Cooper Do-nuts Riot
The Cooper Do-nuts Riot was an alleged uprising in reaction to police harassment of LGBT people at a 24-hour donut cafe in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Whether the riot actually happened, the date, location and whether or not the cafe was a branch of the Cooper chain are all disputed, and there is a lack of contemporary documentary evidence, with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) stating that any records of such event would have been purged years ago.
| Cooper Do-nuts Riot | |||
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A Cooper Do-nuts location in 1961 | |||
| Date | May 1959 | ||
| Location | Cooper Do-nuts, 215 South Main Street, Los Angeles, California, US | ||
| Goals | Gay liberation and LGBT rights in the United States | ||
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According to John Rechy, who stated he was at the event, it occurred in 1958 or 1959, about 10 years prior to the better-known Stonewall riots in New York City, and is viewed by some historians: 2 as the first modern LGBT uprising in the United States.
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