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This week, we look at the Stonewall Riots, one of the watershed moments in the history of the struggle for gay rights.

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This week, we look at the Stonewall Riots, one of the watershed moments in the history of the struggle for gay rights. SUBSCRIBE and join us! https://goo.gl/7vUgh0 Step Back is made possible by the generous contributions of viewers like you, consider helping at https://www.patreon.com/stepbackhistory If you liked this video and want to leave a one-time tip: http://paypal.me/StepBackHistory Check out a collection of books that are either Tristan's favourites or used to research Step Back videos at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer20170928253 Step Back is a history channel releasing videos weekly that endeavours to go past the names, dates, and battles you might find elsewhere. It invites you to take a step back, consider the past and how it connects to today. We search for the quirky, unconventional, and just plain weird parts of our collective story. I have a curious cat account for anonymous questions for me: https://curiouscat.me/TristanPEJ YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Let's Do Some Theory: Why Net Neutrality Is like Ice https://youtu.be/6nzWxXujyBs Did Columbus Really Discover America? https://youtu.be/PfcOf7-elRs What is a Paladin? https://youtu.be/j_vkLO-8e0k Connect with Step Back: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StepBackChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TristanPEJ Sub-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stepback/ Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/stepbackhistory/shared_invite/enQtMzA5NDkyNDA1MzE4LWRlNjAzNDVhY2Q5ZTY2YWM2MTIzZGUyNzdmNDRjNDQ4MDI4ZTE2MjY4N2QzNTAxMWM0M2M0OTJiYTliOTAwYWU Special Thanks to Kelly Barnes, and Benny Tan Music by 12Tone. Check out their channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Sources: Bronski, Michael (ed.) (2003). Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps Cain, Paul (2007). Leading the Parade: Conversations with America's Most Influential Lesbians and Gay Men,. Carter, David (2004). Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution. Clendinen, Dudley, and Nagourney, Adam (1999). Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America. Edsall, Nicholas (2003). Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western World. Faderman, Lillian; Timmons, Stuart (2006). Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. Fejes, Fred (2008). Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality. Gallo, Marcia (2006). Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement. LaFrank, Kathleen (ed.) (January 1999). National Historic Landmark Nomination: Stonewall Marcus, Eric (2002). Making Gay History. Williams, Walter; Retter, Yolanda (eds.) (2003). Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: A Documentary History. Credits: mathiaswasik Ben Tavener Neal Jennings Newtown grafitti Alisdare Hickson Eldraque77 Fank Wolfe Madeline Groutage Dada1960 Colin W The Canadian Encyclopedia Rhododendrites Loavesofbread NANCY TUCKER/NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER Beyond My Ken LSE Library The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru Mike Lien Gryffindor Dennis Bratland InSapphoWeTrust Daniel Case

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Quinlan Vuong

Discussion: do you think I'm on to something in seeing LGBT oppression's roots in Imperialist policy? Around the nonWestern world from the Navajo Berdache to the Filipino Baklas, cultures believe in multiple genders, sexualities, and identities. These groups even held special places in society, usually religious healers, story tellers, or mystics. Removing these connections to old traditions took away a huge link to a culture's identity as a whole, a source of hope and rebellion against Invaders. So, how would a conquering Spanish or English or even American occupation sever an oppressed culture's hope and assimilate them? Persecute the LGBT community of course. By doing so they erase generations of traditional practices and stories. Then take the colonized culture's children and teach them an obscure line in their own religious text that justifies the persecution. Near total erasure and assimilation.

Quinlan Vuong

I've listened to a lecture on it by the UCL before about being LGBT in the middle ages. Basically it happened, obviously, and if you were powerful enough (like a Bishop or a Lord) you could penance away the guilt every day and not have to face the church for it. If you were just a normal person or ran afoul of the reigning monarch you would definitely burn whether it was true or not. Case in point Joan of Arc's execution for crossdressing among other things.