There were a handful of arrests but no fatalities. The second night drew perhaps 2,000 people the sixth and final night attracted as many as 1,000. The first night of the riots brought out as many as 600 people, according to the website for the Stonewall 50 Consortium, a group that brings together scores of nonprofit groups and other organizations for programs and exhibitions and to produce educational materials.
The kids fought back, and the event became known as the Stonewall riots.
On that summer night in Greenwich Village, New York police raided the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, a club where homosexual activities were said to occur. The gay rights movement was in its infancy, and police officers weren’t in the habit of donning rainbow colors and marching in parades to show their support. The kids were mostly what we now would identify as LGBTQ. When a group of youths stood up to police raiding a popular gay hangout in New York City on the night of June 28, 1969, they had no idea where their actions would lead.
