Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.
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The Stonewall Rts— prott of a police raid at Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Greenwich Village, on June 28, 1969—sparked the morn movement for LGBTQ rights, as well as advocy for the legalizatn of gay bars and the anizatn of the first NYC Pri March (then known as the Christopher Street Liberatn Day March). It started out om Sheridan Square Greenwich Village and was followed by a "Gay-" at Sheep Meadow Central Park. Gay Liberatn Monument, Christopher Park.
This sculpture at Christopher Park, oppose the historic Stonewall Inn, honors the gay rights movement and memorat the events at Stonewall. Learn more about the Gay Liberatn Monument and the Stonewall rts.
Many notable New Yorkers, artists, and wrers helped shaped the pri of the LGBTQ+ movement and gay rights. She ntued to publish both poetry and prose volum that addrsed civil rights, lbianism, tersectnaly, and Black female inty, and was a speaker at the 1979 Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. Keh Harg (1958-1990) was an openly gay NYC artist ma famo for his signature drawgs of chalk-like outl.