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Worse yet, the concerns of the transgender community are pushed to the back burner and assimilationist Gays and Lesbians are often embarrassed by all the "freaks and deviants" who "make Gays look bad." The crossdressers, the transvestites, the transsexuals, the leatherfags, the butch dykes, the bdsm/kink community, the hustlers and the homeless queer youth. Unfortunately Gays and Lesbians have become a "marketing demographic" and Pride is for sale to the highest bidder. Today GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) Pride events are held annually throughout the world toward the end of June to mark the Stonewall Riots. This spontaneous uprising against state sponsored repression, which lasted several days, led to the modern Gay Rights/Queer Liberation movement in the US and around the world.
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The largely poor, working class, Black and Latino queers and trannies in the Village, many of whom were hustlers and homeless queer youth, fought back against the brutally homophobic police with bricks, bottles, barricades and burning garbage.
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The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations sparked by a police raid (which were routine at the time) that took place in the early morning hours of Jat the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village. Pride Day commemorates the Stonewall Riots that took place in New York City's Greenwich Village 40 years ago. I keep forgetting that New York celebrates Pride all month long! It shouldn't be a surprise considering Pride started in New York City. Next year I'm going to have to check it out. They just have theirs so damn early in the month. This year I totally missed Queens Pride yet again.