June 28 marks a milestone in the history of civil rights, one in which Hispanics have played a key role. For younger people who’ve grown up in a world with increasing legal protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, it’s hard to believe that just four decades ago, people’s jobs, families, and homes were threatened, their lives restricted and, even worse, ruined. It’s difficult to imagine police handcuffing, harassing, and arresting gay people just for gathering in public. Here we take a look back at the role Hispanics played, how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go.
On that date in 1969, the gay rights movement galvanized in New York’s Greenwich Village to stage what is now known as the Stonewall riots. En español | Editor's note: June 28 marks a milestone in the history of civil rights, one in which Hispanics have played a key role.
