Epilogue: "The Gay liberation March in 1970 was the first of its kind. It started with a few hundred marchers, but swelled to more than 10,000. Today millions of people attend thousands of gay pride marches held all over the world to commemorate the Stonewall Riots. MARCIA P. JOHNSON became a Co-Founder of S. T. A. R., an organization which helped young drag queens and trans women. Shortly after the 1992 Pride March, her body was found in the Hudson River. Initially ruled a suicide, her case was reopened in 2012. BOB KOHLER became one of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front. He spoke often of the street kids who started the Stonewall Riots. SEYMOUR PINE retired in 1976. He always claimed the raids were a way of combating organized crime. ED MURPHY disappeared after the Stonewall was closed. When he resurfaced he had made one of the most amazing makeover's in criminal history. He emerged as a gay activist and helped to reverse the direction of the parade to benefit businesses in the Village. He was posthumously made Grand Marshall of the New York Pride March. FRANK KAMENY worked tirelessly to overturn federal sodomy laws and was the first to bring a gay rights case before the Supreme Court. The MATTACHINE SOCIETY pleaded with the homosexuals of the Village 'to keep peaceful conduct' after the first night of rioting. But gays returned in ever increasing numbers for four more nights. By the end of 1970, hundreds of gay organizations had formed all over America. This film is dedicated to the unsung heroes of the Stonewall Riots. Today, still 40 percent of all homeless youth in America are LGBT. Homosexuality remains a crime in 77 countries."

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