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Witness History: The Stonewall Inn

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21/06/2021 GMT

The Stonewall Inn

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Stonewall Inn

How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement.

In June 1969, the gay community in New York responded to police brutality and harassment by rioting outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. For several days there were battles with the police. The protest sparked the creation of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and the first Gay Pride events. Simon Watts spoke to Stonewall veteran, John O'Brien.

This programme is a rebroadcast.

PHOTO: Exterior of the Stonewall Inn, pictured in June 2015 (Credit: Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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