Stonewall at 40 Resource Kit | January 2009 On the morning of
June 28, 1969, a group of patrons at the Stonewall Inn – a New
York city bar that was a frequent target of police raids because
it catered to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
community – fought back against police brutality and harassment.
Their uprising set in motion a wave of activism among LGBT
people that continued for five more consecutive nights and came
to be known as the Stonewall Rebellion, the Stonewall Uprising
or the Stonewall Riots, and many historians credit Stonewall
with putting the issue of LGBT civil rights on the American
political map With the 40th anniversary of Stonewall occurring
this month, GLAAD is encouraging media professionals to use this
important milestone as an opportunity to look at the progress
made by the LGBT community and its allies over the last 40
years, as well as to examine recent progress and setbacks on
LGBT-related policy issues at the federal, state and local
level. GLAAD also encourages