The 1969 Stonewall riot became a turning point in the western gay rights movement, but in 1905 a notable queer uprising took place at a youth detention centre in France. In an article for The Conversation, Elias Michaut (UCL Institute of Archaeology) outlines their research. The 1969 Stonewall riot, a pivotal episode of LGBTQ+ resistance to a police raid, was a turning point in the western gay rights movement. Today, Pride events are held each year at the end of June in memory of this uprising.