50 years of Stonewall Inn: A raid that exposed the colours of Pride
5 years, 6 months ago

50 years of Stonewall Inn: A raid that exposed the colours of Pride

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Today is the day that marks 50 years since the start of riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York, where a police raid led to a backlash that fuelled the modern-day gay rights movement. But June has been the month of LGBTQ pride marches and celebrations in commemoration of the Stonewall Inn riots since 1970, the year after the riots commenced. Patrons of the Stonewall Inn usually included homeless LGBTQ teens, trans women of colour, lesbians, drag queens, and gay men. Despite having been torn apart by the cops, the Stonewall Inn opened and more supporters showed up, chanting slogans like “gay power” and “we shall overcome.” Over the next several nights, gay activists continued to gather near the Stonewall, taking advantage of the moment to spread information and build the community that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement.

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Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events on Friday and warned about Donald Trump returning to the White House, as he looked to shake off a widely panned debate performance. “You marked a turning point in civil rights in America,” Biden told the crowd at the Stonewall monument, a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride …

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off debate performance
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off debate performance

LA Times  

Elton John joins President Biden for the grand opening of the visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Friday, the 55th anniversary of the historic gay rights uprising. President Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events, inaugurating a visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument with pop legend Elton John before headlining a …

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement
7 months ago

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A New York City subway …

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement
7 months ago

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session this month. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to change the name of the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
7 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Associated Press  

Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, kicks off Saturday with events around the globe. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a public celebration that …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
7 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
7 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

LA Times  

Revelers participate in a previous NYC Pride March. Pride Month started Saturday across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. In the U.S. in April, a federal appeals court …

Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall monument 3 times during Pride Month so far
1 year, 6 months ago

Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall monument 3 times during Pride Month so far

LA Times  

Pride flags flutter on the railings around the Stonewall National Monument in New York. Dozens of LGBTQ+ Pride flags were damaged and ripped down at the Stonewall National Monument over the weekend, the third such bout of vandalism at the LGBTQ+ landmark during this Pride Month, police said. “We really need to reverse that and replace it with love, compassion …

Editorial: Talk about pride. Schools stand up against intolerance and hate
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Talk about pride. Schools stand up against intolerance and hate

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather outside Tuesday’s meeting of the Glendale Unified School District board, where pro- and anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators faced off over how schools teach gender and sexuality. On the Tuesday agenda for the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education was an item designating June as Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community, recognizing the month in which the 1969 Stonewall uprising …

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June
1 year, 7 months ago

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June

Live Mint  

Pride Month: Celebrating inclusion and love in June 10 Photos. Updated: 01 Jun 2023, 07:55 PM IST Share Via Pride month is celebrated every year in June as a tribute to the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In 2016, Barack Obama designated Stonewall Inn as a national monument in 2016 1/10Pride month is celebrated in June every year to remember people …

Why is June celebrated as Pride month? Here’s a look at the history
1 year, 7 months ago

Why is June celebrated as Pride month? Here’s a look at the history

Live Mint  

The month of June is celebrated as Pride Month. Later in 2016, President Barack Obama designated the site of a watershed event in the history of US gay rights, the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, as a national monument, the first one to honor the contributions of gay Americans. History of Pride month and how it started: The …

Pride Month 2022: What happened at the Stonewall riots and how did they inspire the LGBT+ rights movement?
2 years, 6 months ago

Pride Month 2022: What happened at the Stonewall riots and how did they inspire the LGBT+ rights movement?

The Independent  

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A queer history of literature and science
2 years, 6 months ago

A queer history of literature and science

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST More than 50 years since the watershed Stonewall uprising in New York, the gay rights movement has come a long way in the US and across the globe. In 1969, there was a series of protests by members of the gay community at the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village following …

Stonewall to inaugurate visitor centre dedicated to LGBTQ history
2 years, 6 months ago

Stonewall to inaugurate visitor centre dedicated to LGBTQ history

Live Mint  

A visitor centre dedicated to telling the story of the LGBTQ rights movement will open next door to the Stonewall Inn, according to an announcement Tuesday by the nonprofit that will manage the centre in partnership with the National Park Service. The groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in New York City's Greenwich Village neighbourhood will take place …

Explained: The history of Pride Month and why it is celebrated in June
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained: The history of Pride Month and why it is celebrated in June

Firstpost  

In the last more than 50 years since the first Pride Month was celebrated in the United States, the month-long celebration of love, acceptance, diversity, and self-pride has become a global phenomenon. Come June, proud voices retell stories of courageous people for it is Pride Month, the month that became a thriving memorial of struggles and victories of the LGBTQ+ …

Ahead of Pride Month, 3 LGBTQ influencers to follow
2 years, 7 months ago

Ahead of Pride Month, 3 LGBTQ influencers to follow

Live Mint  

Pride Month in many parts of the world is celebrated through the month of June. In 1970, the first gay pride march was organised to mark one year of the Stonewall Uprising — various other cities in the US followed and organised marches at the same time. In the following years, this snowballed into marches in various other cities, with …

New York's Pride parade held virtually for second consecutive year, amid in-person parties, marches
3 years, 6 months ago

New York's Pride parade held virtually for second consecutive year, amid in-person parties, marches

Firstpost  

For people looking to march for LGBTQ rights, the Reclaim Pride Coalition held its third Queer Liberation March from Bryant Park to the Stonewall National Monument and into Washington Square Park. New York: New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride parade was held virtually for the second year in a row on 27 June due to the pandemic, but that didn’t …

With virtual and in-person events, NYC commemorates Pride
3 years, 6 months ago

With virtual and in-person events, NYC commemorates Pride

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York City's annual LGBTQ …

One killed, another injured as truck driver unintentionally hits Florida Pride parade
3 years, 6 months ago

One killed, another injured as truck driver unintentionally hits Florida Pride parade

Firstpost  

The 77-year-old driver was a participant in the festivities who had been selected to drive the lead vehicle due to ‘ailments preventing him from walking’ Washington: One man was killed and another injured in what US authorities said Sunday was a “tragic accident” at a Pride parade in Florida where a pickup truck driver unintentionally accelerated, striking pedestrians. Fort Lauderdale …

The story of the Stonewall riots shows Pride isn’t a part of ‘snowflake’ culture – it’s a radical call for justice
5 years, 6 months ago

The story of the Stonewall riots shows Pride isn’t a part of ‘snowflake’ culture – it’s a radical call for justice

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet, as Pride has increasingly assumed …

The Stonewall’s path from illicit dive to national monument
5 years, 6 months ago

The Stonewall’s path from illicit dive to national monument

LA Times  

Pride flags adorn the Stonewall Inn bar in New York’s Greenwich Village on June 3, marking the site of 1969 riots that followed a police raid of the bar’s gay patrons. Long gone from the Stonewall, he recently launched a website to highlight Pisano’s role in maintaining what would later become a National Historic Landmark and part of the first …

1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today’s Pride celebrations
5 years, 6 months ago

1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today’s Pride celebrations

CNN  

CNN — Pride these days is synonymous with rainbow-saturated celebrations of the LGBTQ community. It’s easy to forget its solemn origins as a march that commemorated clashes between police and protesters outside a New York gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. To get around state regulations that prohibited gay people from being served alcoholic beverages, mafioso “Fat Tony” Lauria operated the …

New York's huge Gay Pride fest launches with...
5 years, 6 months ago

New York's huge Gay Pride fest launches with...

Daily Mail  

Hundreds turned out for the launch of New York's World Pride festivities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which are credited with setting in motion campaigns for gay rights across the world. This year's celebrations mark 50 years since the Stonewall riots, which are credited with setting in motion campaigns for gay rights across the world US …

Where gay pride began 50 years ago
5 years, 6 months ago

Where gay pride began 50 years ago

BBC  

Where gay pride began 50 years ago 50 years ago, this fiery riot birthed the gay rights movement On 28 June 1969, events at New York City’s Stonewall Inn sparked a multi-day riot that birthed the modern gay rights movement and the inaugural pride parade in 1970. Fifty years ago, in the early-morning hours of 28 June 1969, a police …

A list of Pride events marking Stonewall’s 50th anniversary
5 years, 7 months ago

A list of Pride events marking Stonewall’s 50th anniversary

Associated Press  

This year’s Pride Month is filled with parades, movie screenings, walking tours, art exhibits, and more, many of which commemorate the 50th anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall uprising that fueled the fire for a global LGBTQ movement. Some of what’s on offer: EXHIBITS “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” Brooklyn Museum; “PRIDE: Photographs of Stonewall and …

Exhibits, panels, opera, more for Stonewall 50th anniversary
5 years, 7 months ago

Exhibits, panels, opera, more for Stonewall 50th anniversary

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — If it’s Pride Month, there’s gotta be a parade. That history is all over the events that a wide range of institutions are hosting in June, from an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum called “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” to an opera by British composer Iain Bell commissioned by the New York City …

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