is time for the travel show. from historical landmarks. now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. wow! ..to hidden treasures. somebody has to preserve a record of what we have. it s worth it. ..lasting legacies. i think it was what we needed to do to create a real movement, to create real equality. ..and a record breaking show. you re standing in the wings and the orchestra starts, . something just takes over. # phantom of the opera. i guess it s theatre magic. new york is, without a doubt, one of the most dynamic, diverse, and creative cities in the world, and one that i ve loved going back to time and time again. over the years here on the travel show, we ve brought you a ton of great stories from the big apple. and in this week s show, we ll be looking back at some of them. the city has always been at the forefront of activism. so let s kick off by remembering how the events that happened here on one balmy night way back injune 1969 inspired change. in the us, t
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What is it like to be back here? it s sort of emotional. i think of the people who helped educate me or what we needed to do to create a real movement, to create real equality. what was it like that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back near the dance floor. the lights flickered on, then they came on full force. i looked over at someone and said, what s happening? and they said, oh, very casually, it s a raid. i d never been in a raid before, so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, take out your wallet. and they took the money. it was, you know, out and out graft right in front of everybody s face and they didn t care because that s the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash.