Stonewall riots

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LGBTQ+ rights event historical event protest movement riot

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by LGBTQ+ people in June 1969 in New York City that became a catalyst for the modern gay rights movement and the annual Pride celebrations worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
Stonewall riots canonical 14
Stonewall uprising 4
1969 Stonewall riots 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBTQ+ rights event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
riot ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Stonewall riots ⓘ
surface form: Stonewall rebellion

Stonewall riots ⓘ
surface form: Stonewall uprising
category 1969 in New York City ⓘ
LGBTQ+ history ⓘ
protests in the United States ⓘ
riots and civil disorder in New York City ⓘ
cause discrimination against LGBTQ+ people ⓘ
police harassment of LGBTQ+ people ⓘ
police raid on the Stonewall Inn ⓘ
commemoratedBy Stonewall National Monument ⓘ
annual Pride Month in June ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1969-07-03 ⓘ
hasEffect catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement ⓘ
catalyst for the modern gay rights movement ⓘ
inspiration for annual Pride marches ⓘ
inspiration for annual Pride parades worldwide ⓘ
hasLanguageContext English-speaking world ⓘ
hasLocation Greenwich Village Historic District ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich Village

Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Stonewall Inn ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasParticipant LGBTQ+ people ⓘ
New York City Police Department ⓘ
drag queens ⓘ
gay men ⓘ
lesbians ⓘ
street youth ⓘ
transgender people ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1969 ⓘ
June 1969 ⓘ
mainVenue Stonewall Inn ⓘ
movement LGBTQ+ rights movement ⓘ
LGBT rights movement ⓘ
surface form: gay liberation movement
opponent New York City Police Department ⓘ
recognizedAs foundational event of modern Pride celebrations ⓘ
recognizedBy LGBTQ+ organizations worldwide ⓘ
relatedEvent Pride Parade ⓘ
surface form: Christopher Street Liberation Day

first Gay Pride march in New York City ⓘ
relatedPlace Christopher Street ⓘ
significance symbol of resistance to anti-LGBTQ+ oppression ⓘ
turning point in LGBTQ+ history in the United States ⓘ
startDate 1969-06-28 ⓘ

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Pride Parade → relatedTo → Stonewall riots ⓘ
LGBT rights movement → isAssociatedWith → Stonewall riots ⓘ
LGBT rights movement → hasNotableEvent → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall uprising of 1969 in New York City
Pride Month → commemorates → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall riots → alsoKnownAs → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall uprising
Stonewall riots → alsoKnownAs → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall rebellion
Stonewall Book Award → namedAfter → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall National Monument and National Memorial (planned or conceptual) → commemorates → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall uprising
Stonewall National Monument and National Memorial (planned or conceptual) → commemorates → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1969 Stonewall riots
Sylvia Rivera → associatedWithEvent → Stonewall riots ⓘ
LGBT community → associatedWith → Stonewall riots ⓘ
When We Rise → depicts → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall Inn → significantEvent → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Christopher Street → knownFor → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall uprising
Christopher Street → associatedWithEvent → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall National Monument → commemorates → Stonewall riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonewall uprising
Stonewall National Monument → commemorates → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall (2015 film) → mainSubject → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Stonewall (2015 film) → basedOn → Stonewall riots ⓘ
Greenwich Village → historicalEvent → Stonewall riots ⓘ
National Historic Sites in New York → mainSubject → Stonewall riots ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall National Monument