FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Why Don't You Do Something?
American History Tellers

FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Why Don't You Do Something?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 16, 202639 min

Resistance at restaurants in San Francisco and Philadelphia showcased the building tension as trans activists challenged long-standing policies of discrimination. But leading gay rights groups continued to stress a calm, non-confrontational approach to reform. That all changed in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn. For police, it was just another raid, but this time would be different: the Stonewall’s patrons would fight back. The clashes on Christopher Street would become an uprising against police oppression with long-lasting reverberations for the LGBTQ rights movement. See Privacy Policy at h...

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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. And for listeners who would like to learn more about queer history, we recommend the new Audible original, The Pansy Craz. In this 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 of us learned in school.

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You can listen to The Pansy Craz right now, only on Audible. Imagine it's June 28, 1969, the blurry hours where Friday turns into Saturday. You're a young gay rights activist named Craig Rodwell, who runs a bookstore in Greenwich Village. Tonight, you're walking home down Christopher Street with your boyfriend Fred.

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