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The mafia had a good thing going at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. As the building's owners, they regularly overcharged LGBTQ+ regulars for drinks and even extorted larger sums from wealthy patrons, threatening to expose their identity if they didn't pay up. In the meantime, the police regularly arrested Stonewall customers on charges of soliciting homosexual relations and wearing 'gender-inappropriate' clothing, as they did at gay bars throughout the country. Finally, Stonewall patrons had had enough. In the early morning of June 28, 1969, they fought back against a police raid. Watch this video to find out what happened next.

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References:

History. (2018, June 28). How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=!9wdMJmuBIA

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Fighting back

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Fighting back

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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