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Democrats Mark Stonewall Uprising’s 55th Anniversary

“On June 28, 1969, members of the LGBTQ+ community made history by standing up and fighting back – demanding their rights at the Stonewall Inn. Joined by friends, neighbors, and allies, the bravery of these individuals sparked the ongoing LGBTQ+ rights movement. “It exemplified their persistence in fighting for a nation where everyone can be their most authentic selves, where …

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Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center Opens On The 55th Anniversary Of Historic NYC Uprising [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Diana Rodriguez, the chief executive of Pride Live, which runs the new Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, pointed to an old-fashioned jukebox. “Go ahead, give it a whirl,” she said. I dropped in a Stonewall-branded coin and chose a song. The machine whirred, for five seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, as Rodriguez explained that it …

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Obama Celebrates LGBTQ Rights On Stonewall Day

“We’re almost 51 years since the night when the patrons at the Stonewall Inn stood up for their rights and set one of America’s defining victories for civil rights. “Because of the movement they sparked and the decades of work that followed, marriage equality became the law of the land five years ago, and just this month the Supreme Court …

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Stonewall Monument Preserved In “3D Digital Record”

Fascinating project. Via press release: CyArk, a heritage preservation non-profit, has completed the first ever 3D digital record of the Stonewall National Monument in New York, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. The project — the first of its kind to detail an LGBTQ historic site and national monument — uses data to create a photorealistic digital …

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