It was on the night of June 27, 1969, that a routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Christopher Street hangout for gays, run by the Mafia, prompted not cowed obedience from the customers but uncharacteristic fury and outrage. It was not unusual for the police to raid gay bars, and they did so regularly, to arrest transvestites and harass the customers. What made the raid of the Stonewall Inn unusual is that the gay and lesbian patrons spontaneously fought back, tossing beer cans, bricks and anything else in reach at the police officers, who responded by beating many of the protesters and arresting dozens of others. THE MOVEMENT FOR #LGBTQ EQUALITY AND LIBERATION WAS BIRTHED OUT OF A NEED TO FIGGT BACK AGAINST #policebrutality and STATE REPRESSION. This is why it is imperative that we build a movement for #Abolition of prisons and police. #abolishthepolice #abolishprisons #abolishthesystem #queerliberation #transliberation ✊🏻🏳️🌈🏴❤️💛💚💙💜🖤
