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It’s Time To Learn, Know, And Understand, Part II

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. protest. There were six days and nights of protest, with marches, PFLAG (Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
speeches in nearby Christopher Park; property was damaged, KESHET (Working for equality for Jewish LGBT people)
The LGBT community cars were defaced, a few people were hurt, but thankfully, no In 2016, President Obama designated the site of the riots,
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and one died as a result of this uprising. It ended after the Police The Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and surrounding streets
Trans-sexual) is well organized hierarchy apologized and promised better in-house training of and sidewalks to be a National Monument in recognition of the
today, but this was not always the their personnel going forward. area’s contribution to gay rights. Today, the LGBT community
case. The “touchstone” moment The Stonewall incident served as a catalyst for the LGBT is a visible and audible force seeking for its members the same
for this minority organization community to organize and to speak as one person. In unity rights and privileges granted to all citizens in this country. These
dates back to the late ‘60s. This there was strength. In the months to follow, Stonewall chapters include free speech, equal protection, laws against anti-gay
is their history: were organized in several U.S cities, and distant countries, initiatives, lodging discrimination, and many others.
During that decade, and even including England, France, Japan, and Australia. Stonewall was The more familiar we are with the problems of minorities, the
before, the New York Police Department was tough on gays and a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism; it was key to easier it is to understand their needs. The time is now to learn, to
lesbians. If a person wore three or more non-gender-conforming the founding or strengthening of other gay rights organizations. know and to understand this very diverse but cooperative group
articles of clothing in public, he/she was subject to arrest. The These included: amongst us, the LGBT community. More in the next issue of
Greenwich Village area was a popular gathering place for The Gay Liberation Front ViewPointe. This writer invites your comments.
LGBTs. They were comfortable amongst their own, just as, The Human Rights Coalition
for instance, Asians were more comfortable in the Chinatown GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Harold Katz R.Ph., Edgewater Estates 
area of New York. On June 28, 1969, New York City’s “finest”
conducted a raid on the Stonewall Inn and Bar in Greenwich
Village, a popular gathering place for LGBT people. The reason
for the raid was legitimate. It seems that the bar was serving
illegal (untaxed) liquor. Later substantiated was the fact that the
bar and others were owned by mafia people, who ran this illegal
operation. However, in the process of their gathering evidence
and arresting management, they intentionally roughed up several
of the customers, dragged them outside and arrested them. Other
patrons objected verbally to this uncalled for savagery. Word
got around quickly, and the whole neighborhood erupted in

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