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Unidentified Photographer, The First Gay Pride was a Riot, ca. 1991 (1216.2000) Bill Eppridge, [Straight couple staring at two gay men, Washington Square Park, New York], April 27, 1964 (1235.2005) Gran Fury, RIOT: Stonewall ’69/AIDS Crisis ’89, 1989 (1139.2000) fierce … Continue reading

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In Commemoration of Stonewall 50: Anthony Friedkin – The Gay Essay

Anthony Friedkin, Black Female Impersonator Putting on Make-up, “C’est La Vie” Club, North Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.28) On June 28, 1969, police officers invaded the Stonewall Inn, a bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, New York, that was frequented by … Continue reading

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Flip Side of the Stonewall Raid

ACT UP New York, The First Gay Pride Was a Riot, ca. 1991 With the recent death of Seymour Pine, the police officer who led the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn, it seems appropriate to reflect on one of the … Continue reading

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