Tag Archives: Stonewall Inn

Celebration In New York City

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NEW YORK CITY: Stonewall Rebellion Participant Danny Garvin Dies At 65

Stonewall Rebellion participant Danny Garvin has died at the age of 65. Via press release from Stonewall historian David Carter: “Danny was there the night it opened (on his birthday in 1967) and became a regular customer of the Stonewall Inn,” Carter said. “He met his first love there by dancing with him, dated the main doorman (Blonde Frankie), and …

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NEW YORK CITY: Feds Grant $50K To Document LGBT Historic Sites

Via White House press release: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced $500,000 in matching grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of listings in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) associated with Latinos and other underrepresented communities including African Americans, Asian Americans and …

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Plan To Expand LGBT Historical Site List Announced At Stonewall Press Conference

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Feds To Expand LGBT Historical Site List

Via White House press release: On Friday, May 30, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will announce a new National Park Service theme study to identify places and events associated with the civil rights struggle of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans and ensure that the agency is telling a complete story of America’s heritage and history. The Stonewall Inn …

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Photo Of The Day

Many more super fun NYC touristy shots are here. (Via JMG reader Scott)

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Stonewall Inn To Drop Guinness Beer Over Sponsorship Of St. Patrick’s Day Parade
UPDATE: Guinness Pulls Out Of Parade

Via GLAAD: The historic Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern LGBT equality movement, will drop Guinness beer from its shelves beginning Monday, March 17 following the beer company’s decision to stand by its sponsorship of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Parade, which is the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the country, prohibits …

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NYC Preservationists Seek Landmark Status For The Historic Stonewall Inn

The historic Stonewall Inn and the nearby Julius, NYC’s oldest gay bar, are both within the Greenwich Village Historic District and any physical changes to the buildings must by approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.  But the Greenwich Village Society of Historical Preservation is seeking individual landmark status for both sites to further protect them as icons of LGBT history. …

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BREAKING: Fire Threatens Stonewall Inn

JMG reader Chris and the above Twitter user report that the NYFD is currently on the scene of a fire at the building that abuts the historic Stonewall Inn in the West Village. The building on the corner houses the Duplex, the famed gay piano bar and cabaret space. The fire appears to be limited to the building between the …

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NEW YORKERS: Join The Celebration Outside Stonewall At 5:30PM Today

Today’s celebration outside the historic Stonewall Inn begins at 5:30PM.  Expect a huge crowd and prepare to be fabulous.  DOMA champion Edith Windsor will be there! I hope to see a great JMG turnout!

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TONIGHT: Drag March NYC

Facebook event page.

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Prop 8 Celebration At NYC’s Stonewall Inn

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NYC Prop 8 Rally Tonight

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Celebration Outside The Stonewall Inn

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Crowds Swell Outside Stonewall Inn

Waiting, hoping. (Source)

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Saturday In NYC: Eurovision Song Contest Screening Party At Stonewall Inn

This Saturday at the Stonewall Inn, Flotilla DeBarge will host a screening party for gay fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, which airs live from Germany at 2pm. Go Serbia!

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NY Daily News On Stonewall Bashing

UPDATE: The families of the Stonewall attackers are rushing to their defense. In an interview with The Daily News, Orlando’s dad swore his 17-year-old boy was no bigot and wants to apologize “in person” to Carver. “We are a working class family,” Don Orlando said outside his Staten Island home Tuesday. “We don’t hate anyone here.” What Orlando did was …

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CNN On Pride & Stonewall’s 40th

A pretty good piece, actually.

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Wednesday: Jamaica Protest At NYC’s Historic Stonewall Inn

LGBT activists will gather at NYC’s historic Stonewall Inn on Wednesday at 6:30PM to protest the treatment of gay people in Jamaica. In a show of solidarity, Stonewall’s owners will pour their stock of Myer’s Rum and Red Stripe beer into the gutter of Christopher Street. Via press release: “We, as the owners of the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the …

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