[lbo-talk] Re: stonewall history

[frank scott]

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>"The Stonewall had been there forever, just like the $ sign (dykes) down on Houston.
>The police had never messed with them before, at least that I'd heard of."
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first part, true... but... the police had raided, or at east harassed 
the joint pretty regularly, from the gossip i heard at the old Lion's 
Head next door ( a really nice old bar-restaurant that has passed from 
the scene ), and from what i saw on at least one occasion myself...cop 
cars in front, sirens,  gay guys coming out looking scared, etc.

so when they  fought back on that historic night, it was really something...

also provoked quiet a few heated arguments among the younger villagers 
and the older, far more conservative artsy types who were not-so-liberal 
when it came to drags and queens flaunting their biz on the 
street...educational, for me, at that time...

fs