The LGBTQ+ community in the United States had been active for several decades long before the famous Stonewall Riots of 1969. Despite being forced underground during the conservative 1930s and 1940s, trouble was brewing in the gay community during the 1950s, similarly to what was going on in the African American community. The McCarthy era was not kind to them according to this article about what was called "the lavender scare": nttps://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/e The LGBTQ+ community felt inspired by the incredible bravery of the Civil Rights movement and the revolutionary atmosphere of the 1960s. Before the Riots launched the movement on a more public scale, check out what they were up to during the decade: https://dailv.istor.org/the-stonewall-riots-didnt-start-the-gav-rights-movement/ ra

The LGBTQ+ community in the United States had been active for several decades long before the famous Stonewall Riots of 1969. Despite being forced underground during the conservative 1930s and 1940s, trouble was brewing in the gay community during the 1950s, similarly to what was going on in the African American community. The McCarthy era was not kind to them according to this article about what was called "the lavender scare": nttps://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/e The LGBTQ+ community felt inspired by the incredible bravery of the Civil Rights movement and the revolutionary atmosphere of the 1960s. Before the Riots launched the movement on a more public scale, check out what they were up to during the decade: https://dailv.istor.org/the-stonewall-riots-didnt-start-the-gav-rights-movement/ ra