What Ever Happened to the Gay Revolution?

This event has already taken place. Find a full list of upcoming events here.


When: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:30pm - 6:30pm

Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)

212-340-0863

With Ronald J. Brown, Ph.D., an authority on the history and religions of New York City.

When the gays resisted police oppression at the Stonewall Tavern in June 27, 1969 little did they know that they were launching a sexual revolution that would liberate gays and lesbians and other sexual minorities and allow them to create their own gay utopia. They wrote the rules, chose the spaces, founded the neighborhoods, organized the bars, confronted the AIDS epidemic, and declared independence from heterosexual society. But heterosexual society fought back and sought to overthrow the sexual and cultural freedom of this gay utopia. Do gay marriage, service in the military, gay adoption, gay ministers and rabbis, and conformity heterosexual stereotypes mark the end of the gay revolution?



Buy tickets/get more info now

Add to Calendar


See other events in these categories:

Browse By Category (246)


Browse By Location


Browse Off-Broadway


Get The Curriculum

Our free weekly email with smart things to do in NYC


Event Search



Find an Event by Date


Follow us on facebook