Equal, The Birth of a Movement

In response to a repressive 1950s culture that considers homosexuality illegal and immoral, two iconic gay rights groups organise, fight back and lay the foundation for the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.

The incredible stories of three trans trailblazers from the across the ages help illuminate the significance of the 1966 uprising at San Francisco's Compton's Cafeteria.

Meet three very different activists whose lives and work epitomised the intersection of gay and civil rights in the 1960s: Lorraine Hansberry, Bayard Rustin and José Sarria.

The events of the historic Stonewall Uprising are told through the voices of the activists and icons who were there -- and who helped usher in a new era of being out, proud and Equal.