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Sheridan square park into christopher street. >> reporter: that was the start of a 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 immediate immediately they called for groups of homosexuals to come together. the civil rights movement, the women's movement, all galvanized together. it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades later, they returned to where it all started....

>> 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 to where it all started. for for this woman, it's been 50 years since she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here before. there was a lot of thought. a lot of abuse of this place. >> reporter: and santiago is back for the 50th anniversary of the riots. so was carla jay who participated in significant protes...

>> the civil rights movement, the womans movement all galvanized together. but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were afeminine or nonconforming your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. and that's what was happening that night. >> reporter: of course we all now know very clearly that that uprising would be just the beginning. what followed it was a week of protests here in new york that would essentially spread not just across the country but around the world. that is why people from around ...

Me exactly what it took for the men and women inside this bar to speak up against authorities. >> the civil rights movement, the womans movement all galvanized together. but it was truly the tran vestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were a feminine or you were dressed unconforming your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated and that's what was happening that night. >> reporter: that flash point at that particular moment would only be the beginning, of course. but then spread not just nationally but international, john, ...

Galvanized together but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were a feminine or dressed nonconforming to your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. >> now the world remembers stonewall, not just for what happened this day, but because of what it started, this national pride movement. and dale mitchell was there, he witnessed the riots. thank you so much for being here on this incredibly special weekend. you were 20. >> i was 20 years old. >> you had come out to your parents and they disavowed you...