Were kicking off. but i loved what he said about the fact that for them it was just a protest. they were just sticking up for their rights and doing what they felt they needed to do. and it s only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. chanting many cultural institutions have embraced the opportunity to delve deeper into lgbt history and culture, highlighting the bravery of some of the less well known figures. some of the most important people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha pjohnson. - a lot of people thinkl of them just in terms | of their participation in stonewall, | but they were really major activists |at the time and were on the front| lines of all of the demonstrations. so the whole community came together, then? yeah, both this new generation of activists and also the older i generation of activists and lesbian activists, gay activists and transgender activists. oh, yes lesbians unite, yeah.
Many of us were beaten. it s been a long 50 years. but guess what? we re further along than i would have ever expected. i can t really imagine what it must have been like to be there on that day when the stonewall riots were kicking off. but i loved what he said about the fact that for them it was just a protest. they were just sticking up for their rights and doing what they felt they needed to do. and it s only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. chanting many cultural institutions have embraced the opportunity to delve deeper into lgbt history and culture, highlighting the bravery of some of the less well known figures. some of the most important people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha pjohnson. - a lot of people thinkl of them just in terms
Many of us were beaten. it s been a long 50 years. but guess what? we re further along than i would have ever expected. i can t really imagine what it must have been like to be there on that day when the stonewall riots were kicking off. but i loved what he said about the fact that for them it was just a protest. they were just sticking up for their rights and doing what they felt they needed to do. and it s only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. chanting many cultural institutions have embraced the opportunity to delve deeper into lgbt history and culture, highlighting the bravery of some of the less well known figures. some of the most important people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha pjohnson. - a lot of people thinkl of them just in terms | of their participation in stonewall, | but they were really major activists |at the time and were on the front| lines of all of the demonstrations. so the whole community
It was illegal to serve gay people alcohol. l and it was also. i mean, it wasn t easy. many of us went to jail, many of us were beaten. it s been a long 50 years. but guess what? we re further along than i would have ever expected. i can t really imagine what it must have been like to be there on that day when the stonewall riots were kicking off. but i loved what he said about the fact that for them it was just a protest. they were just sticking up for their rights and doing what they felt they needed to do. and it s only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. chanting many cultural institutions have embraced the opportunity to delve deeper into lgbt history and culture, highlighting the bravery of some of the less well known figures. some of the most important. people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha pjohnson. - a lot of people thinkl of them just in terms of their participation in - stonewall, but they were really
Gay people alcohol. l and it was also. i mean, it wasn t easy. many of us went to jail, many of us were beaten. it s been a long 50 years. but guess what? we re further along than i would have ever expected. i can t really imagine what it must have been like to be there on that day when the stonewall riots were kicking off. but i loved what he said about the fact that for them it was just a protest. they were just sticking up for their rights and doing what they felt they needed to do. and it s only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. chanting many cultural institutions have embraced the opportunity to delve deeper into lgbt history and culture, highlighting the bravery of some of the less well known figures. some of the most important people are transgender people, and particularly sylvia rivera and marsha pjohnson. - a lot of people thinkl of them just in terms | of their participation in stonewall, |