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PROCLAMATN 7203—GAY AND LBIAN PRI MONTH, 1999
Thirty years ago this month, at the Stonewall Inn New York Cy, a urageo group of cizens risted harassment and mistreatment, settg motn a cha of events that would bee known as the Stonewall Uprisg and the birth of the morn gay and lbian civil rights movement. Gays and lbians, their fai and iends, celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall every June Ameri as Gay and Lbian Pri Month; and, earlier this month, the Natnal Park Service add the Stonewall Inn, as well as the nearby park and neighborhood streets surroundg , to the Natnal Register of Historic Plac. I am proud of the measur my Admistratn has taken to end discrimatn agast gays and lbians and ensure that they have the same rights guaranteed to their fellow Amerins.
As a rult of the and other polici, gay and lbian Amerins serve openly and proudly throughout the Feral Government. That effort has rulted a groundbreakg gui that provis practil guidance to school admistrators and teachers for velopg a prehensive approach to protectg all stunts, cludg gays and lbians, om harassment and vlence.
Clton, Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and laws of the Uned Stat, do thereby proclaim June 1999 as Gay and Lbian Pri Month. I enurage all Amerins to observe this month wh appropriate programs, ceremoni, and activi that celebrate our diversy, and to remember throughout the year the gay and lbian Amerins whose many and varied ntributns have enriched our natnal life. Clton, Proclamatn 7203—Gay and Lbian Pri Month, 1999 Onle by Gerhard Peters and John T.