The 1969 Stonewall Riots

The 1969 Stonewall Riots Order Description Thesis: The Stonewall Riots of 1969, could not have taken place anywhere but a big city like New York City. Many who identified with the LGBTQ community fled to the big city for the unabashed acceptance and ability to identify as who they were. However this sense of gay identity, only further contributed to the threat of being seen as a stronger group identity that could easily overwhelm. (If you have a better argument based thesis, please let me know). Prompt: Developing and defending a thesis about the topic. Successful papers will make an interesting and falsifiable claim that will be supported by the content and the argumentation of the paper. - Applying the format of an argumentative essay. The purpose of your essay is to defend an argument, and not simply generate research about it. Careful research will be necessary, but its purpose is to serve your analysis and defend your reasoning. - Sources must be cited using parenthetical citations and a full bibliography at the end of the essay with complete and separate entries for each source used. Sources: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000312240607100502 https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/coljgl5&div=7&g_sent=1&collection=journals https://glq.dukejournals.org/content/2/4/425.short https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o0hO1fWw-SkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=stonewall+riots&ots=DctUTVWB3d&sig=todVj5WFgdZJ-hanr8YbkWyVb-I#v=onepage&q=stonewall %20riots&f=false (Any other ACADEMIC sources may be used as well, must be cited Chicago style)