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the pride month is coming to an end and as it ends, we cannot miss the anniversary of the stonewall riots; the event that started it all. the event that led to the formation of the first gay liberation group in the united states. so, let's get into it and look at its significance for the lgbtq+ community and their rights.

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"GAY ME. WE ARE YOUR SISTERS DAUGHTERS FRIENDS TEACHERS MOTHERS NEIGHBORS," Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, New York City, June 1971. Photo ©...

As Sotheby’s celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with its BENT. auction, Charles Kaiser looks back on how the uprising ignited the gay rights movement.

Historic photos from Getty Images take a look back at Pride Month and its queer evolution.

Journalist Eric Marcus has released a recording of his 1989 discussion with the LGBT icon.

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“My biggest fear was that I would get arrested. My second biggest fear was that my picture would be in a newspaper or on a television report in my mother’s dress!” – Maria Ritter In the small hours of 28 June 1969, police invaded the Stonewall Inn at 51 and 53 Christopher Street, … Continue reading "A Gay Rights Rally in NYC (1978) – After the Stonewall Riots"

Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, speaks to Newsweek about the origins of Pride Month and the Stonewall Uprising.

Giving Stonewall too much credit misses the movement’s growing strength in the 1960s, sociologists note.

This Pride month, we’ll take you to important locations in L.G.B.T.Q. history and tell you the stories about the gay New Yorkers, icons and activists who lived and worked there. Along the way we’ll let you know about some upcoming events and a few insider tips.

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The riots following the June 28, 1969, police raid on New York City's Stonewall Inn did not start the discussion on gay rights, but they certainly became the catalyst for a national movement. When the...

We Will Never Be Silent-Stonewall Riots