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Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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The Village in the Nineteenth Century

Stonewall was a place where by racial couples would congregate. People like everybody could find a little spot in the village, or at least tolerance,. They didn't have to like you. They let you alone. And that was all we really wanted from a neighbourhood. When i went to stonewall, i was of the preferred age, because i was 18 years old. It's almost like tha pride of lions. They isolate you and then they catch you. So you had to be wary. The further you got from christopher street, the more wary you were. A typical night out would be to expect nothing, not to make really many plans, because you knew something was

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