This project sets out to open a window onto the past through oral histories, personal stories, images, texts and memories concerning the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969 and its aftermath. This singularly important event was the catalyst for a worldwide LGBT rights movement. In collecting and presenting the documents on this site, the goal is to develop insight into the way culture constructs historical narrative; in this case, through the radical counterculture of the late 1960's. My hope is that this resource will offer members of the community a greater appreciation of the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of LGBT experiences.
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Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera March in CSLD Parade

Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera March in CSLD Parade 1971 with the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) banner - an organization the…
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The Stonewall Legacy: Activism and Identity - Oral Histories
The Stonewall "Activism and Identity" oral history interviews were undertaken to document and archive the voices of those involved in the LGBT rights…
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Documents from the LGBT Community Center National History Archive

These items represent a selection of documents drawn from several collections at the LGBT Community Center National History Archive. Click...
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G.L.A.D.

This flyer from Spring of 1980 announces the "newest" addition to the Gay Liberation movement, Gay Liberation Allows Drag (GLAD) which it states was…
Gay May Day March

In 1971, a large march, including a women's march and anti war march were planned for May 1st. Gay Liberation Front, the grassroots militant…
I am your worst fear. I am your best fantasy.

Image and text from Ecstasy Magazine (Gay Ecstasy) back page, #24. The photo is enhanced for use in this article. The subject is identified as Donna…
Come Out! Vol 2. No. 7b Spring 1971

Page announcing Gay Pride Week 1971 in Come Out! Newspaper of Gay Liberation Front (GLF), the militant grassroots organization that grew out of the…
Come Out! Vol 1 No.5

Cover page and two interior pages concerning a second gay "riot" and an image form the protest march that led to the unrest from the Gay Liberation…
More Radical Than Thou

An article written by activist Martha Shelley, one of the original founders of Gay Liberation Front, published in their newspaper, Come Out! The…