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Drag performer Drag Asharik, in a bright pink ruffled dress with colorful heart designs and a matching hat, dances onstage under dramatic yellow lights, pointing and smiling.

Black-and-white publicity photo from Some Like It Hot showing Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag embracing Marilyn Monroe, who stands between them winking.

The Stonewall Inn's exterior at night, featuring a red neon sign reading "The Stonewall Inn" in the window, with string lights and posters visible inside.

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The Stonewall Inn's exterior at night, featuring a red neon sign reading "The Stonewall Inn" in the window, with string lights and posters visible inside.

What Were the Stonewall Riots?

The riots outside New York's Stonewall Inn sparked a new era of LGBTQ activism.

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Drag performer Drag Asharik, in a bright pink ruffled dress with colorful heart designs and a matching hat, dances onstage under dramatic yellow lights, pointing and smiling.

A drag queen performance

Rayco Santana performing as Drag Asharik at the Drag Queen Gala during Carnival in...

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Black-and-white publicity photo from Some Like It Hot showing Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag embracing Marilyn Monroe, who stands between them winking.

Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder's 1959 hit comedy Some Like It Hot stars Tony Curtis (left),...

© 1959 Mirisch/United Artists

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