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Audible subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and ad-free right now. Join Audible in the Audible app or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts. We're hard at work on our one hundredth season of American History Tellers Coming Up. But in the meantime, we're revisiting a fan favorite, our season about the Stonewall Uprising. And for listeners who would like to learn more about queer history, we recommend the new Audible original, The Pansy Craze. In this six part, live recorded podcast variety show, co-creator and host Mason Alexander Park transports audiences through time to tell reasons. Raucous stories of queer history that none of us learned in school. You can listen to the Pansy Craze right now only on Audible.
A listener note, this episode contains references to sexual violence and may not be suitable for all listeners. Imagine it's June 28th, 1969, a Saturday morning in Greenwich Village. You're climbing the stairs to your apartment, coming back from a run to the bodega for more bandages. You find your boyfriend, Julio, sitting at a small table by the window. Hey, what's it like? Cops everywhere? What are you doing? You're not supposed to be up? Couldn't lay in bed anymore. It's giving me a headache. Julio's old bandage has slipped off his head, exposing a large purple bruise swollen around his eye. You have a headache because you got hit in the head. Last night the two of you were at the Stonewall Inn when the police raided it.
Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe it was the adrenaline, but you both did something you can barely believe. You joined others to fight back against the New York City police. At first you weren't planning to get physical, but when Julio was hit with a nightstick, everything came into sharp focus. Here, sit still. I've got some fresh bandages for you. You lean forward, start wrapping Julio's injured head. Julio looks down. Oh, it looks like I've thawed all your peas. I'm sorry. It's okay, they'll freeze again. They're just vegetables. I'm more worried about your melon. Was there anything in the papers? No, not that I saw. I had this dream that the whole city was covered in cops, and you were out there jumping over barricades and fighting your way through the streets.
Well, no jumping or fighting. Everything's normal outside. Straight people barely have any idea something happened at all. They're even fixing up the front of the stonewall. What, really? You don't think they're gonna open tonight. I thought for sure it would like been burned down. Nope, it's still there. The guy who works the door sometimes, he was outside hammering away. All right, there you go. Good as new. Try and keep this one on, all right? My hero. Ugh, but you know, we've got to go back. To the stone wall. No, you're not going anywhere. The side of your face is the color of an eggplant. That's just a battle scar. I'll wear it proudly.
What happened during the June 1969 Stonewall raid and its immediate aftermath?
This is a side of Julio you've never seen before. Suddenly he wants to take on the entire world and the NYPD. But what's funny is that you feel the same way. He gives you a determined look. If I promise to lay down and rest until tonight, will you go back with me? We can just walk by, but I have to see it. You realize he's gonna stagger down there with or without you. I'm not letting you go down there alone. Julio's face breaks with a tiny smile. We'll keep a safe distance, but this is important. You feel it. You can feel it too. Something happened last night in front of the Stonewall. You saw it with your own eyes. When you get back there tonight, despite all the risks and the worry, you know one thing. You and Julio won't be alone.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:51
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What happened during the June 1969 Stonewall raid and its immediate aftermath?
2:51–21:37
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How did the Stonewall uprising catapult the LGBTQ rights movement onto the national stage?
21:37–24:14
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What strategic debates emerged between political participation and confrontational “zaps” after Stonewall?
24:14–52:30