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1/ Today is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village—an event considered by many to mark the beginning of the modern gay-rights movement. bit.ly/2RIbKHT
2/ Before Stonewall, routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate members of the LGBTQ community. bit.ly/2RFAdh9
3/ Dick Leitsch was then the executive director of the Mattachine Society of New York, and the first gay journalist to describe what had happened at the Stonewall Inn. bit.ly/2REcCx6
4/ Joan E. Biren’s images from the 1970s and ’80s constituted some of the earliest widely distributed photos of 20th-century queer life. bit.ly/2RK4lYx
5/ As time went on, and as the movement grew, some forged relationships that would last a lifetime. bit.ly/2RFMz8O
6/ Others, such as Paulette Goodman, would help protect the relationships that already existed—helping guide parents through the process of learning to accept their LGBTQ children. bit.ly/2RLYMsS
7/ In 2015, gay marriage was ruled constitutional. @mollyesque wrote about the improbable campaign that finally tipped the U.S. Supreme Court. bit.ly/2RHt3sA
8/ Yet “50 years after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the mainstream LGBTQ movement,” writes @skornhaber, “gay people still maintain spheres of separation from the wider world.” bit.ly/2RFrOKw
9/9 Read more pieces that examine the world before and after Pride here: bit.ly/2RIbKHT
