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Contents:
- WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT
- WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?
- COMMEMORATG THE SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE CISN 5 YEARS LATER
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
WHY JUNE 26 IS ALREADY A LANDMARK DAY FOR GAYS AND THE SUPREME COURT
As the Supreme Court nears a cisn on same-sex marriag, observers of Court history have noted that June 26 already has special signifince for cisns that have favored gay rights landmark s. * june 26 lgbt *
As the Supreme Court nears a cisn on same-sex marriag, observers of Court history have noted that June 26 already has special signifince for cisns that have favored gay rights landmark s. “[W]hat jtifitn uld there possibly be for nyg the benefs of marriage to homosexual upl exercisg ‘the liberty protected by the Constutn’? Surely not the enuragement of procreatn, sce the sterile and the elrly are allowed to marry, ” Slia wrote back 2003, “What jtifitn uld there possibly be for nyg the benefs of marriage to homosexual upl?
WILL JUNE 26 BE OFFICIALLY SIGNATED "GAY DAY"?
Some are llg for a new feral holiday to mark three major Supreme Court lgs on gay rights that all arrived on the same day * june 26 lgbt *
Will June 26 be officially signated "Gay Day"? Could June 26 someday officially be nsired "Gay Day"?
The cisn me down on anniversary of two other Supreme Court lgs that proponents of gay equaly marked as a victory. And twelve years ago, on June 26, 2003, the urt stck down so-lled "sodomy" laws that banned gay sexual activy Lawrence v. And now, a number of Twter ers are llg for the tablishment of a new natnal holiday, labeled "Gay Day.
COMMEMORATG THE SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE CISN 5 YEARS LATER
Officially clarg June 26th #GayDay. On June 28, 1969, New York Cy police nducted a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar Greenwich Village. The raid was ostensibly bee the place lacked a liquor license—thori didn’t often approve them for gay bars—but was the latt a long le of actns taken specifilly to persecute the cy's LGBTQ muny.
The so-lled “Stonewall Rts” (or “Stonewall Uprisg”) weren’t the first time the untry’s LGBTQ muny had fought openly agast systemic opprsn and human rights vlatns; fact, the first gay rights mpaign the U.
The theme was “gay pri, ” and the LGBTQ muni of Chigo, San Francis, and Los Angel also anized events for the the Stonewall Rts helped her a new era of LGBTQ activism and “Gay Pri” beme the slogan for an creasgly global movement, the U.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
In June of that year, Print Bill Clton memorated the 30th anniversary of Stonewall by clarg June as “Gay and Lbian Pri Month. ” Ten years later, Print Barack Obama issued another proclamatn updatg s tle to “Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month. Atlanta will observe June 26 as LGBT Equaly Day regnn of that date beg signifint on the LGBT lendar bee that is the date on which the Supreme Court issued lgs on human rights, and was the date of Atlanta’s first observance of Atlanta Gay Pri Day.
“Whereas, Lolly, on June 26, 1976, the Cy of Atlanta marked the first official Gay Pri Day; and. “Whereas, The Cy of Atlanta has one of the hight lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatns per pa among major Amerin ci and has a rich history the stggle for civil and human rights. Atlanta Councilmember Mary Norwood said the rolutn is, “perfect, ” addg, “We do embrace this, and I personally am lookg forward to Gay Pri once aga.