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“Evenings Out.” Gay People’s Chronicle 13 Sept. The riot was followed by several days of demonstrations and considered a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. While police were justified legally to raid due to the club serving liquor without a license, the gay community at that time had grown increasingly agitated with the police department targeting of clubs for the gay community. The streets turned violent as patrons and sympathizers in the area began to riot against the police.
In New Your City, just after 3 a.m., police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club. Pride Month, was once “Gay Pride Day” the last Sunday in June, but has since grown to the current month long celebration.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and supporters have celebrated the month of June as “Pride Month” to honor the 1969 stonewall riots in Manhattan. SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) The San Francisco Police Department issued a statement June 14 reassuring the public that LGBTQ Pride month will be safe, after a series of high-profile threatening.
