The Stonewall Riots: coming out in the streets

Before the riots. Jefferson Livery Stables ; Matchbook, Bonnie Stonewall Inn ; Trial transcript, June 8, 1903 ; 1950s television ; Photograph, Mattachine Society meeting ; Daughters of Bilitis statement of purpose ; The Ladder article, "Fire hoses next?" ; Photograph, Frank Kameny ; "Gay is good" button ; Barbara Gittings's dress, annual reminder ; Matchbook, Gene Compton's Cafeteria ; Black Cat Tavern raid leaflet ; Photograph, sip-in at Julius' Bar ; Mug shot, Ed "The Skull" Murphy ; Dorothy's dress, The Wizard of Oz

The riots. NYPD official police hat, circa 1960s ; NYPD-issued nightstick, circa 1960s ; Photograph, Stormé DeLarverie ; Photograph, Craig Rodwell inside the original Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop ; Arrest record, Dave Van Ronk ; Photograph, 1968 Volkswagen Beetle ; Photograph, Marsha P. Johnson ; New York City parking meter, circa 1960s ; Photograph, Rockettes, Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1966 ; Photograph, Magoo, Bob Kohler's dog ; View from the third-floor fire escape at 84 Grove Street ; Photograph, protestors outside the Stonewall Inn ; Broken jukebox and vending machine inside the Stonewall Inn

Aftermath. Leaflet distributed by Craig Rodwell ; New York Times article, "4 policemen hurt in 'village' raid" ; Sign posted outside the Stonewall Inn by the Mattachine Society ; Sign posted outside the Stonewall Inn: "Gay prohibition corrupt$ cop$ feed$ Mafia" ; Village Voice article, "Full moon over the Stonewall" ; Village Voice article, "Gay power comes to Sheridan Square" ; Photograph, women holding hands, 1969 annual reminder ; New York Daily News article, "Homo nest raided, Queen Bees are stinging mad"

Liberation. Gay Liberation Front (GLF) poster ; Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) political patch ; Ornamental iron fence, Greenwich Village, New York City ; Rita Mae Brown's lavender menace t-shirt ; Christopher Street Liberation Day March advertisement ; Photograph, Brenda Howard with protest sign ; Map of the Christopher Street Liberation Day March route ; Fred Sargeant's bullhorn ; CSLD armband ; Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries banner ; Photograph, Sylvia Rivera at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day March

Epilogue. Gay liberation, Christopher Street Park ; The United States Stonewall National Monument sign ; The Stonewall Inn today

Timeline.