Umlando we-NYC: Iidlaphu ze-Stonewall

I-Stonewall Inn yaseNew York yiGosa eliMlando weGay

I-Stonewall Inn yinqanaba elincinci elincinci eManhattan's West Village eliye lalingummangaliso wembali yomlando. Enyanisweni, isakhiwo sinikezwe indawo ekhethiweyo e-NYC kwaye kungekudala ingaba sisikhumbuzo sesizwe. Iminyaka engamashumi amane edlulileyo, uluntu lwase-New York lwama-gay lwaluphakanyisiwe apha ephazameni oluye lwabangela ukunyuswa kwamalungelo angama-gay namhlanje.

Iintlanzi ze-Stonewall

Ehlotyeni ka-1969, i-New York yobudlova be-homosexual movement yazalwa xa iqela labatsha baseNew York lenza umkhosi ngokumalunga namagosa aseburhulumenteni e-Stonewall Inn, ibhanti eyaziwayo e-Village.

Ngaloo mihla, imivalo ye-gay yayihlala ihlaselwa ngamapolisa. Kodwa ngoJuni 27, 1969, abaphathi be-Stonewall Inn babenelwane.

Njengoko amapolisa ahlasela i-bar, isihlwele sabasebenzi abangama-400 bahlanganisene kwisitrato ngaphandle kwaye babukela abaphathi babamba i-bartender, umgcini-mnyango, kunye neenkosikazi ezimbalwa. Isihlwele, ekugqibeleni sakhula saqikelelwa ku-2,000 esomeleleyo, sanyulwa. Into ethile ngaloo busuku yatshisa iminyaka yomsindo endleleni yamapolisa abantu abathandanayo. Iingoma ze "Gay Power!" Zichazwe ezitalatweni. Kungekudala, iibhotile zeebhiya kunye neenqanawa zentambo zazihamba. Amapolisa aqinisekisayo afika kwaye azama ukubetha isihlwele, kodwa abaqhankqalazi abathukuthele balwa. Ngo-4 ekuseni, kwakubonakala ngathi sekuphelile.

Kodwa ngobusuku obulandelayo, isihlwele sabuya, sada saba sikhulu kunobusuku obuphambili. Kwiiyure ezimbini, abaqhankqalazi bakhankqalaza kwisitrato ngaphandle kwe-Stonewall Inn kwaze kwaba ngamapolisa athumele iqela lolawulo lokuthuthukisa ukusabalalisa isihlwele.



Ngobusuku bokuqala bodwa, abantu aba-13 baboshwe kwaye kwamapolisa amane amagosa. Kuthiwa ubuncinane ababhikishi ababini babethwa ngamapolisa kunye nokulimala okungakumbi.

NgoLwesithathu olulandelayo, abaprothestri ababalelwa ku-1,000 babuya ukuqhubeka nokuqhankqalaza baze bahambe ngeChristopher Street.

Intlangano yayiqalile.

ILatwall Legacy

I-Stonewall yaba ngumzuzu obalulekileyo ekunyuseni kwamalungelo angama-gay. Lumanyene noluntu lwase-Gay eNew York ekulwa nokucalulwa. Ngomnyaka olandelayo, uhambo lwaluhlelwe ngokukhunjulwa kweeRotwall Riots kunye namadoda angama-5 000 na-10,000 kunye nabasetyhini ababeya kulo mqulu.

Ngozuko lwe-Stonewall, imikhosi yokuzikhukhumeza i-gay ehlabathini lonke ibanjwe ngenyanga yeJuni, kuquka neveki ye-Gay Pride yeNew York City .

Namhlanje, i -Stonewall Inn yinto eyaziwayo ebusweni be-gay e-New York City. Ukusebenza kwinqanaba lokusungulwa kwangaphambili, ibar iheha abantu abaninzi kunye nabangaphandle kwedolophu abajolise ukuhlawula ummandla obalulekileyo waseNew York.