# Remembering Stonewall **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388 "2001-06-27T23:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/1 "2001-06-27T23:08:01Z")
Just wondered what our gay and lesbian posters have planned to commemerate the Stonewall Riots, and whether they are still acknowledged in your part other parts of the world. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/2 "2001-06-27T23:18:24Z")
I just realised that I should post a link to info about the Stonewall riots, for those who aren’t familiar with their significance. You can find the 1969 New York Daily News report [here](http://www.trikkx.com/history2.html). The language in the article reflects the way gay people were treated at the time. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/3 "2001-06-28T03:21:16Z")
I’m sick and tired of you Confederate apologists and your inability to let go of the past! Stonewall Jackson is best forgotten, and rioting because he was gay doesn’t make him any less of a traitor! Oh? This isn’t about that? Never mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/4 "2001-06-28T05:52:24Z")
That article tries too hard to be funny and childishly dismissive. It’s almost like . . . Like Fenris was really sleepy and tried to write a satirical version of it, and failed beyond miserably. No offense meant to Fenris, really. He writes all that Jack Chick satirical stuff, and that’s sort of what this is like. [sub]Why do I get the feeling nobody understands?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/5 "2001-06-28T06:32:27Z")
Surely there are better, more comprehensive links out there to the significance of Stonewall? I didn’t do anything special today, but am looking forward to pride in San Diego in July. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/6 "2001-06-30T06:24:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*I just realised that I should post a link to info about the Stonewall riots, for those who aren’t familiar with their significance. > > You can find the 1969 New York Daily News report [here](http://www.trikkx.com/history2.html). The language in the article reflects the way gay people were treated at the time. > \*\* The article makes it sound like everyone in the Stonewall when it was raided was a transvestite. I once saw a photo of the patrons standing around outside the bar, presumably being herded by cops, and the **men** (not ‘girls’ as the article repeatedly calls them) were mostly wearing jeans and t-shirts: nothing flashy. Of course, the photo was black-and-white… ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/7 "2001-06-30T06:29:05Z")
And really, it’d be better to address the social and historical significance of the event, as opposed to “Queen Bees Stinging Mad.” And people wonder why they revolted in the first place… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/8 "2001-06-30T06:36:25Z")
I like that article. Gives one a nice feel for the contemporary environment. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/9 "2001-06-30T07:24:36Z")
\*\*reprise wrote: Just wondered what our gay and lesbian posters have planned to commemerate the Stonewall Riots, and whether they are still acknowledged in your part other parts of the world.\*\* I didn’t do anything special, but I did offer a bit of prayer for a former neighbor of mine who was at the Stonewall and in the riots, afterwards. Here’s to you John Paul Renari! \*\*Rilchiam wrote: The article makes it sound like everyone in the Stonewall when it was raided was a transvestite. I once saw a photo of the patrons standing around outside the bar, presumably being herded by cops, and the men (not ‘girls’ as the article repeatedly calls them) were mostly wearing jeans and t-shirts: nothing flashy.\*\* Everything I’ve heard tells that the Stonewall Inn was a drag bar. I’m pretty sure, tho not certain, that the bars of those days weren’t as specialized they are now. _shrug_ And whenever anyone goes on about prissy queens, I firmly remind them that it was the drag queens at Stonewall who fought back first. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/10 "2001-06-30T18:01:04Z")
We had our Gay Pride festival a couple of weeks ago. We had a float celebrating Stonewall in the parade. It almost got hit by a car because the stupid city I live in wouldn’t shut down the entire street for the parade. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-stonewall/70388/11 "2001-07-01T03:13:33Z")
This might sound kind of trite, bit I just sat and reflected for awhile. Thanked them.