and see that, actually, for the 50th anniversary of stonewall, we are celebrating the past, we looking into the people that really allowed us to be so free and open now. in the us, the 1960s was an era of activism and protests. it was the end of the counter—culture. 1960s, women were

the stonewall inn.ut the impact of the riots and the movement that they sparked with the man who was there 50 years ago today. >>> and then a great concert on the plaza this friday. country music sensation dan + shay. just a few thousand of their friends out there. >>> before all of that, though, new details on the shark attack that killed an american tourist in the bahamas. also, a growing concern for beachgoers here in the united states as we head into this fourth of july holiday right after this. states as we head ins ♪ o every day, visionaries are creating the future. ♪ so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. ♪ the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ because the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. who used expedia to book the vacation rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expedia. everything you need to go. expedi

riot and the triumphs and tragedies since. >> reporter: long before the stonewall inn was a rainbow spangled scene of pride, it was a scene of uprising. >> it's extremely sentimental. >> reporter: joe was a regular back at the time when gay bars were raided by police. >> just the mere act of going out having a drink was risky, wasn't it? >> this was extraordinarily risky. >> reporter: when officers raided stonewall in 1969, the crowd fought back. >> there was rioting there was significant rioting, and people were setting fires to all garbage cans >> as you're sitting there just taking this all in, what's going through your mind? >> i couldn't believe it i thought it was -- it did seem like a movie >> reporter: the riots continued for several nights, and the movement lasted much longer. >> and immediately afterwards lgbt groups were formed to combat discrimination and fight for liberation >> reporter: over the years, the stonewall inn took on other identities including a bagel shop and chinese restaurant, but today it's once again a bar attracting tourists from across the globe. >> i

so it's so nice to come to new york and see that, actually, for the 50th anniversary of stonewall, we celebrating the past, we looking into the people that really allowed us to be so free and open now. in the us, the 1960s was an era of activism and protests. it was the end of the counter—culture. 1960s, women were fighting for their rights, blacks were fighting for their rights, latinos were fighting for their rights, and wejust said, what about us? why not us? why not me!? onjune 28, 1969, the riots at the stonewall inn, on christopher street, would mark the birth of the modern gay rights movement. so this is where it's at. yes. it's where it all happened. mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier. now you're seeing ll the rainbow flags on it. what is like to be back here? what was it like that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said, "what's happening 7 " they sai

the stonewall bar was one of the gay bars.rebellion i was hanging outjust a block away. i heard the sirens, the police cars, the police were raiding the stonewall bar. my reaction was to run towards the bar. because that's where the excitement was. that's what was happening. i was 20 years old. and in that crowd were, you know, obviously drag queens and people who were effeminate males. and then these guys who look like, quote, regular guys like me. and we were all together and the anger was towards them, the police. people started yelling at them and then people started tossing coins and stuff started coming flying from different directions. then the police then went inside for shelter. this parking meter was partially out of the ground that apparently a car or a truck had hit. and ijoined three other people, we lifted up the parking meter and we used it as a battering ram on the doors of the stonewall, ‘cause we wanted to get to the cops. i wanted to kill the cops. that's how i felt. we would have really hurt those cops if t

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it is not at all part of the real world of stonewall where they are throwing you into paddy wagons.t is a different era, but "if you are arrested" reminds us all when we had sodomy laws and simply being homosexual -- openly homosexual -- was a crime. >> as our viewers watch the stones, let's better understand who she was. born in hamburg, germany, she came to the u.s. when? mr. francis: lilli was born in germany in 1937. that was when hamburg was in nazi germany. her parents brought her to the united states in 1949. she went to columbia to study literature. she joined the women's army corps, and in the women's army corps, in a gay purge, which they frequency had in the women's army corps, she got booted. it was one of the greatest things that ever happened to her because she was able to shed all the pretense and be who she was as an openly gay pioneer activist. growing up in a german family, there was a word kicked around her house a lot when she was growing up, she used to say. it was "life artist," someone who looks at their life as a work of art. someone who masters the art of li

it's 50 years ago today in the early hours of june 28th 1069 new york police raided the stonewall inn bar to date as then the club was a meeting place for the community in greenwich village but that night people there decided to stand up and fight back and it was a turning point the stonewall uprising went down in history as the 1st time members of new york's gate lesbian and transgender community resisted arrest and started a riot in the name of equal rights in owner of this rebellion the community and its allies celebrate christopher street day around the world every year. these new york streets are witness to history and where day pride began 50 years ago christopher street was the scene of riots known as the stonewall uprising which placed the l.g. team movement on a global stage back then the stonewall in was a haven for people who didn't identify with the heterosexual norms of the day here they could hang out drink dance simply be themselves but not without risks being gay could result in prison or heavy fines violence and harassment were common in the early hours of june 28th 1

uprising which placed the teen movement on a global stage back then the stonewall inn was a haven for people who didn't identify with the heterosexual norms of the day they could hang out drink dogs simply be themselves but not without risks being gay could result in prison or heavy fines violence and harassment to a common and the audio hours of june $281969.00 and. yes righted this spot the stonewalling now it wasn't the 1st time but this time around it was breaking point lesbian gay and transgender people were herded out and on today street the now iconic christopher street bottles and bricks were thrown on the rates dock to protest question asked if a day's college a remembers them well she was 22 at the time and kept her gay identity secret fearful of the consequences like many lesbians of my generation i compartmentalize my life i have had to hide my identity and college and now i was hiding my identity at work because i could be fired for being a lesbian under the law homosexuality was a legal i already knew there really was nothing wrong with me but for me the question was how

years ago today gay protesters fought back new york police in what would go down in history as the stonewall uprising deadly news revisits the events and speaks of the pioneers schools let the protests and the biggest game in women's soccer is coming up tonight the united states up against france but the match has been overshadowed by a war of words between this player u.s. co-captain megan rapinoe and president donald trump. on one of the hard thank you so much for your company everyone. we begin this broadcast in japan where world leaders in osaka are gathering for the g. 20 summit well they're facing a host of problems ranging from the u.s. showdown with iran to trade tensions between washington and beijing. with tensions brewing on several fronts world leaders gather for one of the most high stakes summits in years u.s. president donald trump again in the spotlight with his america 1st agenda he had key talks with russian president vladimir putin and there was much praise on both sides but trump remained vague about the content of the discussions. the many things to discuss including cra

visits the side of the 1969 stonewall raid in new york city that gave rise to the gay rights movement will also meet one of the trailblazers that's coming up in just a few moments. the complement of a migrant rescue ship banned from docking in italy has dismissed threats by the country's interior minister to have her put in prison declaring that her duty is to the 40 people on board the ship the italian government which has closed its waters to rescue vessels says 5 other european countries have offered to accept the myra's of the vessel has been at sea since rescuing more than 2 weeks ago. destination almost within their grasp but the standoff between the italian government and the german n.g.o.s that runs the sea watch 3 means another day of uncertainty. for some the odyssey is taking its toll in the early hours of friday morning the young man was evacuated from the ship in severe pain is a live in your old brother was allowed to go with him because he was a minor yesterday we entered the territorial waters mission. we declared a state of necessity. situation and the humanitarian co