Arnie’s Byline: The Stonewall Uprising
Arnie’s Byline: The Stonewall Uprising
Arnie’s Byline follows a young, closeted white reporter in Greenwich Village, New York. On the night of June 28, 1969, Arnie is at the Stonewall Inn with his partner and friends when police burst through the doors, turning an ordinary night into a moment that would change history. As the uprising spills into the streets and the story becomes twisted in the press, the cost of doing nothing becomes personal—his partner, unwilling to look away, walks out the door. Now Arnie must face the hardest decision of his life: Protect the life he has carefully built, or put his name behind the truth and risk his job, his reputation, and his safety.
Arnie’s Byline focuses on the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969, where a series of protests sparked after the New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn. At a time when homosexuality was criminalized and LGBTQ+ people faced routine harassment, the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back. The uprising lasted several nights and galvanized a community, leading directly to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The story of Stonewall was largely suppre
