(Bebeto Matthews/AP)Ĭhicago's role in the gay rights movementįirst American gay-rights group founded here: In 1924, postal clerk Henry Gerber formed the Society for Human Rights. The Stonewall Inn, shown in 2016, in New York's Greenwich Village.
It's considered a critical moment in the gay-rights movement.įormer President Barack Obama designated a 7.7-acre area - including the tavern and a small park across the street - the first national monument to gay rights in 2016. LGBT Pride Month commemorates the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which began when patrons at a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, violently resisted a police raid.
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