We wanted to research the beginning; the riots that first started bringing attention to the people in this community. We know about the recent events; legalization of gay marriage, LGBT awareness, and we are beginning to accept this sub-culture into our society. But one event, the Stonewall Riots, was at the root of the LGBT rights movement, an event that impacted society like a bullet. Before the protests at Stonewall, many people had no idea that the LGBT community was even a real thing. Once we found out that Stonewall was the start of the explosion of LGBT awareness in the US, we decided to find out the real events that happened during those days in the 1960’s. This proved to be difficult, as back then when these events occurred, no one wanted to interview or take pictures of the people at the riots. Photos and primary sources were scarce. It took us a bit, but soon we had found enough