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Before Stonewall (2019)

In 1969, a gay bar in New York City called The Stonewall Inn was raided by police. It was a common form of harassment in those days but what followed, days of rebellion as patrons fought back, was anything but ordinary. Today, that event is seen as the start of the gay civil rights movement, but gay activists and organizations were standing up to harassment and discrimination years before. On this episode from our archives, the fight for gay rights before Stonewall.

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Before Stonewall (2019)

June 17, 202112:01 AM ET

[Rund Abdelfatah headshot]

Rund Abdelfatah

[Ramtin Arablouei, co-host and co-producer of Throughline.]

Ramtin Arablouei

Jamie York

[Headshot of Julie Caine]

Julie Caine

[Laine Kaplan-Levenson]

Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Lawrence Wu

Darius Rafieyan

Victor Yvellez

Before Stonewall (2019)

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