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The word Stonewall is significant in LGBT history. The word may also refer to a stone wall, or to the word's meaning as a verb, "to refuse to cooperate, especially in supplying information", or to any of the following:

LGBT-related meanings

• Stonewall riots, in 1969, a turning point for the modern gay rights movement
  • Stonewall Inn, in New York City, the site of the riots; listed on the NRHP
  • Stonewall (film), a 1995 film about the riots
• Stonewall (UK), a gay rights organisation formed in 1989
• Stonewall Book Award, the oldest LGBT book award
• Stonewall & Riot: The Ultimate Orgasm, an 2006 film by Joe Phillips
• Stonewall Library & Archives, the largest circulating GLBT library in the United States
• National Stonewall Democrats, a LGBT-rights group in the United States
• Stonewall Young Democrats, a LGBT-rights youth organisation based in Los Angeles
• Stonewall F.C., a British gay football team

Games and entertainment

• "Stonewall structure" of pawns in the chess opening theory:
  • Stonewall Attack
  • Stonewall Variation in the Dutch Defence
• Stonewall (solitaire), a solitaire card game
• Stonewall (comics), a comic book character in the Marvel universe

People

• Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863), American Civil War Confederate general
• Stonewall Jackson (musician) (b. 1932), country musician
• Erling Stonewall, a 13th century Norwegian pretender to the throne

Places

• Stonewall, Louisiana, United States
• Stonewall, Mississippi, United States
• Stonewall, North Carolina, United States
• Stonewall (Rocky Mount, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
• Stonewall, Oklahoma, United States
• Stonewall, Texas, United States
• Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
• Stonewall County, Texas, United States

Ships

• USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)
• CSS Stonewall

Other

• Stonewall Brigade
• Operation Stonewall, a World War II military operation
• Stonewall (LYNX station)
• Stonewall of Miami Beach, a mixed disco that hosted Wild Side Story (1974)
• Stone Wall, an alcoholic beverage made with rum and cider

See also

• Dry stone

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Stonewall riots

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Stonewall

1. A series of riots in 1969 New York City, beginning with the patrons of the gay bar "The Stonewall Inn" resisting police arrest, which marked the beginning of the militant gay rights movement.
   • June 1979, Gay Community News

     Stonewall means fighting back.