• pplpod
  • The Gritty History of Stonewall R...
AI

The Gritty History of Stonewall Riots

AI

pplpod by pplpod

Episode notes
In this episode, we explore the gritty history of stonewall riots. So picture this. It's 1 .20 AM on a really sweltering Friday night, June 1969. Right in the middle of a heat wave. Exactly. And the music abruptly stops. The lights flash on. You're trapped inside this windowless mafia run dive bar. There are no fire exits. The air is just thick with cigarette smoke. And well, the police just barricaded the front doors. It's a terrifying scenario. It really is. And, you know, when you picture the modern LGBTQ rights movement today, you probably picture like rainbow flags, massive corporate parade floats, you know, a whole month of officially sanctions celebration. Yeah, the very polished, acceptable version of it. Right. But today, our mission for this deep dive is to strip all of that neat, resolved history away. We are taking a really comprehensive ... 
 ...  Read more