A time to fight
http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/7-4/locallife/pride/8783.cfm7/4/2008
"The June 1969 weekend that became known as the Stonewall Riots is the
most frequently invoked moment in gay history, and it's just as
frequently misunderstood. The three days of rioting are often credited
with sparking the modern gay rights movement, although many gay people
are unfamiliar with what actually triggered the rebellion, or why the
gay rights movement was born in a rather shady bar.
Some people believe there was no gay activism prior to Stonewall,
while others are convinced that the death of Judy Garland on June 22,
1969, got the New York queens in a fighting mood.
"No eyewitness account of the riots written at the time by an
identifiable gay person mentions Judy Garland," writes historian David
Carter in his book "Stonewall."
