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7 LGBTQ+ Uprisings Before Stonewall

Last Updated: June 27, Various smaller uprisings preceded Stonewall—some by over a decade—to push back against harassment, often from police, and inequality. The situation quickly devolved as angry bystanders began throwing debris and items from Cooper at the cops, who eventually retreated into their car.

Disobedience turned into a riot, and soon enough police backup arrived. The officers blocked part of Main Street for the night and arrested several of the rioters. This particular one [on Main Street] is gone now. On August 5,four party-going sailors entered Black Nitea popular St.

Paul Avenue gay bar in Milwaukee, on a dare. The men later wall with reinforcements and began to tear the bar apart, but were met with stiff resistance by bar patrons. Paul Avenue. Three teenagers refused to leave and were later arrested, along with Clark Polak, leader of the homophile organization Janus Society, after he offered to help the group obtain a lawyer.

Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Gay. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia, PA. The group was finally denied service at the Greenwich Village tavern Julius, which had been raided by police a few days earlier for serving gay people. A riot erupted as dozens of trans people, drag queens and gay men fought the police.

They stone windows, destroyed a police car, and set a newsstand on fire. Drag queens hit police with club purses. In the end, however, police arrested the women. By the end of the night, 14 people were arrested and two of the men were later forced to register as sex offenders for kissing. On February 11,over demonstrators formed a picket line outside of The Black Cat Tavern to peacefully protest against police abuse.

Though many police were dispatched to the protest, it remained charged, but peaceful. In the end, police arrested two bar patrons for lewd conduct, enraging Glaze who knew the men were innocent. The crowd then went to the police station and camped in the waiting room, remaining until bail was posted for the arrested men.

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