Pride Month: The Shot Heard Round the World

June 27, 1969 - Gay customers fight back during police raid on Greenwich Village gay bar called Stonewall Inn. It turns into a riot and marks the beginning of the contemporary gay liberation movement. Yep, tonight is historically the evening that set all of this in motion, when a bunch of queens at the Stonewall Inn gay bar threw down the gauntlet after repeated raids on the bar, and said they were'nt going to take police abuse any more. It created a riot, as other gays, bohemains, and other sympathizers joined the riot, which lasted the next few days.

Take a moment to think about these brave souls, whose actions launched a movement that has, to this day, brought us many good things.