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News (USA)Trans & queer New Yorkers faced brutal use of force by police near Stonewall. The mayor “doesn’t know anything.”
A regularly held, trans-led rally ended with police sieging the crowd near the LGBTQ rights landmark. NYC’s “second-in-command” official was shoved – but Bill de Blasio shrugs it off.
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News (USA)On Stonewall anniversary, the NYPD launched a brutal unprovoked attack on LGBTQ people
As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the NYPD was unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration.
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LifeStonewall Inn warns it may be forced to close if it can’t raise some cash quickly
Spread the word and help save Stonewall.
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News (USA)Cops beat LGBTQ protestors leaving demonstration at Stonewall Inn
One activist’s arm was broken and he required multiple staples to close wounds on his head, but he wasn’t given medical attention for the 11 hours he was held in custody.
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CommentaryStonewall sparked much more than the gay rights movement & you probably had no idea
From the Affordable Care Act to marriage equality, the fight for justice that sprang out of Stonewall is wide ranging and interconnected.
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LGBTQ PrideTrump administration gives away public land so they won’t have to fly a rainbow flag for LGBTQ pride
The Stonewall Inn is a national monument to LGBTQ rights, but the administration didn’t want to fly the pride flag. So they gave the flagpole outside it to New York City.
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LGBTQ PrideThe story of Stonewall has been bleached. I know because I was there.
It takes white privilege to fight the police, expect to walk away alive, and create a hagiographical narrative of white heroism.
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Election 2020Joe Biden dropped by the Stonewall Inn to buy a round of drinks
He bought the surprised patrons a round of beers.
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LGBTQ PrideIt will take more than apologies to ease the tension between LGBTQ people & the police
LGBTQ people nationwide are still suffering abuse at the hands of police. While NYPD’s apology 50 years after the fact is nice, what about the problems plaguing us today?
