June 28, 1969 — The Stonewall Uprising

Posted on June 29, 2014 at 11:52 am

We observe the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising this weekend. I wonder if any of the men who fought back against police oppression and brutality back in 1969 could have imagined that some day marriage equality would be the law for over half the population and likely to be extended to all very soon, or that our celebration of LGBT people would be called “Pride.”

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