The Stonewall Riots: The History and Legacy of the Protests that Helped Spark the Modern Gay Rights Movement

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the riots by protesters and police *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier." - Edmund White In 1969, America was still unde...