In the 21st century, 'Stonewall' is the accepted buzzword for the beginning of the gay liberation movement in the United States. Pictured: A police arrest during the riots outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention ( photo courtesy of the Chicago History Museum ) and David Stienecker in 2008 ( photo by Tracy Baim ).
A companion book, Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the City's Gay Movement, edited by Tracy Baim, will be published this summer by Surrey Books. The following article was written for the Chicago Gay History Project, a Web site launching later this summer. This article shared 20104 times since Wed May 28, 2008
