The Stonewall riots<span> (also referred to as the </span>Stonewall uprising<span> or the </span>Stonewall rebellion<span>) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the </span>gay (LGBT) community[note 1]<span> against a </span>police raid<span> that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the </span>Stonewall Inn<span> in the </span>Greenwich Village<span>neighborhood of </span>Manhattan<span>, </span>New York City<span>. They are widely considered to constitute the most important event leading to the </span>gay liberation<span> movement</span>[2][3][4]<span> and the modern fight for </span>LGBT rights in the United States.[5]<span>[6]
