Pride Comes Once a Year…But At What Cost?
Written By Rian Kochel
Early on the morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar at 43 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. While police raids on gay bars were routine in the 1960s, on this particular day the patrons at the Stonewall collectively decided they were not in the mood for protocols.