The Stonewall Inn, shown in 2016, in New York's Greenwich Village. It's considered a critical moment in the gay-rights movement.įormer President Barack Obama designated a 7.7-acre area - including the tavern and a small park across the street - the first national monument to gay rights in 2016.
LGBT Pride Month commemorates the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which began when patrons at a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, violently resisted a police raid. Brief history of gay rights in Chicago Why are gay rights celebrated in June?
