Intro

What if I told you that Pride Month owes its origin to the Italian Mafia?In this wild deep dive, we uncover how New York’s Genovese crime family ran the infamous Stonewall Inn — an illegal, filthy, mafia-run gay club — and how a 1969 police raid sparked the riots that would later evolve into today’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month.From mafia blackmail operations to bribed cops, to a cultural movement that now spans 125 days a year — this is the side of history you won’t hear on mainstream news.Watch until the end for the insane connections between the mob, U.S. presidents, modern culture wars, and the dramatic collapse in U.S. family demographics.