The gay rights movement was born in 1969 at a beloved gay bar called the Stonewall Inn. Fifty years after the police raided the Stonewall Inn and its patrons mounted a resistance on the street outside, I still didn’t know the answer to this question: Who threw the first brick at Stonewall? What I did know is that I had heard this story over and over again. elders, but also - “Jason Mraz threw the first brick at Stonewall? “Judy Garland threw the first brick.” “Scarlett Johansson.” It’s become an inside joke about queer icons and straight allyship. Johnson.” “Sylvia Rivera.” It’s a question that calls attention to overlooked L.G.B.T. ![]() Who threw the first brick at Stonewall? “Some say it was Stormé DeLarverie.” “Marsha P. “Who threw the first brick at Stonewall?” has become a rallying cry, a cliche and a queer inside joke on the internet - never mind the fact that it’s not clear whether bricks were ever thrown during the uprising at all. Transcript The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth.
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