A Month Shy Of The 40th Anniversary Of Stonewall And A Pride Parade Is Boycotted
by Moonflowrr
Fri May 29, 2009 at 12:28:21 PM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/29/736694/-A-Month-Shy-Of-The-40th-Anniversary-Of-Stonewall-And-A-Pride-Parade-Is-BoycottedAs we come upon June 28, 2009 – the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City which catalyzed the public push for rights among GLBT people – we will see any number of events popping up to remember the occasion. While it may not have begun the actual behind-the-scenes work for rights, it arguably was the key moment to bring gay rights into the lexicon and consciousness of the rest of the world.
However, it became gay rights only shortly thereafter when those same behind-the-scenes, shadowy leaders in high places with memberships in the Mattachine or the Daughters of Bilitis commandeered the rough cut protests and tailored into a palatable visual for the inception of rights attainment.
"We've been working our whole lives to make things equal. And we still got nothing. They don't care about trans people. ... But we will come back. We will fight back." — Sylvia Rivera from an interview on KPFT, June 9, 2001
