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BLOCK ISLAND STUNTS FORMG THEIR SCHOOL’S FIRST GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE

The Block Island School, the K–12 public school for the year-round muny jt off the Rho Island maland, has given their stunts the go-ahead to form the school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) this year. But all of the LGBTQ kids and their parents who spoke to The Tim reported homophobia and abive bullyg at the school. One beach we go to is mostly gay, but the people are rpectful of each other.

Stonewall rts, also lled Stonewall uprisg, seri of vlent nontatns that began the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outsi the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar the Greenwich Village sectn of New York Cy. As the rts progrsed, an ternatnal gay rights movement was born (Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Branni)One such well-known gatherg place for young gay men, lbians, and transgenr people was the Stonewall Inn Greenwich Village, a dark, seedy, crowd bar, reportedly operatg whout a liquor license. It was the third such raid on Greenwich Village gay bars a short perd (Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Branni) 1969 the solicatn of homosexual relatns was an illegal act New York Cy (and ed virtually all other urban centr).

Gay bars were plac of refuge where gay men and lbians and other dividuals who were nsired sexually spect uld socialize relative safety om public harassment. ” (Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Branni)Stonewall soon beme a symbol of ristance to social and polil discrimatn that would spire solidary among homosexual groups for s.

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