“The Stonewall riots are arguably the most transformative event in LGBT history.”
Marc Stein, Stonewall historian at San Francisco State University
This June marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings, which began with a police raid of the Stonewall Inn and ended with several days of riots that mobilized the modern LGBTQ rights movement. In the decades after that act of mass resistance, the rights and visibility of the LGBTQ community would undergo significant shifts.
Now, with a return of anti-LGBTQ military policies, the expansion of anti-HIV medications and digital dating apps, a rise in out athletes and entertainment figures and an increased commodification of LGBTQ culture, the community is facing a new landscape 50 years after the famous Greenwich Village uprisings.
Through a series of reported stories, “After Stonewall” offers a glimpse into how the LGBTQ community has developed and transformed within America’s various cultural, social, physical and political spaces.
“People believe [PrEP is] this magic drug that immunes them to all STDs. They pop it like candy.”
“There’s a difference between going to traveling events, and then going to an event that has its own foundation.”
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“As we sang and cried and prayed, I felt this deep and abiding sense
of peace with God that I’d never experienced before.”
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“Your athletic ability has nothing to do with your sexuality. We just need a more progressive mindset in society, and the culture of sports is definitely changing [that] for the better.”
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“Just being at Pride doesn’t really mean you help the community or help employees. It’s just a very surface level to thing to.”
“The fact that artists still feel the need to keep their sexuality [and] gender identity quiet until they have gained some sort of strong fan base, to me, says it all.”
“If the federal government can discriminate against us, the stage is set for others to discriminate against us.”
Reporters
Jeff Arak
Tatyana Bellamy-Walker
Kara Brown
Vanessa Etienne
Ben Masten
Moises Mendez
Hannah Miller
Abbey White
Editors
Abbey White
Hannah Miller
Ben Masten
Site Managers
Kara Brown
Moises Mendez
Multimedia Director
Jeff Arak
