Stonewall

Stonewall may refer to:

Common use

• Stone wall, a kind of masonry construction
• Obstructionism, to engage in uncooperative or delaying tactics

Games and entertainment

• "Stonewall structure" of pawns in the chess opening theory:
  • Stonewall Attack
  • Stonewall Variation in the Dutch Defence
• Stonewall (solitaire), a solitaire card game
• Stonewall (comics), a comic book character in the Marvel universe

LGBT related

• Stonewall riots, in 1969, a turning point for the modern gay rights movement
  • Stonewall (film), a 1995 film about the riots
• Stonewall (charity), a gay rights organisation formed in 1989
• Stonewall F.C., a British gay football team
• The Stonewall Chorale, an LGBT choir based in New York City, founded in 1979

People

• Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863), American Civil War Confederate general
• Stonewall Jackson (musician) (b. 1932), country musician
• Erling Stonewall, a 13th-century Norwegian pretender to the throne

Places

• Stonewall, California, United States, an 1870's mining camp in the Cuyamaca Mountains.
• Stonewall, Louisiana, United States
• Stonewall, Mississippi, United States
• Stonewall, North Carolina, United States
• Stonewall, Oklahoma, United States
• Stonewall, Texas, United States
• Stonewall, West Virginia, United States
• Stonewall County, Texas, United States
• Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada

Ships

• USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), a ballistic missile submarine
• CSS Stonewall, a French built warship

Other

• Stonewall Brigade, a unit in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
• Operation Stonewall, a World War II military operation
• Stonewall (LYNX station), a rail station in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
• Stonewall of Miami Beach, a mixed disco that hosted Wild Side Story (1974)

See also

• Dry stone
• Stonewall Inn
• Stonewall Uprising
• Stonewall Book Award
• Stonewall & Riot: The Ultimate Orgasm
• Stonewall Library & Archives
• National Stonewall Democrats
• Stonewall Young Democrats