Pride Month

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/30/2019
  

  Creating the First Visual History of Queer Life Before Stonewall

  Making a landmark documentary about LGBTQ Americans before 1969 meant digging through countless archives to find traces of a forgotten subculture.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/27/19
  

  Before Stonewall, There Was a Bookstore

  by Jim Downs

  Networks of activists transformed Stonewall from an isolated event into a turning point in the struggle for gay power.

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• SOURCE: WHYY
  6/5/2019
  

  Historian Marc Stein Explains Philadelphia's LGBTQ protests before Stonewall and Pride

  Marc Stein, a professor at San Francisco State University, explains why these demonstrations are a little-known piece of LGBTQ history and how they reflected a larger cultural shift in the U.S.

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• SOURCE: The Gotham Center for New York History
  6/13/2019
  

  A Documentary History of Stonewall: An Interview with Marc Stein

  Today on the blog, we talk to Marc Stein about his new book, The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History. In it, he compiles 200 documents that shed light on the years immediately preceding and after the events at Stonewall. 

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• SOURCE: Process: a blog for American history
  6/3/2019
  

  Queer Rage: Police Violence and the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969

  by Marc Stein

  Contrary to what many people believe, the Stonewall rebellion was not unprecedented and it was not the first time that LGBT people fought back.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/23/2019
  

  Some People Think Stonewall Was Triggered by Judy Garland’s Funeral. Here’s Why Many Experts Disagree

  As the 50th anniversary of Judy Garland’s death and of the uprising both approach, many hope those milestones will be a chance to make sure the equal rights movement continues, but not the Garland myth.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/21/2019
  

  I Produced the Documentary Before Stonewall. Here’s What It’s Been Like to Revisit It Three Decades Later

  by Robert Rosenberg

  It’s still eye-opening to discover that our LGBT identities, communities and political struggles — well developed today and with many major victories — have deep roots in the past.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/24/2019
  

  Was Stonewall a Riot, an Uprising or a Rebellion? Here's How the Description Has Changed—And Why It Matters

  While there is broad agreement that something seismic happened at the Stonewall Inn one fateful night in 1969, there is little consensus on anything else — including how people should talk about it.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  6/19/2019
  

  Fifty Years After Stonewall, a Look at the Struggles and Celebrations of LGBTQ Americans

  A new display explores gay life beyond the historic riots at the National Museum of American History

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• 6/25/19
  

  The Stonewall Exhibit in New York Needs Sturdier Walls

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Stonewall was a momentous event and its 50th anniversary is being celebrated in many ways across the country, including the exhibit Stonewall 50 exhibit at the New York Historical Society.

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Lavender Scare and Beyond: Documenting LGBTQ History from the Great Depression to Today

  by Eric Gonzaba

  An illumiting interview with Josh Howard, the director of the Lavender Scare documentary, and historian Eric Gonzaba. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/4/19
  

  How True-Crime Stories Reveal the Overlooked History of Pre-Stonewall Violence Against Queer People

  by James Polchin

  Today, 50 years after the Stonewall uprising that marks the birth of the modern gay-rights movement, we may understand that violence against LGBTQ citizens has been central to the evolution of that movement. But the history of such crimes tends to be lost. 

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  6/1/19
  

  Pride Month 2019 Marks the Stonewall 50th Anniversary

  The LGBTQ Community is a vital part of American history.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/30/19
  

  When Resistance Became Too Loud to Ignore

  New York City museums and public spaces celebrate Stonewall and the movement’s charismatic personalities in a handful of timely shows.