This Day in History: <br />The Stonewall Riots Begin June 28,1969 The riots are considered the <br />first major protest of the <br />LGBTQ community for equal rights. They began after midnight <br />at the Stonewall Inn on <br />Christopher Street in <br />Greenwich Village. Police raided the <br />popular gay club for <br />operating without <br />a liquor license. After decades of being <br />targeted by the NYPD, <br />the patrons began to fight <br />back, throwing bottles at police. Several days of protests <br />followed, mobilizing into the <br />Gay Liberation Front and other <br />gay civil rights organizations. The NYPD made a formal <br />apology for its role in the <br />riots — and for the laws <br />that led to them — in 2019.
