Hate Crime Charges in Stonewall Monument Flag Desecration
Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month.
August 31, 2023
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Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month.
The monument, in Greenwich Village, represents a milestone in the fight for gay rights in the U.S.
The designation would come just in time for New York City's June LGBT pride celebrations.
Watch highlights from the monumental drag performances at Stonewall during a fundraiser for the Newtown Action Alliance.
“This is not just an erasure of words — it is an erasure of history," Johnson's cousin says of the removal of "transgender" and "queer" from the website for the Stonewall National Monument.
The president and first lady spoke at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement a day after the first presidential debate.
Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.
Republicans have begun targeting LGBTQ-related initiatives in latest round of the national budget process.
Technology now allows us to have a conversation with Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
This status "would honor LGBT history," Mayor Eric Garcetti tells President Obama.
Two activists say they 'rectified' the Christopher Street Gay Liberation monument by painting the statues brown and adding wigs.
LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people right now.
The resolutions recognize the legacy of the Stonewall Uprising, which ignited the push for equal rights for queer folks.
A bill passed by the state legislature now awaits the governor’s signature.
The center is to open in the summer of 2024 and will be the first LGBTQ-specific visitor center at a National Park Service site.
Trump will reportedly issue an executive order this week that could undermine the protection of America's national parks and historic monuments, according to Think Progress.
A preliminary investigation found an unidentified person had removed and destroyed 160 flags in the area around 8 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
Stonewall's designation as a national monument comes less than two weeks after tragedy.
Congressman Jerrold Nadler tells us why a national monument honoring the Stonewall uprising is imperative.
The administration has banned or discouraged the use of hundreds of terms, including "advocate," "LGBT," and "trans."