The Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York City are largely considered the major turning point of the international LGBTQ movement, powering the decades of activism that followed. After Stonewall, members of the anti-war student movement, civil rights movement, and black power movement brought a new perspective to LGTBQ activism and DIY newspapers and magazines helped spread the movement throughout the world. The exhibition “Love and Resistance: Stonewall 50,” hosted by the New York Public Library, draws from the library’s robust collection of artifacts reflecting LGBTQ history to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the riots, and the historic moments of the LGBTQ community that followed. Jason Bauman, who curated the exhibition, told Global Citizen about his motivation for the show, explaining that, “You get this narrative of LGBTQ movements … First there was Stonewall, then there was AIDS and everybody felt bad for gay people, and then there was gay marriage. [But] in between there’s actually all of this political activism that takes place.” Pictured here, Daria Fane demonstrate for humans rights during a protest at NYU's Weinstein Hall in 1970. “Stonewall 50” features intimate shots of the LGBTQ movement, taken by pioneering photojournalists Kay Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies. Read more about the exhibit at this link. (📷: Diana Davies/NYPL)
