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>> reporter: eventually, the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the women's movement, all galvanized together. but it was truly the trance vest it's that were the forefront runners of the riot. >> reporter: many returned to where it all started. it's been 50 years since she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here again. i suffered a lot of abuse here in this place. >> reporter: santiago is back with her fellow elders for the 50th anniversary of the riots. >> in 1970, we thought it would be wonderful to hold hands in the ...

Interest non-conformingty to sexuality at birth you were arrested and tried to be humiliated and that's what was happening that night. >> reporter: but the night of june 28th, 1969, the patrons revolted. they fought back. refusing to comply with officers. >> someone threw a bottle from sheridan park into christopher street. >> reporter: that was the start of the night that would galvanize the modern day lgbtq civil rights movement. >> 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously, they got a big surprise that night. and i was very surprised mely what happened was that they started ...

The modern day lgbtq civil rights movement. >> 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously they got a big surprise that night and i was very surprised immediately what happened was that they started to call for groups of homosexuals to come together. >> reporter: eventually the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the woman's movement all galvanized together, but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. >> five decades later, many of the voices that refused to be silenced...

Together. >> eventually the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the women's movement all galvanized together but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades later, many of the voices that refused to be silenced returned. for this woman, it's been 50 years as soon as she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here again. a lot of abuse here in this place. >> reporter: santiago is back with her fellow stonewall elders for the 50th anniversary of ...

Gay civil rights movement. >> that is when people moved forward to block police. they got a busineig surprise th night. i was surprised. immediately what happened is they started to call for groups of homosexuals to come together. >> reporter: eventually the call spread around the country and world. >> the civil rights movement and women's movement galvanized together. it was the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the sto stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades later, many returned to where it started. for this woman, it had been 50 years since she set foot at th...