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The Stonewall Riots
Criminal Records Podcast
English - June 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHistory Education criminals crime history truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 45 - William Calley (The My Lai Massacre)
Next Episode: Episode 47 - Rosa Parks
It's Pride month, and you know what that means: It's time for a deep dive into the structural oppression of queer people in America, the exploitative underbelly of New York's mob-owned gay bars, and the night those tensions boiled over in 1969. What exactly was banned by sodomy laws and other laws used to target queer New Yorkers? Why was the mafia paying the police to keep gay bars open? And what was the movement that came out of Stonewall fighting for on the streets and in the courts?
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WA Black Trans Rights Force TransWomen of Color Collective Sylvia Rivera Law Project Trans Lifeline Transgender Law Center Entre Hermanos True Colors United Youth Futures Law Project Queer the Land Somos Seattle