The Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis emerge out of the repressive 1950s; Mattachine is galvanised by Harry Hay's gay rights manifesto, The Call; Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon create the Daughters of Bilitis as a support system.

Trans trailblazers rise up against police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria; the stories of three pioneers help to shed light on this pre-Stonewall pioneer, including Lucy Hicks Anderson, Jack Starr and Christine Jorgensen.

At the height of the civil rights movement, three activists' lives epitomise the intersection of the personal and political: playwright Lorraine Hansberry, organiser Bayard Rustin and drag queen José Sarria.

Police brutality towards patrons of the Stonewall Inn sets off an uprising that rages for days and inspires the first-ever Pride marches.