# The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets

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- Authors: [Gayle E. Pitman](https://www.bookquiver.com/gayle-e-pitman)
- Publisher: Abrams Books for young Readers
- ISBN: 978-14-1973-720-6
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2019-05-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

In The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets, Gayle E. Pitman’s “fresh storytelling brings emotion and depth to the history of a movement and the establishment that served as an epicenter for social change” (Publishers Weekly). A timely and necessary read, The Stonewall Riots helps readers understand the history and legacy of the LGBTQ+ movement. The book includes contemporary photos, newspaper clippings, and other period objects, as well as a timeline, a biography, and an index. Interviews with people involved as well as witnesses bring an immediacy to the story. In clear prose and short chapters, the book takes readers through a history of American gay life leading up to the Riots, the Riots themselves, and the aftermath. In a starred review, Shelf Awareness noted: “With meaningful content delivered in an innovative