FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary
American History Tellers

FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 2, 202639 min

In the summer of 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn sparked a riot on the streets of Greenwich Village. The protest marked a turning point in the gay rights movement. But the famed resistance in New York capped a movement that had been building for nearly two decades in America, as LGBTQ people mobilized to fight widespread and pervasive discrimination. In the years following World War II, members of the LGBTQ community faced broad discrimination — from strict laws that oppressed them, churches that declared their very existence sinful, and a government that demonized them. They would pu...

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Audible subscribers can binge new seasons of American history tellers early and ad-free right now. Join Audible in the Audible app, or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts. We're hard at work on our 100th season of American history tellers coming up, but in the meantime, we're revisiting a fan favorite. Our season about the Stonewall

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Uprising, a pivotal moment in America's gay rights movement. In 1969, a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar called the Stonewall Inn sparked a series of riots and protests that brought LGBTQ activism out of the closet. And for listeners who would like to learn more about queer history, we recommend the new Audible Original, The Pansy Craz. In this

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six-part, live-recorded podcast variety show, co-creator and host Mason Alexander-Parr transports audiences through time to tell raucous stories of queer history that none us learned in school. From Elizabethan England to Prohibition-era Broadway, Mason and their special guests used stories, songs, and sketches to explore times throughout

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