Emeutes de Stonewall (1969), il y a 50 ans ...! se souvenir et ne jamais oublier !

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Emeutes de Stonewall (1969), il y a 50 ans ...! se souvenir et ne jamais oublier !

Se souvenir des émeutes de Stonewall (New York) en 1969... avec émotion et reconnaissance...

pour comprendre le courage des drags queen et autres gays en tout genre et tout style qui ont affrontés les forces de l'ordre, certaines avaient des talons et se sont battus(es) pour leur dignité et la nôtre aujourd'hui !

Quand certains gays osent se moquer d'elles et d'eux aujourd'hui, c'est mépriser la richesse de nos différences queers. C'est oublier la force de leur courage. Imaginer l'oppression quasi-quotidienne, la répression, y compris dans les bars les accueillant, la corruption des policiers, les tabassages...

Célébrer les évènements de Stonewall, c'est saluer ce courage hors du commun qui fut celui de celles et
ceux qui se sont battus. Avec Stonewall en 1969, c'est une nouvelle étape dans la bataille de l'égalité!

Aujourd'hui certains(es) ont disparus(es), d'autres témoignent encore.
Merci pour avoir lever la tête, merci pour votre combat qui se poursuit encore aujourd'hui
sous d'autres formes aussi...

Nous vous embrassons avec tendresse et amour !

Bob HSLUT

french gay sexperformer

NB: lors de mes nombreux voyages à New York, j'ai eu l'occasion de visiter le petit bar Stonewall. A aller voir pour mettre des images sur un évènement historique pour la reconnaissance de l'égalité des droits des homosexuels !

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The Stonewall Riots Begin

When police raided Stonewall Inn on the morning of June 28, it came as a surprise—the bar wasn’t tipped off this time.

Armed with a warrant, police officers entered the club, roughed up patrons, and, finding bootlegged alcohol, arrested 13 people, including employees and people violating the state’s gender-appropriate clothing statute (female officers would take suspected cross-dressing patrons into the bathroom to check their sex).

Fed up with constant police harassment and social discrimination, angry patrons and neighborhood residents hung around outside of the bar rather than disperse, becoming increasingly agitated as the events unfolded and people were aggressively manhandled. At one point, an officer hit a lesbian over the head as he forced her into the paddy wagon — she shouted to onlookers to act, inciting the crowd to begin throw pennies, bottles, cobble stones, and other objects at the police.

Within minutes, a full-blown riot involving hundreds of people began. The police, a few prisoners, and a Village Voice writer barricaded themselves in the bar, which the mob attempted to set on fire after breaching the barricade repeatedly.

The fire department and a riot squad were eventually able to douse the flames, rescue those inside Stonewall, and disperse the crowd. But the protests, sometimes involving thousands of people, continued in the area for five more days, flaring up at one point after the Village Voice published its account of the riots.

Though the Stonewall uprising didn’t start the gay rights movement, it was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, leading to numerous gay rights organizations, including the Gay Liberation Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays).

In 2016, President Barack Obama designated the site of the riots—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surrounding streets and sidewalks—a national monument in recognition of the area’s contribution to gay and human rights.