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newsweek.comFacebook Page or YouTube.Stonewall Day remembers the Stonewall riots, which began on June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn.
The bar location was illegally serving alcohol, but the police action came at a tense moment in the city for members of the LGBTQ community, who felt that they were being targeted and singled out by cops.
As the New York Times notes, around the time of the Stonewall showdown, police had raided five gay bars in Greenwich Village.
At the Stonewall Inn, the raid turned into a riot when patrons began fighting with police, and days of protests for LGBTQ rights followed.It was the next year, 1970, that New York's first Pride Parade set out to celebrate the community.In June 2019, ahead of the 50th anniversary.
