Topic - Stonewall National Monument

Stonewall National Monument is a Christopher Park, and nearby streets including Christopher Street, the site of the Stonewall riots of June 28, 1969, widely regarded as the start of the modern LGBT rights movement in the United States. - Source: Wikipedia

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An NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march, Aug. 31, 1970, in New York. A year earlier, the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst in expanding LGBTQ+ activism nationwide and abroad. (AP Photo) **FILE**

‘Transgender,’ ‘queer’ removed from Stonewall National Monument website

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Pride flags, a symbol celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, decorate the fence at the Stonewall National Monument with U.S. Park police present, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in New York. Dozens of LGBTQ+ Pride flags were damaged and ripped down at the monument over the weekend, the third such bout of vandalism during Pride Month at the LGBTQ+ landmark, police said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

LGBTQ+ pride flags vandalized at Stonewall National Monument 3 times during Pride month

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