On the evening of June 27th, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar. Although police raids were common at the time, that night the crowds in the bar, tired of relentless police harassment, fought back. The raids were followed by three nights of protests in the street, and some argue, the birth of the modern gay civil rights movement. This Friday marked the 34th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

The Stonewall Riot and Its Aftermath
Columbia Universitys online Stonewall exhibit displays pictures of the riots as well as press clippings from New York papers published the week of the riots.

After Stonewall Productions
The creators of the award-winning films Before Stonewall and After Stonewall provide comprehensive online media kits (filled with clips and summaries) for each documentary and information about upcoming projects.

Queer History
A photo gallery of the protests and Stonewall veterans.

Back to Our Future? A Walk on the Wild Side of Stonewall
Not everyone believes that Stonewall was the watershed moment it has since been touted as. In an essay for the Advocate, Robert Amsel explains why praising Stonewall as the birth of the gay movement is an insult to the men and women who fought for gay rights before it.

Mattachine: Radical Roots of Gay Liberation
The Mattachine Foundation, which began in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, was founded mostly by former communists and radicals. Some hail the Foundation as the true beginning of the modern gay movement.

People with a History
A thorough and extensive online guide to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual history. Discussions start at the Ancient Mediterranean era and continue to the present. A special section on Stonewall covers every decade of the 20th century, showing the evolution of the movement before and after the riots.

Stonewall Veterans Association
A scrapbook of memoirs, photos and biographies assembled by veterans of the riot.