![]() While lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history is still only rarely taught outside of specialized courses in colleges and universities (although that is beginning to change), many Americans might think they know when and where this raid happened: June 1969, at New York City’s Stonewall Inn. The club became a site of resistance against the city’s conservative forces. It ultimately helped build community among those whom law enforcement could harass and arrest for wearing clothes not associated with their sex, for vagrancy, for lewd and lascivious behavior, or for any other of the broad charges they used to criminalize queer people during the era. ![]() In the long run, however, the raid had unintended consequences. In the midst of a local culture war, the raid represented an attempt to impose distinct moral standards for the community for many conservative reformers, queer folks represented the breakdown of the area’s moral fabric. ![]() Those who conducted the raid sought to suppress a growing culture that made more visible those who transgressed gender norms and those who engaged in homosexual acts. Decades ago, a raid at a queer joint made headlines and became the source of major public discussion.
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