Plankinton Ave.,) one of Milwaukee's most popular gay bars of the time. 5, 1961, four troublemakers got more trouble than they bargained for at the Black Nite (400 N.
As a result, many people today believe that LGBTQ history began with New York’s Stonewall Riots of 1969.īut eight years before Stonewall, Milwaukee was the scene of an early uprising unlike anything local police had ever seen before. As the greatest generation continues to leave us, the actual course of these events has been slowly evaporating into hidden history. The Black Cat Protests of February 1967.įew of these early LGBTQ uprisings ever made news headlines and few if any factual police records exist from these incidents. The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of August 1966. 17, 2017, but in honor of Pride Month and Pride Week at OnMilwaukee, we've republished it today.
This article was originally posted on Feb.
