WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: STONEWALL
Defining moments in gay history have always played out in America - from the Stonewall riots to gay marriage victory
Against the backdrop of the African-American Civil Rights Movement and antiwar demonstrations, the Stonewall riots in 1969 are often identified as one of the starting points of gay liberation. America in the 1950s and 1960s was repressive towards the LGBT community, with regular crackdowns on gay and lesbian bars.