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Commemorating the 55th Anniversary of Stonewall and Celebrating June 2024 Pride Month.
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WHEREAS, On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Riots marked a turning point in American history when Black trans women and trans people of color in New York led the fight back against police who arrested LGBTQ people for their sexual orientation and gender expression; and
WHEREAS, this moment launched a resistance centered on the dignity and rights of genderqueer people of color in the face of state violence and disenfranchisement; and
WHEREAS, in 1972 members of the LGBT community gathered in Loring Park in Minneapolis to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots, representing the first Twin Cities march for Gay liberation; and
WHEREAS, 52 years later, this small gathering has grown into the Twin Cities Pride Festival as we know it today, in addition to multiple Pride festivals in Saint Paul and throughout the metro area; and
WHEREAS, in 1972 Saint Paul would pass a human rights ordinance ensuring protections for LGBT community members, which was repealed by a public referendum in 1978; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council would once again successfully pass a human rights ordinance in 1990; and
WHEREAS, members of the LGBTQ+ community continue to face discrimination in significant ways including in health care, housing, and education; and
WHEREAS, the legacy of Stonewall will persist and we must continue to protect our most vulnerable voices and thread them into our collective narrative, from Stonewall to present, so that our young, BIPOC and transgender community members can hear their voice in our history; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, Minnesotans, legislators, and Governor Dayton passed same-sex marriage, allowing our neighbors, friends, and family the most fundamental human right to be written into state law - the ability to marry who you love; and
WHEREAS, on June 26th, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex couples have ...
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