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Requested move 6 October 2024

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The result of the move request was: Consensus not to move. (non-admin closure) Simplexity22 (talk) 17:33, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Stonewall riotsStonewall uprising – The Stonewall uprising was a civil rights movement, a rebellion, and an uprising. It was never about "riots" and was never meant to be so in the first place.

Quoting Stormé DeLarverie: Stormé on Stonewall

"It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience -- it wasn't no damn riot", declared Stormé at a public and videographed SVA-sponsored "Stonewall Symposium", referring to the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. Stormé was a part of the uprising on the very first night, Friday, June 27th 1969. "The cops were parading patrons out of the front door of The Stonewall at about two o' clock in the morning. I saw this one boy being taken out by three cops, only one in uniform. Three to one! I told my pals, 'I know him! That's Willson, my friend Sonia Jane's friend.' Willson briefly broke loose but they grabbed the back of his jacket and pulled him right down on the cement street. One of them did a drop kick on him. Another cop senselessly hit him from the back. Right after that, a cop said to me: 'Move faggot', thinking that I was a Gay guy. I said, 'I will not! And, don't you dare touch me.' With that, the cop shoved me and I instinctively punched him right in his face. He bled! He was then dropping to the ground -- not me!"[1]CrafterNova [ TALK ] [ CONT ] 09:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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