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Thread #123101   Message #2706666
Posted By: Azizi
23-Aug-09 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: We Wear Our Hair in Curls
Subject: RE: We Wear Our Hair In Curls
The Stonewall Riot Version:

We are the Stonewall girls
We wear our hair in curls
We wear no underwear
We show our pubic hair
We wear our dungarees
Above our nelly knees!
-drag queens; Stonewall Riots, New York City, 1969

Multiple sources online including-
http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:TzHWCuJJAasJ:t-vox.org/index.php%3Ftitle%3DStonewall_riots+we+wear+our+hair+in+curls+we+wear

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See this excerpt from that article:

"The Stonewall riots, which as a whole is often called the Stonewall Rebellion, were a series of violent conflicts between homosexuals and police officers in New York City.first night of rioting began on Friday, June 27, 1969 not long after 1:20 a.m., when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. "Stonewall," as the raids are often referred to, is generally considered a turning point for the modern gay rights movement worldwide, as it is one of the first times in history a significant body of homosexual people resisted arrest...

The tactical patrol force arrived to disperse the crowd. However, they failed to break up the crowd, who sprayed them with rocks and other projectiles. At one point they were presented with a chorus line of mocking queens, singing:

We are the Stonewall girls etc."

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Also, read this account in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots. In addition, see the article provided in the "Lesbians, Gays and folk music" Mudcat thread which was provided earlier in this thread.