Stonewall's 50th Anniversary

While reading up on Stonewall, I came across several articles on the special events and exhibits that are happening this year to honor Stonewall's 50th Anniversary. Thought I would share!

A few examples:

1. Washington DC's Newseum is opening an exhibit called "Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement." The journalistic museum will showcase articles and journals exploring the history of gay rights in the US including many of the topics that we will cover in this course - Harvey Milk, the HIV/AIDs crisis, military policies, and marriage equality.

Examples of some of the displayed images can be found here:

http://www.newseum.org/press-info/image-downloads/rise-up/

2. New York's pride theme this year is Stonewall 50. Events and celebrations are occurring throughout the month of June. One of the large events showcased is called "Rally: Stonewall 50 Commemoration.

More details on the variety of events and speakers held in New York can be found here:

https://2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org/

3. New York's public city library is opening a new exhibit called "Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50." This exhibition follows four key themes from the Stonewall period: resistance, bars, in print, and love. These themes fit well with what we learned about in the course from this time period!

More info here:

https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/stories/2019/5/stonewall50-library-2019-02-28-gcn.html