BEFORE STONEWALL

A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from a secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on StonewallInn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement.Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement.Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement.