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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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A special season of Making Gay History to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Hear the voices of the rioters, and of the activists who turned a riot into gay liberation—a new and expansive phase in the LGBTQ rights movement. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our ⁠Patreon community⁠. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, 50 years ago in fact, there was a bar, there was a raid, a riot, there was a new dawn.
0:20.1	And they all lived happily ever after.
0:26.0	That's how some people tell the story of Stonewall.
0:30.0	But not us. We're bringing you a special mini season of making gay history.
0:40.0	You can call it a rebellion, a riot, or an uprising.
0:44.0	We're calling this, Making Gay History's Stonewall 50 season.
0:49.0	The Stonewall.
0:50.0	Stonewall.
0:51.0	The Stonewall. I was one of the first drug queen to go to that place.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Marcus, and this is Making Gay History.
0:58.0	51 and 53 Christopher.
1:01.0	Christopher Street.
1:02.0	The 7th Avenue.
1:02.6	The heart of the West Village, commonly referred to
1:04.9	as the gay ghetto of New York.
1:07.2	Voices from out of the past and a few from the present
1:10.4	will transport you back in time 50 years and bring history to life.
1:14.5	Oh, we're doing it, we're doing it, we're doing it, we're, we're fucking knanners.
1:20.5	In the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969, homeless LGBTQ teens, trans women of color,
1:28.8	lesbians, drag queens, gay men, and allies took a stand.
1:33.0	What had started out as an all-too-routine police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City
1:38.0	sparked a riot that turned into a multi-night uprising on the streets of Greenwich Village.
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