in honor of the event l g b t plus people around the world celebrate christof a straight day often with gay pride parades. these new york streets all witness to history and where day pride began 50 years ago christopher street was the scene of riots known as the stonewall uprising which placed the teen movement on a global stage back then the stonewall inn was a haven for people who didn't identify with the heterosexual norms of the day they could hang out drink dogs simply be themselves but not without risks being gay could result in prison or heavy fines violence and harassment to a common and the audio hours of june $281969.00 and. yes righted this spot the stonewalling now it wasn't the 1st time but this time around it was breaking point lesbian gay and transgender people were herded out and on today street the now