The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are frequently cited as the first instance in American history when gays and lesbians fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted homosexuals, and they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
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Michigan Television Station Pulls Misleading AFA Program Following Announcement of National Action Alert By Human Rights Campaign.

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An enemy of the gay community exists in our backyard that gave over $500,000 in support of California’s Prop 8.

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Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Two weeks to go, and already the fight over the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in California is the costliest campaign about a social issue in U.S. history.