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Dem’s discuss pride month, local’s book at club meeting

June 28, 2023 - 00:00
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The Bandera County Democratic Club met earlier this month and heard from member Atticus Graham, who gave a detailed presentation on 1969’s Stonewall Riots in 1969 and how that impacted the creation of the Gay Pride movement.The Stonewall Uprising was a series of spontaneous riots that were a reaction to the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York.In response to police violence, the gay and lesbian residents of Greenwich Village rose up to demand the right to live openly without fear of arrest due to their sexual orientation. Within a year, the creation of advocacy ...

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