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Also detective brian downey. Also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. Thank you all for taking part in this today. I am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like, what was america like before the stonewall riots . What was it like for the lgbt community. David it is counter intuitive. There is a common tendency in this country to assume that the further we go back in history, the worse things are going to be. Actually, in the history of and the interior d of u. S. In the entirety of u. S. History, the 60s and 50s were the worst time for lgbt people. That is because there had been a period of liberalization in the 1920s. But with the Great Depression coming along, that seemed to begin a clampdown on i will use gay people
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And how the treatments of the lgbtq has changed over the past 50 years. The National Law Enforcement you see him in washington, d. C. Hosted this event. It is my pleasure and honor to be back with you as we stream as well, we are looking back on 50 years. Where we were 50 years ago at the stonewall riots and how far we have come. At the changes that have been made and the changes still to come. I would like to introduce our panel if we can. Starting with david carter, the author of stonewall. And a film which won the peabody award. Downey. Ective brian also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. Manages the department andian gay transsexual bisexual department. Thank you all for taking part in this today. I am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you if we can. Like, what wasrk before thee stonewall riots . What was it like for
Then i realized all these things that are taught you, not only by society, but by psychiatrists fit you in a mold. And when i rejected the mold, i was happier. Independent organizations all over the country. Unified effort on the part of 20, 30 organizations on. He east coast use confrontation tactics. Other groups will use a more educational approach. People emphasize different things. Some groups [indiscernible] effort today is to change the social institutions [indiscernible] [chanting] the a portion of documentary. This is what the Stonewall Inn looks like today. Joining us from greenwich n,llage, new york, mark stei the editor of the stonewall riots a documentary history. Thank you for being on cspan. We appreciate it. Prof. Stein thank you. Host take us back 50 years ago this week. What happened . Prof. Stein police in that rated gay bars. There was actually a raid on the stonewall in a few days later. Andpolice began a raid, things proceeded in a fairly routine manner. Some patr