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*'''28 June''' – The [[Stonewall riots]] (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the [[LGBT community|gay (LGBT) community]]<ref group="note">At the time, the term "gay" was commonly used to refer to all LGBT people.</ref> against a [[police raid]] that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the [[Stonewall Inn]] in the [[Greenwich Village]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. They are widely considered to constitute the most important event leading to the [[gay liberation]] movement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/~lbarr2/gws250spring11_files/Page1186.htm|title=Brief History of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement in the U.S.|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=September 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/06/28/feature-how-the-stonewall-riots-started-the-gay-rights-movement/|title=Feature: How the Stonewall riots started the LGBT rights movement|author=Nell Frizzell|publisher=Pink News UK|date=June 28, 2013|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Stonewall-riots|title=Stonewall riots|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=August 19, 2017}}</ref> and the modern fight for [[LGBT rights in the United States]].<ref name=diversity>{{cite web | author=[[U.S. National Park Service]] | title=Civil Rights at Stonewall National Monument | url=https://www.nps.gov/places/stonewall.htm| publisher=[[Department of the Interior]]| date=October 17, 2016 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html |title=Obama inaugural speech references Stonewall gay-rights riots |accessdate=2013-01-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530065722/http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html |archivedate=2013-05-30 |df= }}</ref>
=====1973=====
*'''24 June''' – The [[UpStairs Lounge arson attack]] occurred on June 24, 1973, at a [[gay bar]] located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noladefender.com/content/up45stairs-lo1unge-fire-memorial-40-years-later |title=Upstairs Lounge Fire Memorial, 40 Years Later |work= Nola Defender |accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref> Thirty-two people died as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. The official cause is still listed as "undetermined origin".<ref name="Delery">{{cite book |last1=Delery-Edwards |first1=Clayton |date=June 5, 2014 |title=The Up Stairs Lounge Arson: Thirty-two Deaths in a New Orleans Gay Bar, June 24, 1973 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786479535 |edition=First |language=English |format=Paperback}}</ref> The most likely suspect, a gay man named Roger Nunez who had been ejected from the bar earlier in the day, was never charged and took his own life in November 1974.<ref name=freund/><ref name=townsend>{{cite book |last1=Townsend |first1=Johnny |date=2011 |title=Let the Faggots Burn: The UpStairs Lounge Fire |publisher=BookLocker.com, Inc |isbn=9781614344537}}</ref><ref name=vice>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwxwvn/the-anniversary-of-the-upstairs-lounge-arson-the-biggest-gay-mass-murder-in-us-history-459</ref> No evidence has ever been found the arson was motivated by hatred or overt homophobia.<ref name=vice/> Until the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], the UpStairs Lounge arson attack was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in U.S. history.
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