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Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Gay Rights Site

National Park Service cites rules restricting the display of non-official flags

(Newser) - The rainbow flag is no longer flying over the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The National Park Service has taken down the large pride flag at New York City's Stonewall National Monument, reports USA Today . The agency cited a new policy saying that only the US flag...

Feds Remove References to Trans People on Stonewall Site

'This is just cruel and petty,' NY governor says

(Newser) - References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New York that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes were made in the wake of an...

Parades in NYC, Other Big Cities All Commemorate This 1969 Event

It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which sparked modern gay-rights movement

(Newser) - As Pride Month comes to a close, New York threw a massive LGBTQ Pride March, as other cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle, also hosted parades commemorating the 50th anniversary of the clash between police and gay bar patrons that sparked the modern gay-rights movement. New York's Pride...

50 Years Later, NYPD Apologizes for Stonewall Raid

Raid sparked riots, the modern LGBTQ rights movement

(Newser) - Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Thursday for what his department did, the AP reports. "The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple," Commissioner James O'Neill said...

Gay Rights Could Get First National Monument

Obama expected to approve Stonewall Inn as national park

(Newser) - The first national monument to the gay rights movement could be on its way. For years, advocates have been calling for the creation of a national park in the vicinity of Manhattan's Stonewall Inn, where a 1969 police raid sparked a protest by gay men, now considered the start...

Gaybashers Beat Man in Historic NYC Gay Bar

Stonewall attack occurred day after pack beating of gay men in nearly neighborhood

(Newser) - Gaybashers attacked a customer in the historic Manhattan bar considered the birthplace of the fight for gay rights. "Get away from me!" the thug yelled at the customer in the bathroom of the Stonewall bar in the Village. "I don't like gay people. Don't pee next to...

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