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Cooper Do-nuts
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-27 at 1.47.26 PM_thumb.png2023-03-27T20:48:24+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911"The Cooper Donut Riots Althought the facts vary, and the mere existance of an uprising has come into question, the narrative of the Cooper Do-nuts Riot stands is as follows: The Cooper Do-nuts Riot was a response to the routine harassment of LGBTQ people by the police in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. The uprising began when two police officers attempted to arrest two drag queens, two male sex workers, and a gay man. One of those arrested protested the lack of room in the police car and onlookers began throwing assorted coffee, donuts, cups, and trash at the police until they fled in their car without making the arrests. People then took to rioting in the streets and police backup arrived blocking off the street for the entire night and arresting several people. The Cooper Do-nuts uprising is often believed to be the first gay uprising in the United States. Although these events are little remembered today, they contextualize the fight for LGBTQ rights and remind us that this struggle was not limited to one city or even one event. The Cooper Do-nuts riot and many other events helped pave the way for Stonewall and for all of the victories since. It stands to reason that each individual will have to determin for themselves, given the facts we have to date, whether or not the uprising itself even occurred. And only time will tell what truly lands in the history books. "plain2023-03-27T20:48:24+00:001959Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Black Cat Raid1960s Focused Research
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12023-03-06T21:50:19+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Donut RiotsGina Leon8Reference to Illustrationsgallery2023-05-18T23:13:20+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49