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Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

Ann Bausum

This history recounts the Stonewall riots in west Greenwich Village in 1969. The Stonewall Inn offered a place for gay, lesbian, cross-dressing, and transgender people to drink, dance, and be free, despite police raids and laws criminalizing being gay in the United States. When police raided the bar on June 28, patrons and supporters resisted. The account also traces activism before Stonewall and considers the riots’ immediate and long-term effects on the fight for gay rights.

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Themes
Activism · History · Identity · Social Justice
Format
Paperback
ISBN-13
9780670016792
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2016Historical People, Places, and Events
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