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Celebrating Stonewall's LGBTIQ+ rights legacy

The crowd attempts to impede police arrests outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village

The crowd attempts to impede police arrests outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village Source: New York Daily News

On 28 June 1969 in New York, a group of LGBTIQ+ locals decided to stand up to police abuse at the city's now-legendary Stonewall Inn, sparking a global rights movement.



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