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LGBTQ+ Pride in New York City, 1994

For the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1994, flag creator Gilbert Baker was commissioned to make the world’s largest flag. The flag took months of planning and work done by teams of volunteers. The flag utilized the basic six colors of the rainbow and measured thirty feet wide by a mile long.

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Happy birthday, Marsha P. Johnson! The revolutionary gay activist & Stonewall riots veteran would have been 71.

August 24, 1945 - July 6, 1992

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June 28, 2015 marks the 46th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the beginning of the LGBT rights movement. Never forget. #LoveWins

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Flyer created and distributed by Lesbians Against Police Violence and The Stonewall Coalition in summer 1979 in the aftermath of the White Night Riots; Graphic by Emily Siegel.

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TODAY marks the 47th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In the morning hours of June 28th, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. This had happened many times before, but this time, the Stonewall patrons refused to be mistreated, and fought back. The riots lasted for six nights, and marked the beginning of the gay rights movement, including the formation of the Gay Liberation Front. This rebellion could not have been achieved without revolutionary trans activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera or other LGBTQ people of color like the lesbian hero Storme DeLarverie. Let us not forget the contributions of these brave activists and continue to fight for equality and justice in the future.