E25-26: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50

Martin Boyce at the Stonewall Inn, 2019. Photograph by Working Class History.

Summer 2019 marks 50 years since the iconic rebellion against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The LGBT+ patrons and locals, many of them people of colour, and most of them working class, fought back against the police in 6 days of rioting. Then they organised, revolutionising the LGBT+ rights movement, and sparking Pride.
In honour of Pride month, WCH are releasing a series of episodes about LGBT+ history. We begin with a double episode telling the story of the Stonewall rebellion, in the words of participants.

Continue reading “E25-26: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50”