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The irony after Orlando: gays turn to police instead of against them
“Once upon a time they hit us with nightsticks, and now they’re our protectors.”
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New York City grants landmark status to Stonewall Inn
New York City’s landmarks commission has voted to grant official status to the Greenwich Village bar where resistance to a police raid sparked the modern gay rights movement.
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The greatest of hypocrisies: Gays condemn black riots over racism, forget how our movement started
Some gays are hypocrites. They condemn the rioting in the aftermath of extreme miscarriages of justice for black people, all the while ignoring the fact they gather once a year …
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Quinto, US Ambassador promote LGBT rights, commemorate Stonewall
NEW YORK — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power and “Star Trek” star Zachary Quinto joined forces Thursday to promote gay rights while commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots in New York City. “Without the relentless pressure exerted by this movement over 45 years since then, we would surely be in a different place…
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Storme DeLarverie, lesbian activist who took part in Stonewall riots, dies at 93
NEW YORK — Storme DeLarverie, a lesbian activist who took part in the New York Stonewall riots in 1969 that si widely credited as the start of the gay rights movement in the United States, has died. She was 93.
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Remembering Stonewall: Why LGBT pride can now be celebrated openly
NEW YORK — Forty-four years ago tonight, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, uniformed and plain-clothed New York City police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar on Christopher Street.
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‘Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall:’ LGBT rights are civil rights
Presidential inauguration days are often filled with pomp, circumstance, cheering crowds, and moments to remember, but rarely do they so perfectly illustrate a dramatic shift in our country’s understanding and acceptance of cultural changes. The second inauguration of President Barack Obama did just that. … To be sure, having our President call for full equality for gay Americans in what is one of the biggest and most viewed speeches of his Presidency is monumental.
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Obama inaugural speech references gay rights struggle, Stonewall riots
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key moments in the struggles for blacks and women.
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Remembering Stonewall: Why LGBT pride can now be celebrated openly
NEW YORK — In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, uniformed and plain-clothed New York City police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar on Christopher Street.