The Stonewall Rebellion: Whose Riot Is It Anyway?

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The Stonewall Rebellion: Whose Riot Is It Anyway?
Jun 26, 2007 at 08:59 PM

By C. Michael Woodward
Program Coordinator, Wingspan Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA)

http://www.sagatucson.org/saga/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=214&Itemid=112

Each year the LGBT community celebrates its pride in June to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, an event considered by most as the "shot heard 'round the world" for the gay rights movement.

I wanted to take a moment to reflect on another side of Stonewall--one you likely have not heard as much about.

While the Stonewall Rebellion galvanized the quest for gay and lesbian equality, it also sparked what has become one of the longest-running controversies in the movement: the rift between the gay and lesbian community and the transgender population.