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At StoryCorps, Alexei Romanoff, an 82-year-old gay activist, rells lsons he learned as a teenager om a proud gay elr — and which ronated as an adult.

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'I WILL NEVER LIE ABOUT BEG GAY AGA': LGBT ACTIVIST REMEMBERS SOURCE OF PRI

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'I Will Never Lie About Beg Gay Aga': LGBT Activist Remembers Source Of Pri. At StoryCorps June 2015, Alexei Romanoff remembers an spiratnal figure who helped him feel proud to be a gay man. Fifty years ago this month, police raid a gay bar New York Cy lled the Stonewall Inn.

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It was a mon occurrence at the time, but on this night, patrons – trans women of lor, lbians, drag queens and gay men – said "enough. " The raid igned six days of protts and beme known as the Stonewall Rts – largely creded wh sparkg the morn gay rights movement.

At StoryCorps, Alexei Romanoff, an 82-year-old gay rights activist, remembers growg up New York the 1950s before the Stonewall uprisg. He reunts a mentor who tght him the value of gay pri — long before he anized monstratns at a gay bar Los Angel, marched pri paras or served as LA Pri's Grand Marshal. Mother Bryant would tell the group stori about livg as a young gay man the late 19th century.

"Here was a man that openly spoke out about beg gay, and I was needg that kd of tutorg to feel good about myself, " Romanoff said. "I was never ashamed of beg gay but, I gotta adm, I hid .

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In the mid-1950s, faced wh discrimatory hog practic, gay men would often lie and ll their partners their brothers, Romanoff said. I will never lie about beg gay aga.

Stunt Asked Me if I’m Gay. As the tle suggts, a stunt asked me if I’m gay (I am), and I lied to the stunt and said “no. Stunt: “Are you gay?

Stunt: “My iend thks you’re gay and I’m not sure.

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