Stonewall Uprising Dbq

The stonewall riots had a moderate impact on the political and social landscape of America. Historical evidence exhibits that although the stonewall uprising did not change the trajectory of gay rights, it acted as a catalyst for de-stigmatization of LGBTQ+ members. The Stonewall uprising was a 6 day political protest and riot in response to the highly restrictive laws and policies promoting homophobia within America. With politicians and laws promoting homophobia within America from 1950 to 1969, systematic oppression forced queer persons to the outskirts of society. Subsequently, underground organizations became affiliated with queer communities to provide spaces to be openly gay. Furthermore, this continual suppression that consisted of

Subsequent protests and scrimmages occurred as police continued to raid bars with homosexual patrons, furthermore, the verbal and physical abuse was being resisted. Methods were taken by Lee Glaze, an owner of a gay bar named ‘The Patch’ who became enraged when two customers were wrongfully arrested. ‘Source D’ displays the owner, Lee Glaze, with a group of people who waited in the police station with large bouquets in 1968. The bouquets are seen to include feather bowers, destigmatizing the ‘feminine male’ defying the police within their own police station. The group remained there until bail could be paid, releasing their friends. Thus revealing smaller and less influential rebellions that came prior to stonewall. Roughly a year after, The Stonewall Uprising took place in Greenwich village on the 28th of June 1969. Transcripts (Source E) from Micheal Levine, a participant of Stonewall describes the events occurring at stonewall as “not a riot in the sense of people breaking furniture and police hitting people over the head” but “just an enormous crowd of people” standing when police were telling them to leave. He recounted “dancing in the street” and others forming chorus lines, maintaining the common themes of relatively

A year after Stonewall, there were upwards of 1500-2000 LGBTQ+ liberation groups identifying Stonewall as a catalyst. Although riots, uprisings and protests had occurred in previous years, The Stonewall rebellions duration and media coverage has made it so prominent. Opposing media teams with contrasting opinions on gay rights took advantage of the drawn out rebellion to publish on topic and highly debated articles. The New York Times published photographs of the outside of stonewall, written in chalk “GAY PROHIBITION CORRUPTS & COPS FEED MAFIA '' indicating support for the LGBTQ+ community. Furthermore, the article was aimed at locals within the city refrained from using slurs to describe queer people and identifying banning gay activity only supported the Mafia’s business and incited homophobia in law enforcement. Conversely, The Sunday News (Source F) referred to the uprising in a mocking tone with derogatory descriptions of both gay and trangender communities. The title implies that homosexuals are insects “HOMO NEST RAIDED QUEEN BEE”S ARE STINGING MAD”. Additionally, the comradery was explained as standing together “bra strap to bra strap” identifying the incessant homophobia published in response to the riot. Furthermore, a social-political disturbance was rife as the discourse within the media spread. On June the 28th 1970 gay