(UNICAMP - 2022 - 1 fase - Caderno R)On a summer n
(UNICAMP - 2022 - 1ª fase - Caderno R)
On a summer night in 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York City that served as a haven for the city’s gay, lesbian, and transgender community. Back then, homosexual acts were illegal in every state in the USA except Illinois, and bars and restaurants could get shut down for having gay employees or serving gay patrons. Most gay bars in New York at the time (including the Stonewall) were operated by the Mafia, who paid corruptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threatening to “out” them. Police raids on gay bars were common, but on that particular night, members of the city’s LGBTQIA+ community decided to fight back, sparking an uprising that would launch a new era of resistance and revolution. Though the gay rights movement didn’t begin at Stonewall, the uprising did mark a turning point, as earlier “homophile” organizations like the Mattachine Society gave way to more radical groups like the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance.
(Adaptado de https://www.history.com/news/stonewall-riots-timeline. Acessado em 04/06/2021.)
De acordo com o texto, os protestos de Stonewall representaram
o início da luta da comunidade LGBTQIA+ pela igualdade de direitos, impulsionando o surgimento de grupos defensores dessa comunidade.
um novo rumo na luta pelos direitos LGBTQIA+, especialmente pela recusa dos clientes do bar em acatar as ações da polícia naquela noite.
a consolidação da busca da comunidade LGBTQIA+ por igualdade de direitos, apesar de ter levado à formação de alguns grupos radicais homofóbicos.
um ato de resistência da população LGBTQIA+, apesar de muitos bares gays de Nova York serem financiados por policiais corruptos da cidade.
