and we'll speak to the former partner of terrence higgins, who helped form the hugely influential hiv first, a story that began right here in new york. in 1969, the stonewall inn was one of very few gay bars in the city. a police raid onjune 28th of that year sparked several nights of protesting. it was the moment that the lgbt community here said enough is enough and the modern gay rights movement was born. the act of homosexuality was illegal, when i grew up, in 49 of the 50 states. the police were my enemy. and they were a real danger to me. here was a chance for me to finally express my feelings about what had been done to me as a young gay kid growing up in an anti—gay society. and i wasn't alone. people wanted to show their anger and resentment at the police for all their years of brutality and intolerance. they liked to get theirjollies beating us as they would find us in cruising areas, in the dark movie houses, outside on the street, in a bar, in a park, orwherever. so these two little blocks on christopher street, which was in greenwich village, was our one little refuge we