One month after the Stonewall Riots, LGBT activists Marty Robinson and Martha Shelley addressed a crowd in Christopher Park. We remember those who came before us and those who will forge the path into the future. As we gear up for Pride 2021, we’re taking a virtual journey back through some of the highlights of WSP’s LGBT+ history. Together we dance, we create, and we remember. Since then, NYC has honored June as LGBT Pride Month.įrom the earliest stirrings of activism, Washington Square Park has been a place for LGBT+ activists to organize, rally, and protest, and we’re proud to help carry that legacy forward. In June of 1969, the Stonewall Riots at nearby Christopher Park sparked the modern LGBT rights movement in the United States. In 2019 the Washington Square Arch was lit in rainbow to honor the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
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