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A Generation of Pride

Forty years ago, at 1:20 in the morning on Saturday, June 28, 1969, eight police officers burst through the double doors of the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village and announced “Police! We’re taking the place!” However, the raid did not go as planned. As one eyewitness later recalled, after years of harassment by police, “The gays had had enough.” A series of spontaneous, sometimes violent, demonstrations erupted and continued over several nights. The Stonewall Riots, as they have come to be known, marked the beginning of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights movement in this country.

Rev. Michael Piazza, President of Hope for Peace & Justice, and a leader in the LGBT civil rights movement for more than 20 years, recently shared his reflections on how far we have come since this watershed moment, and what we still have yet to do. We invite you to watch and listen as Rev. Piazza shares “A Generation of Pride” for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

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