Stonewall Riots

Anheuser-Busch makes Budweiser and Bud Light, Stella Artois, Michelob, and Shock Top beers among several others.

It’s the first known public display of artifacts and items dedicated to the LGBTQ community physically installed at the historic building.

From the Beats to Bob Dylan to the actors and artists of the day, Village Voice photographer Fred McDarrah was there, up-close and documenting New York’s counterculture for over four extraordinary decades.

They told us to keep our eye on the prize. But what if we don’t like what we’ve won?

“I want you to know that there are so many people out there ready and eager to accept and support you, including me,” Pete Buttigieg told LGBTQ youth.

NYC Pride organizers will drop official NYPD security & not welcome police groups until 2025. LGBTQ law enforcement groups called their decision “shameful” and invoked Stonewall in their defense.

In 1965, 40 brave souls marched outside Independence Hall to demand legal equality for the gay community in what would become known as the “Annual Reminders.”

In 2021, we have the opportunity as a community to stand up, in defense of others and ourselves, and decide what kind of society we will have.

The first state park in New York to honor an LGBTQ person will reflect “Marsha’s style and colors.”

As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the NYPD was unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration.

Not all the submissions we received had photos with them, but they still deserve to be shared.

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the US. Chadwick Moore says that takes away from “the gays.”

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.

“The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple.”

The group was at Stonewall and planted the seeds that started a revolution for years afterwards.

“She’s absolutely STILL F–KING HERE.”

The historic riots played a part in their life’s love story.

From the Affordable Care Act to marriage equality, the fight for justice that sprang out of Stonewall is wide ranging and interconnected.

Berk says the LGBTQ community needs to do this to make up for the loss of rights under Trump.

It’s a ridiculous lie, of course, but the American Family Association won’t let honesty stop their hatred of LGBTQ people.