New York City, 1969. Being gay is considered a psychological disorder. Soliciting homosexual acts is a criminal offence, as is dressing in less than three elements of ‘gender appropriate’ clothing. Numerous police raids shut down underground gay bars and other LGBT+ spaces, provoking the unheard, unsettled and misrepresented community to take action. On the night of a raid on Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn, a landmark violent protest takes place, changing the course of culture in the following decades. Fifty years later, the circumstances for NYC’s LGBT+ culture have changed exponentially. i-D celebrates the freedom given to today’s young LGBT+ population as a result of the previous generations’ fight. We speak to eyewitnesses from the riot and members of the elderly LGBT+ community at New York's Sage Centre. Join us in honouring those that fought for your freedom. Click here to SUBSCRIBE to VICE Asia: https://bit.ly/2LhqAR9 Connect with VICE Asia: Check out our full video catalog: https://bit.ly/2P3Y0pv Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com/en_asia More videos from the VICE network: https://ift.tt/2X9Oow1 Like VICE Asia on Facebook: http://fb.com/viceasia Follow VICE Asia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/viceasia Follow us on Instagram: https://ift.tt/2IWiOxM
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