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reporter: as new yorker joseph negrelli the nypd barged in as he sipped a drink. before that night, this tiny bar was known mostly as a place for lgbt men and women to be themselves. for many sharing in the relative safety of this place came with a price. they were subjected to frequent police raids described by new york s police commissioner five decades later as discriminatory and oppressive. if you were e feminine or dressed nonconforming your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated, and that s what was happening that night. reporter: but the night of june 28th, 1969, the bar s patrons revolted. they fought back refusing to comply with officers. someone threw a bottle into christopher street. reporter: that was the start of a night that would galvanize ....
69. nothing was really different that night except that people decided to fight back. reporter: as new yorker joseph negrelli remembers it, the nypd barged in as he sat there. it was mostly a place for lgbt men and women to be themselves. for many, sharing in the relative safety of this place came with a price. they were subjected to police raids described by the current police chief as restrictive. if you were feminine, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. and that s what was happening that night. reporter: but june 28th, 1969, the bar s patrons revolted. they fought back, refusing to comply with officers. someone threw a bottle from ....
Nypd barged in as he had a drink. the bar was known for lgbt men and women to be themselves. for many, sharing in the relative safety of the place came with a price. subjected to frequent also raids described by the commissioner five decades later as discriminatory and oppressive. if you were a non conforming to your dress at birth, you were to be humiliated. that is what was happening that night. reporter: the night of june 28th, 1969, the bar s patrons revolted and fought back. someone threw a bottle into christopher street. reporter: the start of the night that would galvanize the ....
Decades later as discriminatory and oppressive. if you were a feminine or you were dressed nonconforming your skmult sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. and that s what was happening that night. reporter: but the night of june 28th, 1969, the bar s patrons revolted. they fought back, refusing to comply with officers. someone threw a bottle from sheridan square park into christopher street. reporter: that was the start of a night that would galvanize the modern-day lgbtq civil rights movement. 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously they got a big and i was very surprised mely what happened was that they started to call for groups of homosexuals to come together. reporter: eventually, the call spread throughout the country and around the world. ....
This weekend marks 50 years since police raided the stonewall inn, a gay bar in new york city, touching off riots that are widely credited as the start of the modern gay rights movement. it happened in the early morning hours of june 28th, 1969. patients were inside the stonewall inn, drinking and dancing, when police, enforcing antigay laws, burst in, as they had done many times before. this time the patrons, tired of being harassed, fought back, sparking off days of protests. today lady gaga told attendees to be proud of who they are. i m joined by the president of glaad which works to promote sps of the lgbtq community. ....