Great attendance with the wonderful diversity in her field. But today we come to one of our two major events of the year, our summer signature program. And i need to think to friends who sponsor and made todays great event worthwhile. First of all my friends and forum. In forum is a research and consulting progra firm that hasn open for 52 years and very much embodies the great tradition of innovated Economic Research at the university of maryland. Secondly our friends at the National Association of realtors, since 1908, they have been the voice of the Real Estate Community of washington and provided valuable Economic Data and research and the critical sector of the economy. With that in mind, with those organizations supporting us and with the large and distinguished audience behind us, we have come to a moment and i have to tell you, i cannot imagine a better marriage of a moment and a speaker then what we have today. Jim is really a man who embodies best the bark field. One of the j
Also detective brian downey. Also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. Thank you all for taking part in this today. I am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like, what was america like before the stonewall riots . What was it like for the lgbt community. David it is counter intuitive. There is a common tendency in this country to assume that the further we go back in history, the worse things are going to be. Actually, in the history of and the interior d of u. S. In the entirety of u. S. History, the 60s and 50s were the worst time for lgbt people. That is because there had been a period of liberalization in the 1920s. But with the Great Depression coming along, that seemed to begin a clampdown on i will use gay people
And cspan is here, so this is an historic occasion. Ilr. The chair of you encountered some of the Board Members when checking into this room. , whot to acknowledge carol is where . Where are you, carol . She is our her. [applause] best our executive director. Of businesscouple items i have to address. Photographs, recordings, not permitted. We have already turned off the cell phones. We are beginning our full , inion on monday the 15th less than two weeks but 10 days. We have an open house scheduled for next week the 10th at 1 00 at the boca raton Committee Center which is right near palmetto. Program brochure on your seats when you came in that shows you the full program for the eightweek session which i think was very exciting. Rr, there are new to il are also signup sheets which you can turn in when we are done. Some business at hand. Havee privileged today to with us retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens. [applause] he hasnt even said anything yet. [laughter] the origins of this ev
And how the treatments of the lgbtq has changed over the past 50 years. The National Law Enforcement you see him in washington, d. C. Hosted this event. It is my pleasure and honor to be back with you as we stream as well, we are looking back on 50 years. Where we were 50 years ago at the stonewall riots and how far we have come. At the changes that have been made and the changes still to come. I would like to introduce our panel if we can. Starting with david carter, the author of stonewall. And a film which won the peabody award. Downey. Ective brian also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. Manages the department andian gay transsexual bisexual department. Thank you all for taking part in this today. I am looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you if we can. Like, what wasrk before thee stonewall riots . What was it like for
Were looking back on 50 years, where we were 50 years ago at the stone wall riots and how far weve come. The change that is have been made and the changes still to come too. Before we get started i would like to introduce our panel. David cart ter author of stone wall the riots that sparked the revolution. The basis for american experience, the film stonewall uprises. How many years on the force . 26 years. Journalist, novelist, screen writer as well and a columnist for salon. So thank you all for taking part in this today. Im looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. Its kind of hard to believe. David i would like to start ith you if we can. What was new york like, what was america like for gay, lesbian, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots . Wlaffs it like for the Lgbt Community . Well, its really counter intuitive. Because theres a common tendency at least in this country to assume that th