Remembering the rebellion that birthed a movement
By David Taffet Staff Writer
Jun 18, 2009 - 8:33:04 PM
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_11454.phpVeterans of the Stonewall 'riots' talk about what happened that week in Greenwich Village and why
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ARCHIVES People crowded onto Christopher Street outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 27, 1969, in an effort to impede police attempts to make arrests during protests following a police raid on the gay bar. The Stonewall Inn incident — called a riot by some but a rebellion by those who were there — is widely regarded as the birth of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
After the recent California Supreme Court ruling upholding Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment approved by voters last November to prohibit same-sex marriage, Peter Fiske was one of those arrested during a street demonstration in San Francisco.
The experience wasn't a new one for Fiske.
"It's a damn shame I have to do this after 40 years," Fiske says.
