Stonewall (disambiguation)
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Stonewall may refer to:
- the Stonewall Inn in Christopher Street, New York, and in particular the riots that took place there on 28 June 1969 when the local gay community fought back against police repression. This event is commemorated in the many organisations with "Stonewall" in their names.
- Stonewall Equality Limited: a campaigning organisation, also Stonewall Scotland and Stonewall Cymru
- Stonewall Housing
- Stonewall Immigration, now the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
- Stonewall Football Club
- Stonewalls, a bar in Lewisham, now renamed TWO86.
External links
Wikipedia article on the Stonewall riots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots
