What is Stonewall riots?
The '''Stonewall riots''' were a series of [[riot]]s in [[New York City]] from 28 June to 6 July 1969. They happened after the [[New York City Police Department]] raided the [[Stonewall Inn]], an [[LGBT]] (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) bar in [[Greenwich Village]]. That made many LGBT+ people [[protest]] being [[:wikt:persecution|persecuted]] by the police. The riots are seen as the start of the Gay Rights Movement in the [[United States]]. {{multistub|history|US}} [[Category:1969 in the United States]] [[Category:1960s riots]] [[Category:1960s in New York (state)]] [[Category:History of Manhattan]] [[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]] [[Category:LGBT in the United States]] [[Category:Police misconduct in the United States]] [[Category:Riots in the United States]]