Stonewall Riots

Obama makes historical mentions of "gay" and "Stonewall" in inauguration speech | VIDEO

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
January 21st, 2013

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama made history yet again by becoming the first American leader to mention the words gay and Stonewall in an inauguration speech.

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FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT: Dis-membering the myth of the Stonewall Riots

The Rev. Irene Monroe - SDGLN Contributor
June 27th, 2012

(Editor's note: SDGLN Contributor the Rev. Irene Monroe submitted this first-person article that looks back at the Stonewall Riots, which began 43 years ago on this date. This is an abbreviated version of one of several pieces that she wrote for the June 2012 anthology, Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City, edited by Thomas Keith with an introduction by Christopher Bram.

VIDEO: San Francisco Pride to celebrate "Global Equality" this weekend

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
June 22nd, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO – Considered by some to be the “mothership” of all LGBT Pride celebrations, San Francisco will host its annual Pride event this weekend.

This year marks the 42nd anniversary of Pride in the city, which held its first parade on June 28, 1970 (with parades happening simultaneously in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles) to commemorate the one year that had passed since the Stonewall riots.

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