What started as an annual tradition to remind themselves of the perpetuity of the 1969 fight, continues today as the Pride Month, that is now observed around many more countries in the world.
It marked a watershed moment in America’s fight for equality and decriminalisation of gender choices and orientation. This is part 1 of the three-part series Firstpost is doing on the occasion of World Music Day.īack in 1969, when the US was a far more regressive society than it is today, and when masquerading as a member of another sex was considered a crime, the police invaded the gay club Stonewall Inn in New York City, with no idea that its repercussions would be felt over 50 years later.
