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milesofbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Good primer for Stonewall and LGBTQ+ history in the US. A little disappointed on the amount of information about Marsha P. Johnson, but pleasantly surprised at the inclusion of Sylvia Rivera, who is often left out of the discussion. Despite the fantastic inclusion of definitions at the beginning of the book, there was a heavy and continuous lumping in of the bisexual and pansexual communities with the blanket use of "gay", and the use of the term "drag queen" overwhelmingly overrides the transgender people that were on the front lines.
Definitely good for the age range, and hopefully can be useful in sparking other conversations about a more detailed discussion.
Definitely good for the age range, and hopefully can be useful in sparking other conversations about a more detailed discussion.
jbrooxd's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Three chapters on the riots with some context building before that. The rest was about the impact of the riots and the fight for equality since then for the LGBTQ+ community and other community issues such as the AIDS crisis. As an introduction to the civil rights movement for the gay community, this is a decent resource. I was expecting more on Stonewall specifically. This book focuses on a broad survey of information instead of going deep into any one area. If kids are looking for an introduction to gay rights issues, this is a fine place to start, but if they are really interested in the topic, or if they have already been doing research, they will want to go to more in depth materials.
danileah07's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
dizzymissruby's review against another edition
4.0
2019 Golden Trio Reading Challenge: Prompt #8, Dumbledore's Army - Read a book about social justice or a current issue.
indielitttttt's review against another edition
5.0
What Was Stonewall? by Nico Medina
We love queer representation for kids! This was so well done. Its not whitewashed, which I was worried about. Talks about the cops candidly. Covers the AIDS epidemic. Profiles Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. It’s just really good introduction. Please have your kiddos read this!
5/5⭐️
We love queer representation for kids! This was so well done. Its not whitewashed, which I was worried about. Talks about the cops candidly. Covers the AIDS epidemic. Profiles Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. It’s just really good introduction. Please have your kiddos read this!
5/5⭐️
mnerd63's review against another edition
5.0
I read this as research for a speech I was writing. It was very informative and really helped me to understand what actually happened at Stonewall. It’s an important piece of US history we should be taught more about in school. This is a great introduction to LGBTQ history for younger readers. It explains all the new terminology while still being engaging. I’d buy it for any classroom.
andizor's review
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Very informative. I know a lot more about Stonewall and how the gay rights movement really started. Children's nonfiction books are the best.