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Stonewall Riots: Then and Now

For gay and lesbian Americans, June 28, 1969 was the day that changed everything. read

What the Stonewall Riots Mean to Me

Many of us live more openly and have secured rights, protections, and benefits than we did in 1969. read

Coming Out at 50: Frank Dunn’s Story

Fourteen years ago, 50-year-old Frank Dunn left behind decades of being closeted. Read

What Does Stonewall Mean to You?

Veterans of the gay-rights movement discuss the event itself and on the immense changes they’ve seen in American society since 1969. Read

Gay-Rights Pioneer Remembers Stonewall

Frank Kameny relects on a movement he helped start in the 1950s when he put his job and his life on the line for a cause he believed in. Listen

Kate Clinton: Stonewall Got Us Started

Kate Clinton, 62, is a political humorist, lesbian icon, and the author of several books. Read

Tapping the Muse

Reinaldo Arenas' poignant story—first a best-selling memoir, then an Oscar-nominated movie—now comes to the stage. Read

Hispanic Americans' Fight for LGBT Civil Right

Hispanics have played a key role in the gay rights movement. We take a look back at their part in the struggle, at how far gays and Hispanic Americans have come, and how far they still have to go. Read

The Legacy of Sylvia Rivera

One of the first who refused to sit quietly during the police raid on the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, Sylvia Rivera famously said, "I'm not missing a minute of this. It's the revolution! Read

Ode to Freedom

Composer Jorge Martín's opera based on the poignant memoir, "Before Night Falls," by the late Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, delivers on the story's multiple characters, vignettes, and layers of deep, complex issues—from political persecution to the debilitating pain of AIDS. Read

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Footprints in Gay History

Walk with LGBT leaders and some Stonewall veterans on a tour of the neighborhood—now a National Historic Landmark, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places—where the riots of June 28, 1969, and the days following, took place. Watch

Gay Rights Leader, 84, Looks Back

With his papers ensconced in the Library of Congress, Frank Kameny—who was a gay-rights leader when there was virtually no such movement in this country—has enough distance to recount his struggles with perspective and humor. Watch

Martina on Stonewall

"Of course, growing up in Czechoslovakia, I didn't know about Stonewall. But that was the defining moment of our movement. ... We cannot forget the past, because those people [were] so brave, and some paid with their lives—and still do in other countries." Watch

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