When police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City, it was the trans women of color, gender-nonconforming street youth, and lesbians who fought back first. Icons like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera became central figures of this resistance. Their anger transformed a routine police raid into a multi-day uprising that served as the catalyst for the modern gay liberation movement. Radical Organizing
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