had to do with the birth control pill. it was invented in the late '60s. by 1969 6 million women were on the pill. that transformed bodily autonomy and sex and pleasure for the next decade. >> also -- down in the west village, what a couple weeks ago when the supreme court made that ruling that all started in the '70s with gay pride, the riots, the marches, that's when it happened. >> statistic stovall riots were in june of 1969 when police raided the stonewall bar. it was an ugly raid. finally the patrons fought back protested, rioted. that led to gay pride marches. it wasn't until the 1970s that the american psychological association even took homosexuality of its official list of diseases. you have this confluence related to sexual identity and the roles and relationship between men and women in society.