How the Stonewall Uprising changed the course of LGBTQ activism
Jun 21, 2021
2 minutes
Lounging on a bench one steamy June afternoon, Simone McKay sparkles. Glitter-gold eyelids flash as she talks, her curls bubble-gum pink. For fellow members of the LGBTQ community, her perch in Christopher Park is hallowed ground – along with a New York City icon across the street called the Stonewall Inn.
Marked in neon-red lettering, the site witnessed an uprising more than 50 years
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