In the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the West Village. Fed up by the constant raids and second class treatment, the patrons of Stonewall fought back. The fight grew into a riot, which continued over the next few days. These sustained riots culminated in the first march for gay rights in New York City, and the riots are largely cited as a cataclysmic moment of the modern LGBT movement. “Queers Don’t Deny it, Stonewall was a Riot” is a response to “Gay Liberation”, [the existing monument in Greenwich Village] that highlights the history it erases through omission. Featuring queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people color engaged in the act of rioting, the response re-centers these communities and the monumental role they played in shaping the LGBT movement. Contrary to popular belief, monuments do not commemorate history. Rather, monuments actively shape history by what they choose to commemorate and how.