The current York bar where a police raid and ensuing riot gave birth to the homosexual rights movement in the US will be the site of the Stonewall National Monument Barack Obama announced on Friday that the Stonewall National Monument will be created outside the Stonewall Inn in current York where homosexual men,lesbians and drag queens reacted to a police raid in 1969 with a riot that spread and turned into the homosexual rights movement in America and around the world.
Obama confirmed the widely expected news that he was designating the first ever national monument to the LGBT equality movement as many cities around the US are preparing for their annual Pride parades this weekend, while still mourning the massacre of 49 people in a homosexual nightclub in Orlando less than two weeks ago. Related: Stonewall Inn regulars applaud Obama amid monument plans: 'It's about time' Related: 'Worse than Jim Crow': black politicians try to halt Mississippi's anti-LGBT law Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com