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- The Stonewall Inn Riots sparked the beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Learn how members of the LGBTQ community came together to protest exploitation and police harassment.
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I still cannot believe this is not taught in history lessons.
Allen Eich the same god that allows human suffering and somehow created humanity from only two people, yeah... sure 😒
@Allen Eich no it aint star wars icon, sit down
@@lanadeIreygaming it's pretty hard to know if someone is standing though just a UA-cam comment,
ALSO: nice discrimination based on the looks of someone else's profile, glad to see your community has come so far
We learning about it in US History
@Allen Eich God loves all his children. It's not your place to judge either. The only person who can judge is God.
Don't forget the one who started them, she was a Transwoman, and she threw her High Heeled shoe at the cops.
COURAGE.
Sasha Whitefur it’s unknown who exactly started them but trans women of colour were some of the most prominent and most vocal protesters
The stiletto that was heard around the world
The stiletto that was heard around the world...owned by Marsha P. Johnson
With the right shoes, a lady can conquer the world. :)
It took a mere 4 minutes to teach us about this important event. They can squeeze that into the curriculum in school.
Adam Craig ew
it’s taught in my school!! :)
@@a.t.1440 Thats not an ew thats a good job
@@virtualkytoo Wtf
Suleiman The Magnificent shut it homophobe
Riots happen when individuals are disrespected,mistreated,murdered
@Stand Watie Who are you talking about? LGBT people.
exactly what we need now for the george floyd murder
@Stand Watie "a riot is the language of the unheard" -mlk (maybe do some more research before you blindly use mlk points to support your point)
@Stand Watie Do you even know what a cult is??
@Stand Watie Martin Luther King did say “riots are the language of the unheard” and he said it in 1967 at Stanford University. Just look it up, there are multiple sources.
Anyways, sometimes rioting is the answer. If someone is being violent or cruel towards you being nice and not doing anything isn’t going to work. It’s going to make the other person/people see as a pushover and they’ll continue to hurt you. You have to fight back.
When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes a Duty. ✊
Milhouse You do know you don't need to capitalize random letters, right?
PixelPeter _ I Don’t Know What You Are Talking About
So said the Suffragettes x
Because love never dies.
I wear that on a t-shirt, to remind others.
The important history everyone should first learn before going to a pride parade.
Correction.. it's not parade but a MARCH..
Bravo Zooloo but this is an important piece of history. this details how a community, americans might i add, can come together and fight for what they believe is right. acceptance is hard to receive, so it’s good to record how we gained our freedom.
@@bravozooloo4204 Is your brain the size of a peanut? Educate yourself lol
@@bravozooloo4204 Are you like Kaitlin Bennett? Y'know, also desperate for attention?
Bravo Zooloo let me ask you this, I’m assuming you’re straight, so did you choose to be straight? Would you consider that a lifestyle choice? By that I mean if you were capable of choosing (like you claim), could you suddenly become attracted to a man at will
I am amazed by all the positive and inclusive comments on this thread! I know bigots are still out there. But what joy that most people here recognize the need for liberty and equality for all.
You’re one of them
Wayne Feller Being pro science is apparently bigotry
@@bowen1704 don't put science in your mouth you imbecile. You couldn't comprehend how it operates even if you rubbed your two neurons together.
@@bowen1704 wtf kind of defense is that? Just because you're pro science you're allowed to belittle anyone who isn't overpopulating the world into an early grave because "mUh lEgAcY"? I'm sure you're thriving with that mentality LMAO
Marcelique There’s many other things that keep the population down. Is there not a pandemic going around?
Stop being anti anatomy
It’s crazy how loving someone could be considered a crime.
It is crazy how many people think this abnormality is ok. Go love your sister or your pet as well for fooks sake 😂
this is not "love" you reductionist wierdo
@@billomalley1168 freak
@@billomalley1168 grow up
@@billomalley1168 why is an abnormality? cuz your mythological books says it? 😂
Congratulations to all brave people who made our lives today so much better!! Thank you so much!!
tutti8047 Yeah more aids.
Bowen straigth people can get aids too what’s ur point?
Stonewall Jackson literally no lmao 😭
I mean, not really since violence did increase, at least in Europe
Tutti8047 if I could like your comment more than once I would.
as a bisexual person i owe these brave fighters my whole life and i hope that i can make enough difference that 50 years later LGBTQ+ community does not have to suffer
as a free person you owe to those who died in the beaches during the d-day, dont you forget
Yeah well turkey and russia would like to have a few words
bpapao Remind me when they said they weren’t thankful for those who sacrificed themselves in d-day? You can thank one group of people for their lives without implying that another did nothing.
@1 1 it went on for a couple more days. July 3 i believe if I'm not mistaken
They fought for us to be who we want to be. This is history. Happy pride 😃
After watching this video, I'm still wondering why people in Boston MA, want to hold a Straight Pride Parade ? Do straight people feel oppressed in 2019, like the LGBTQ+ community did in 1969, and still do in 2019 ?
We feel oppressed by your community, is that a valid reason?
ChanMan 2802 How what way dude ???
Nobody deserves a parade or a month
@@hanlan4763 so were oppressing you by not letting you kill us?
The Shaggster did you watch the video? It kinda explains why we have one buddy
Thank you for educating me. I got chills.
iJonel They should take biology class
Same here
Bowen if you did you’d know all of this is a natural occurrence, science says so
Bravo Zooloo dude you’ve been on like every comment for the past year lmao get a hobby
Bravo Zooloo nah i just saw this video and reading through the comments i see you still here after a year. it’s kinda sad honestly
This is the first time I’ve ever heard about this and I’m graduating in 11 days
This is the first time I've heard about it and I graduated in 2015
This is the first time I’ve ever heard about this and I graduated yesterday.
There is something called self-motivated research. Or does somebody always have to tell you everything?
Jake Phillips they’re just trying to say that they don’t teach you this in school
@@noab.9061 Yes but Jake is right. I was never taught about it in school but I learnt about it on my own.
Hugs from India to the bravehearts who made all this happen!!!
सिमलैंगिक अधिकार मानव अधिकार हैं 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Glad to see Indians like me interested in learning about Stonewall, The Stonewall is a huge event for the LGBTQ+ community from all over the world.
Bro Allah, Mohammad, Modi. Youre about to get a triple threat beatdown
@@theguywhocomprehends8814
Allah doesn't exist
Muhammad was an ordinary man with no connection with any God. And he died a long time ago
Lastly Modi is not anti-muslim. And even if he was this guy is no longer a Muslim. So no triple beatdown
This should be taught in schools
Why?
@@OdysseyK because it’s history and it’s an important milestone in the lgbtq+ equality movement.
@@OdysseyK lol did you not watch the video at all?
When it comes to sexuality parents should decide if and when they would like to expose their children to it. Including the history and accomplishments.
@@sofiagutierrez5265 should parents do the same with slavery, the Roman Empire, ancient Egypt...?
Almost all kids can understand their gender assigned at birth at the age of 4. Some lgbtq+ kids even know who they’re attracted to at the age of 5 without having ever heard about lgbtq+. Teaching kids that different people and families exist is important for their understanding of the world.
Maybe riots do accomplish things...
javier guzman yeah , like an antifa member getting a broken nose 😂
You forgot to throw in Obama's name... This article/documentary talks about the Stonewall riots... Let's try sticking to the topic...
"Might does not make right. Right makes might" -President Obama
javier guzman anarchist
There were Italian tribes who fought the Romans for the right to become citizens.
Here we see a fight to switch away from an unfair protection racket under the mafia to a more public and better organized protection under the law.
Sometimes, violence is weird.
A very important moment in history. I wish we could learn about LGBTQ+ history in school, so people really understand how homophobia has impacted our community, and how it still does.
We’re barley taught African American history and-
Zaire MSP
I don’t know where you go/went to school, but I was taught plenty black history.
timmy
Hah, alrighty then, Bud. Whatever you say.
Kids should study math in school, maybe we would have more American doctors and engineers and tech reps in this country. No one is against the LGBT, but let's leave kids out of this.
@@ifif7280 why not study both? i like math and history
Marsha P. Johnson? You didn't even mention her at all. That's like talking about the Civil Rights Movement and not bothering to mention Martin Luther King Jr. Come on History Channel what's up with that?
Marsha herself said she disn't get there until the cops were barricaded inside the building and it was on fire, but the internet is so attached to the story that she started it for some reason. Once she got there she threw herself into the activities with full force, but she didn't start it, it's actually unclear who exactly did the first action.
Why do we have to mention her? She wasn’t there when it began. She wasn’t important for Stonewall.
@@enzedbrit She wasn't at the bar when the police raided, or when the riot started, but she emerged after Stonewall as an important rabble-rouser and then leader, creating STAR, the first organization for 'transvestite' kids - mainly street kids. She matters. She is one of the leaders to emerge out of the Stonewall uprising, even if she had no hand in starting it.
Sylvia Rivera ??? Don’t forget her
Thank you my brave brothers and sisters!
and my family complain that the LGBT+ community have a whole month to celebrate. It's certainly worth celebrating after what we have been through throughout history.
Jen Lightwood why don’t black people or veterans ho serve our country get a whole month
Ur Mumghey february is black history month and may and november are for the military, may being military appreciation month and november being for the families. You only brought this up to tear pride down, shame
Ur Mumghey Please educate yourself. There’s a black history month and a veterans month. Do your research
and straight ppl get 11 months. they can stay pressed
@@tacobellbajablast69 you dont care about the veterans.
If you did you would know its may.
Love this! Informative, entertaining, and concise. This should be taught in schools, but at least we can find the information here!
@Jazzy Haha I try to be!
i'm here because of school
I'm really glad I am getting taught this in my history class:)
All of us LGBTQ+ people owe our existence to these brave souls. Let us never forget our heroes.
Didn’t know you were owning your souls to delusional psychopaths who have beaten up innocent people in the streets. Please, these delusional psychopaths are mentally disordered
@@onyxd4450
The Police Attacked first?
@@virtualcynical8515 Yes that’s because the bar was operating illegally. Also bonus fact: most of these rioters have died from AIDS and were ped@philes
Mayaton
I'm sad because my school youtube settings restricted this video. This is something everyone should learn about!
It's almost been 50 years since stonewall y'all I'm so proud of our community 💕💕
Ditto; if there will continue to be injustice in the future this community is stronger than ever!
Me too
Alien Attack I’m not it’s. It’s anti biology. We’re living in a fairyland
The Movie Wolf w h a t
Alien Attack Take a biology class. 🧬
I got goosebumps. I can't imagine the feeling of how it feels like to be there.. This is amazing! ♥️
The book Stone Butch Blues really opened my eyes to these injustices
That's actually a horrible book
I think the funniest thing about the riots is of the thirty one people arrested the best story is of folk singer Dave Von Ronk who is straight and cis and wasn’t even at the stonewall inn to begin with. He was eating at a nearby restaurant when he saw rioting said “well I better go see what all the fuss is about” stepped outside and immediately started throwing bricks at cops
What a legend
May we forever remember those who had to hide in the closet for who they are. May we all continue moving forward
We may be in quarantine, but it wont stop us from celebrating! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YALL ❤💅
Would be great if schools had 🏳️🌈 education including history like this.
You are insane
I agree. It should be a chapter in the US history books at schools.
Huh...just realized I'm watching this on June 28
AJ Leary me too
Me too
Isaac Oppong me watching it a day late -_-
@@issytheidiot7535 stonewall riots still happened. It went on into july. July 3rd i believe
@@bomoore9872 oh okay ty 😊
It may have been violent, but it was what the world needed, that violence is one of the fee I can accept.
@Adolf Hitler yes
@Adolf Hitler if you can give a good reason
They have balls... back then homophobia was intense...
I think it’s just as intense now.
Taking in count all of the suffering and rejection the LGBT community has suffered throughout time, I think we can proudly say that this can now be acknowledged and recognized as a part of their identity and something to be proud of, (not ashamed of). As well, even though there have been many improvements, there is still a long way to go to make the LGBT community feel completely accepted within our society. That is why it is important to be informed to spread awareness to slowly change our way of thinking into a more open-minded one. Therefore, I believe that a true solution would be a world where we could all express ourselves freely without being judged, no stereotypes or being labeled specifically, where love rules over all, with whoever you choose it to be.
Proud of what? That you all die young? You Being perverts their a reason why it been rejected
June 28th is my bday I'm so proud to be born on that day!!!
Layla Blanco ... ditto
Sounds so cool :)
That’s epic :)
Me too! The day Stonewall began!!
Stonewall may have bought the community together and fight for equality but it was not the first. The cafe Compton’s in San Francisco three years early, as just one example.
Sadly it didn't get enough 'publicity'
Ipshita T unfortunately but true. Many people come before us and sadly their story is never told.
There were times with dealing with the NYPD 🐷s in the 1950's in Greenwich Village. The 6th. pig pen on W10st.
Sometimes violence is the only recourse there is against oppression and thus it becomes a legitimate expression in the social struggle for justice..to denounce such methods is to be a collaborator in the oppression
@star dust you been programmed by the oppressors
@star dust I didn't say that peaceful protest couldn't work but you can not discount other methods
And some people just keep on bashing why Pride Month is celebrated. Duhhhhh...
Bravo Zooloo you seem to be very angry by people loving who they love. go away hetero
@@bravozooloo4204 it's not a choice, proven by science
@@bravozooloo4204 No one but bigots see it as a "lifestyle". I have a life, not a lifestyle.
🌈😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😁😁😁😁😁
Can you please add captions to this video? I want to use it for a training I am doing and I like to ensure everyone can understand what they are saying, Thanks!
it took 1 man 3 minutes and 54 seconds to explain this to me, yet the history books cant even copy and paste the word stonewall
Prior to doing research on my birthday, I had no idea that my birthday coincided with the Stonewall Riots though I was born a couple decades after it happened.
One can only push a group so far before anger takes over. NOW we can talk peacefully because everyone knows this group will no longer be pushed around! 🏳️🌈🦋
Stonewall Jackson Maybe it’s natures way of solving overpopulation?
people gained rights by matching violence with violence. the tone of this clip makes it sound like rights were gained despite violence. FIGHT BACK
The reasons for arrest now sound so incredibly stupid, but imagine people back then thinking *YEAH, makes sense*
As a bisexual female who is 19 and just now learning about this, in retrospect I wish I had learned this sooner
The LGBT really waited for the perfect year 1969, and then said "it's time".
This wasn’t even mentioned in my textbook... i didnt even know this existed until i watched Disclosure on netflix
“Nobody was killed at stone wall…”
“Nobody was killed!?”
I went to stonewall yesterday for the 1st time. I love it. They had a drag queen show. I had so much fun. I even bought a stonewall shirt.
I’m so glad that the Stonewall Riots happened, cause it made our lives so much better.
A big salute to Stonewall heroes from India, the world is better place for us today because of those first fighters
I don’t care what you’re political views are about Obama. but all I know is that he actually cared about peoples rights.
And drone strikes
He brainwashed ppl into believing he cared. 🤦♀️
Yup just like how he bombed palestinianes 😍💯
@@sofiagutierrez5265 حتما
The only type of American history I care about ☺️
Are you american?
Funny how unjust treatment by the cops caused them to become bolder
They were extorted by the mafia, abused by the cops, and demonized by the public. I would have snapped too.
There is an album released in 1994 to celebrate the Stonewall riots, called Stonewall Celebration Concert, by a Brazilian singer called Renato Russo that is amazing...
We need another stonewall.
No we don't.
💀you mean to reverse this
don't forget about the black trans woman who threw the first glass during these riots
noah that’s historically inaccurate ACCORDING to the woman herself who said she wasn’t there when it started
noah Yep that mentally ill nut job that never took a biology class
@@bowen1704 Why are you so obsessed with us, like dang yall over here talking more about my genitals then ya girlfriends.
WRONG. that NEVER happened
very short and concise. straight to the point :)
Happy Pride 2020 everyone!
Love going to stonewall!! Best vibe, chill spot ever.
Who's here for Pride Month 2021???
This is what history class needs to be talking about
Agree
Right 😒
@Vladimir lenin Not for the LGBTQ+ community
@Vladimir lenin Segregation history is learned in school. Why shouldn't LGBTQ+ stuff be learned?
@Vladimir lenin So you don't think it should be taught?
I was in the Village in 1977, coming out, and the bars still got raided, every now and then. Payoff from the tenders. Let me say: we were scared.
0:29 yo, shout out to Illinois
Lmao that be my home state
Thanks for this video, I've never learned about the Stonewall Riots before.
Thank you to all these brave souls. We stand on the shoulders of these giants.
The day we stop marching is the day the love is expected around the world.
I'm Ace & I would like to celebrate my independence thanks to the martyrs & heroes of the LGBT SAGA.
They pushed pride month in our state to September because of the virus.
Sucks man but we had to be safe. Luckily if it still continues into this june without herd immunity, then we will have virtual pride
As a retired New York police officer I was there and went on raids against the Stonewall Inn in the late 1960s
( Those were the good old days )
How does it feel to be a loser on the losing side?
@@zivkovicable How am I a loser ?, I got a beautiful wife , I'm straight , I had a good job , I live in a nice house , nice retirement package , good health , and I've always been on the right side.
@@zivkovicable I see that you won't answer my question because you know that everything I have is so much better than what you have
@@tombusshart3971 You’re most definitely not an old man, old men are wise usually.
@@SSS23585 Well even though I'm in my late seventies and an old bullet wound in my left shoulder I don't consider myself to be an old man , ( so yeah you're right about that ) and I'm wise enough to know that
I would like to look into someone's eyes and say "we are Stonewall" like the manager in John wick 3 said "we are new york"
Why can't we learn this in history lessons??
Josey Bonnie we will be baby 😊
bishonen_edits 👁👄👁
Josey Bonnie yeah there going to start teaching it
I'm here to celebrate our Pride Month 2020. Much love from the Philippines!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
yezzerrr
I need a Netflix remake of this!
It's terrible this is the first time I'm hearing this. All civil rights movements should be taught as a lesson in history.
Long live justice and equal rights!!!!!
THAT only means something, when somebody actually has the balls to stand up and do something about it!
why isn’t this taught in school?
Right?
Because school is homophobic 😔
Who else looked up hypnotist Sappho and got this
I was barly a teenager wen StoneWall happened, I knew of my Orientation then..
There should be a musical about this, if there was one about Alexander Hamilton there should be one about us to. I also asked my parents if there were any other riots besides the ones about innocent people of color being beaten up or killed, and they said no. I mean, how could they not know about this? They were born in the 60s.
ive been trying to explain why we fought and why pride month is good but then i realized i didnt know much about stonewall lmao. im educating myself because firstly, im a part of the community and this is important history, and secondly, i want to be able to educate others
Thank you to all those who battled for our rights today !
why am I 18 and just learning about this now? The American school system is messed up…...
There aren't any laws protecting two spirited individuals like myself and I will be damned if I make a fool of myself and wind up in jail or murdered
Yes, Pride Month would have been a good day to show a video or YT video in class for a history lesson. this would have been a good video for education purpose.
I wish my history classes offered a more inclusive curriculum.
Happy Pride Month 2020!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖
WHERE IS THE MENTION OF MARSHA P JOHNSON IN ALL THIS!!!!!!
She was the start of the movement! A true hero! A Black Trans Woman! Teach History right, History Channel!
Not really. She showed up after the riots started, at around 2pm according to an interview with her.
Umm. What was her role in the riots again???
oneironaut420 Thank you. I did see that and appreciate the update.
@@Maxmulham she is often seen as the face of the stonewall riots.
It’s depressing that this isn’t taught in school. I never learned this in high school despite it happening 50 years ago, but I learned about 9/11 and the Great Recession etc etc. I get those events are important but they had 50 years to make stonewall part of the curriculum
Well i don't even think alot of students would care
@@slimjim1st473 imo history class hinges on the way it is taught. not many students care about history as it is just because of how its presented to them
@@sieglindes6066 yeah i agree with ya on that one
@@space1850 did you learn this in school?????
@@space1850 why?
This is a great summary of the riots! Well done! One little bit that I read somewhere a lonnnng time ago was that prior to the riots the police would raid the bar by appointment, so that the patrons who did not want to be arrested and have their names and photos put in the paper would be able to avoid the bar that night. I wish I could remember where I read that, but it was definitely before the internet, so it must be true! ;-D
Amazing! I wish everyone would learn and listen. There are so many people who won’t listen. Unfortunately it’s still backwards and we still need to keep pushing forward and this is still horrible in many places in America
LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS!
👏 TEACH 👏 ACTUAL 👏 HISTORY 👏 IN 👏 SCHOOLS 👏
Edit: had to add more claps
If you are saying this is actual history you are mental
I'm glad I looked this up and learned something today.
I'd never heard of this before and I study history
Because this homophobic world we live in wants everyone to forget
This is the most pride filled and homophobic comment section 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Watching this during the George Floyd/BLM riots. I know it's not the same issue, but this is a fantastic example for people who condemn the riots and say violence is never the answer.
you are young and never had a job. amirite?
@@bpapao Does 28 count as young? Also, no I've been working full time since I was 17. Try again
I’m all for riots for change but there are limits, god only knows how many people spread the virus with those mass gatherings and looting with the economy being sensitive
Its nice this Inn is still around.most of the important places in NYC are gone now.
Consice and to the point 👉 excellent .