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50 Years After Stonewall This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City that helped spark the LGBT rights movement.
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50 Years After Stonewall
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, activists rode their motorcycles during the city's 1989 gay-pride parade. The events that took place in June 1969 have been described as the birth of the gay-rights movement, but that's only partially true. Scott McPartland/Getty Images hide caption
The Activism That Came Before Stonewall And The Movement That Came Out Of It
Drag Queen Cloud performs at Wigstock in New York in 1994. Paul Hurschmann/Associated Press hide caption
Jordan Weatherston Pitts (center) sings the role of Renata, the drag queen, with the company of New York City Opera's Stonewall. Sarah Shatz/Courtesy of New York City Opera hide caption
Attendees brought a range of picnic fare, from deviled eggs to a rainbow cake. Monique LaBorde/for NPR hide caption
Singer Anita Bryant (right) is led to the voting booth at her Miami Beach polling place by volunteer Leah Dezen in 1977. Bryant was the leader of the opposition group Save Our Children, whose members pushed for the repeal of a gay-rights ordinance in Miami-Dade County. Kathy A. Willens/AP hide caption
The Culture Wars Live On Between The LGBTQ Rights Movement And The Religious Right
A man walks past New York's Stonewall Inn, site of the 1969 uprising considered the birth of the LGBTQ movement. Mike Segar/Reuters hide caption