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Johnson was uptown when this started, and had nothing to do with the beginning of the riots. The Riots went on for several days (June 28 – July 3, 1969). There were a few drag queens among these gay men, and none of them identified as women or transgender. The Stonewall Riots were started by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, who were 98% gay men, and a few pissed off butch lesbians, in response to one of the police's regular raids.