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...post-Stonewall generation, this seems akin to the military 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy," Chauncey said. "But the older generation didn't see it this way. Repression strengthened the bonds, making gays like a secret fraternal order...
...Chauncey's talk centered on the intergenerational conflict within the gay community that arose following the Stonewall Riots, which occurred in June 1969 after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay nightclub...
Young gay activists of 1969 made an assumption that older gay men who had not publicly come out were ashamed, Chauncey said...
...older generation had a different perspective, Chauncey said...
...Chauncey said the main reason that gays did not publicly announce their sexuality prior to the late 1960s was because of fear of harassment or brutality...