![]() That’s how the movement was most useful, because they thought, ‘Maybe I should be proud,’” Schoonmaker said in 2015. “A lot of people were very repressed, they were conflicted internally, and didn’t know how to come out and be proud. The word “pride” was suggested by committee organizer, L.Craig Schoonmaker. ![]() To mark the first anniversary of the raid and riots, Brenda and a committee organized Gay Pride week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28, 1970. Brenda Howard – “the Mother of Pride” was a radical and fierce activist for gays, transgender, and bisexual people. After the raid, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people rioted, setting the stage for the modern LGBT+ movement. The one event that galvanized the movement of gay pride started after the police raid on June 28, 1969, at Stonewall Inn, a gay bar at 43 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC. Lisa Rigstad, Program Manager, Art Practice Department
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