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Fifty years after Stonewall riots: Pride, protest and a hunger for equality

It welcomed drag queens, who received a bitter reception at other gay bars and clubs. It was a nightly home for many runaways and homeless gay youths, who panhandled or shoplifted to afford the entry fee. And it was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed dancing.

Stonewall Riots

Gay men have also been unjustly targeted by law enforcement for decades, with police engaging in undercover operations specifically aiming to criminalize same-sex conduct. The disparate treatment, fueled by homophobia and transphobia, and bolstered by systemically unjust treatment, is not limited to the law enforcement sphere.

How Police Have Failed LGBTQ+ Communities

D epending on who you follow, take a glance at your Twitter feed this pride month, and some version of this tweet is sure to come up:. But how did this slogan and sentiment come to be? The history is weirder and shorter! The photo took off, and the slogan—simple, compact, elegant—became a rallying cry for queers who were done being commodified by rainbow capitalism.