Stonewall Riots Quotes

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The Stonewall uprising still sparks fierce reflection on freedom and identity. This short set gathers voices that label the riots as a turning point for gay people, celebrate the first Pride parades, and link the fight to broader civil‑rights struggles. If you crave more on queer history, the ‘LGBTQ History’, ‘Pride Origins’, and ‘Civil Rights Movements’ pages provide richer narratives.

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Pride, to me, is a celebration of the past because we have come such a long way from the very first Pride…

Sasha Velour

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While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do.…

Barack Obama

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I have a degree in cinema studies and the big paper I wrote at the end of that was about Judy Garland…

Karina Longworth

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The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a…

Edmund White

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Pride is a time to celebrate our community, publicly display our love for one another, and continue our protest of equality that…

Tommy Dorfman

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Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of…

Ilana Mercer

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