I'm Eric Marcus and this is a making gay history special minisode. It's 120 a.m. on June 28th, 2019. Exactly 50 years ago

Inspector Seymour Pine and other members of the NYPD's Moral Squad entered the

Stonewall Inn. The raid sparked a series of

riots that in turn set off a wave of protests in organizing that transformed a

small movement for gay civil rights into a national movement for gay liberation.

We're sharing first-hand accounts of the raid, the riots, and the struggle for liberation that

followed in four minisodes that we've released all at once on the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

We're able to bring you these very special extras

thanks to the generous support of Christopher Street Financial.

Since 1981, Christopher Street Financial. Since 1981, Christopher Street Financial

has been helping members of the LGBTQ-plus community

make their important life and wealth decisions.

Barbara Giddings and Kayehausen were almost as far from the action on Christopher Street

as I was at this time 50 years ago.

They were spending their summer as many LGBTQ people still do, on Fire Island.

When they heard about what happened, they headed straight for New York City to join the explosion

of post-Stonewall organizing.

But I almost didn't hear about that. In 1989, after several hours of

interviewing Kay and Barbara about their work in the homophile movement, we were wrapping

up. I was about to pack up my tape recorder, but then I got this

uneasy feeling that I was missing something.

I'm making a mistake if I don't cover some of your involvement, later

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