Rowdy revelers were caught on video beating up a hot dog vendor late Sunday night - as all hell broke loose at Washington Square Park, police said. Using the global profile of the Stonewall Inn, the initiative has forged partnerships with the likes of JetBlue and the New York Yankees, with the creation of the Yankees-Stonewall Scholars Initiative and the announcement that Yankee Stadium will be serving the Stonewall Inn IPA, a Brooklyn Brewery beer supporting the initiative.Others describe the attack, which led to the beating of a hot dog vendor at the park by a mob, as unprovoked - or targeting an American flag. Johnson, an Edison native who died in 1992. It's a spirit of resistance and community engagement consistent with the hearts of so many who took part in the Stonewall uprising of 50 years ago among those reportedly in the crowd was iconic transgender rights activist Marsha P. “You know, it’s pretty easy to be LGBTQ in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, but in rural Kansas or Mississippi or Puerto Rico or even upstate New York, not so much," said Lentz, co-founder and CEO of the Stonewall Gives Back Initiative. "We really wanted to make sure that that spirit, what started here in 1969 - it’s about rebellion, about standing up, about fighting against social stigma - is carried out to communities across America right now.” Out in Philadelphia performing arts troupe Sister Bear Burlesque will present its Big Gay Beach Party spectacular on Saturday, June 8, at the Victoria Freehouse. "If you're there on a soapbox just lecturing, then it's a very limited audience. "You've got to have an audience," Takei told the Asbury Park Press in 2014. It's the spoonful of sugar method, wrapping a forward-thinking message in entertainment, that creator Gene Roddenberry perfected with "Star Trek" all those decades ago. His pages' posts range from simply silly to socially progressive, particularly when it comes to advocating for LGBTQ equality. Takei has become widely known as a witty presence on social media, with more than 10 million fans on Facebook and nearly 3 million followers on Twitter. Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu for decades in the groundbreaking science fiction franchise, appears Thursday, June 20, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick for his "Where No Story Has Gone Before" one-man show, preceded by the State Theatre's Pride Night Party. "Star Trek" actor George Takei, who will be in New Jersey for Pride month, is acutely aware of the need to marry a forward-thinking message with an approachable persona.
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Reclaim Pride NYC's Queer Liberation March and Rally is Sunday, June 30, starting from Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street at 9:30 a.m.
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In New York, the 15th annual Trans Day of Action is Friday, June 28, at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, with a march stepping off at 5 p.m.
The Philly Pride Run kicks off Philadelphia's Pride Day 2019 on Sunday, June 9, with a 5K run supporting programs at the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia. There are countless opportunities this Pride season for civic engagement and activism. The fight for social justice doesn't necessarily continue in a straight line." "I think there's a lesson there," he said, "that we've made so much progress in the past however many years, more than I ever would have expected frankly in my lifetime, but the important thing to remember is that those gains and victories aren't necessarily there permanently.
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The homophobia of 1950s documented in the film, Howard explained, was a direct backlash against an earlier period of relatively higher tolerance The film - named Best Documentary at the 2017 QFest New Jersey LGBT Film and Digital Media Festival in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune - airs at 9 p.m. Narrated by Glenn Close, "The Lavender Scare" opens at New York City's Cinema Village on Friday, June 7. "I've worked on this (film) for almost 10 years, and my friends say, 'Why are you procrastinating and why is it taking you so long?' And now I can say, 'Well, I was planning this timing all along," Howard said, "because I think it is perfect timing for it to be coming out."