The Stonewall riots

WE ARE

EVERYWHERE

50 years later

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WE ARE

EVERYWHERE

50 years later

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Slide 2 - Map

Who went to the Stonewall inn?

Drag Queens

Transgender people

Effeminate men & butch lesbians

Male prostitutes

Homeless youth

Slide 3 - Slide

You could go directly to prison if...

you sold alcohol to homosexual people

you didn't wear at least three pieces of you're birth-gender clothing

you walked in the street holding hand with your same-sex partner

you sent mails with material pertaining homosexuality

Slide 4 - Slide

1969

Jun 28,

The Stonewall police raid begins

1.20 a.m.

Slide 5 - Slide

violence breaks out

You've been treating us like crap all these years? Uh-uh. Now it's our turn!

Sylvia Rivera

Slide 6 - Slide

"It was clear that things were changing. People who had felt oppressed now felt empowered"

Slide 7 - Slide

"You know, the guys there were so beautiful - they've lost that wounded look that fags all had 10 years ago"

Slide 8 - Slide

NY Gay Pride, Jun 28, 1970

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Slide 10 - Slide

When did the first Italian gay pride take place?

1978

1981

1994

2001

Slide 11 - Quiz

Slide 12 - Drag question

Slide 13 - Slide

What's the opposite word for transgender?

Slide 14 - Open question

Five, Six, Seven, Eight!
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