praying manifesting hoping that rhys and taika channel jake gyllenhaal and heath ledger’s brokeback mountain reunification kiss in s2. like we Need that. break his nose rhys. society has gone too long without a kiss like that
Claims about the historical importance of Stonewall continue, even though historians of sexuality have challenged the novelty of the events at the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots did not mark the origin of gay liberation (D’Emilio 1983;Stryker and Van Buskirk 1996;Denneny 1997;Epstein 1999;Armstrong 2002). They were not the first time gays fought back against police; nor was the raid at the Stonewall Inn the first to generate political organizing (Murray 1996;Bernstein 2002; Stryker 2002). Other events, however, failed to achieve the mythic stature of Stonewall and indeed have been virtually forgotten.
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Stonewall is remembered because it is marked by an international commemorative ritual — an annual gay pride parade. Accounts of other events are confined almost exclusively to books by historians of sexuality. Explaining Stonewall commemoration is central to understanding its privileged position in gay collective memory. Stonewall was not the first of the five examined events to be viewed by activists as commemorable. It was, however, the first commemorable event to occur at a time and place where homosexuals had enough capacity to produce a commemorative vehicle — that is, where gay activists had adequate mnemonic capacity. That these conditions came together in New York in 1969, as opposed to in other cities at earlier times, was a result of historical and political processes: time and place mattered. Gay liberation was already underway in New York before Stonewall, which enabled movement activists to recognize the opportunity presented and to initiate commemoration.
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Our findings suggest a rethinking of the role of Stonewall in gay movement history. This research suggests that the claim that Stonewall “sparked” gay liberation was a movement construction — a story initiated by gay liberation activists and used to encourage further growth. The Stonewall story is thus better viewed as an achievement of gay liberation rather than as a literal account of its origins.
You were burned, you were about to burn, you’re still on fire.
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