Being fired for his federal job in 1957 due to his sexual orientation. Welcome to the deviance to her in arbor addition. Its my honor to be here this evening with the when and only sarah schulman. Before we begin and get into official introductions i would be remiss not to acknowledge the paint that our nations feeling i miss the loss of black lives at the hands of our nations police. The predominantly white fans we must be better. For those who are looking to make a difference for our friends who identify that way. Please join me in a moment of silence to honor the lives of those who have died. Thank you. And now i am excited to introduce joe schock. I think i know it. They can talk a little bit about some of the great work that they do in their programming. I am the director of the ann arbor pride. We are so thrilled to be cosponsoring this. And were looking forward to continuing to serve. For those of you that are familiar. It is in august and will stay in august. We are moving to a
, we visit the museum hearing washington, d. C. To learn about the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the newseum. You are here at the prologue of our new exhibit, rise up, stonewall movement. It was a gay bar in new york city that profound forward the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. We tell the story of how americans used the First Amendment freedoms speech, protest, religion, to advocate for change in really fight. We walk around the corner and look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations that rose up in the 19 fifties and sixties. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy. Gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public. Police prowled parks to arrest gay people. It was difficult to begin being gay in america. And people would talk what it was like to be a gay man or a lesbian woman. I love these social groups, rose illumines for social justice instead of just seeking toleranc
Washington, d. C. , to learn about the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the moderate lbgtq rights movement. Welcome to the museum. Im patty rhule here. We are here at the prologue of rise up, stonewall and the lbgtq rights movement. Stonewall was an event in the summer of 1969 of an uprising of a gay bar that propelled forward the lbgtq rights movement. This is where we tell the story of how ordinary americans used the First Amendment freedoms, press, speech, assembly, religion to advocate for change and change society. Were going to walk around the corner in this area and look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lbgtq rights organizations that rose up in the 1950s and 60s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy for the 20th century. Gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public, police prowled parks for to arrest gay people who were seeking there. It was a difficult time to be a gay american. This is when you see the rise of a few early
Deviance tour ann arbor addition its my honor to be here this evening with some wonderful cohost before we began and get into official introductions i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the pain our nations feeling amidst the lost of black lives at the hands of enforcement there may be black folks watching and your life matters. To my predominately white fans, we must do better. I have posted a link in our crowd cast of scription for those looking to make a difference. In the meantime, please join me in a moment of silence to honor the lives of breonna taylor, george floyd, ahmaud are buried, and too many others. Thank you. And now im excited to introduce joe by saint gregory okay joe from ann arbor pride. I think i know it, you can talk a little bit about the great work they do. Thank you eric i really appreciate it hi everyone i am the director of an over pride also sit on the board of the Community Center in ann arbor. We are so thrilled to be cosponsoring this and we are cont
Each week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites across the country. We visit the newseum in washington, d. C. To visit the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the museum. Im patty rule the Vice President of exhibits and content here and we are here at the prolog, stonewall, rise up and stonewall was an event in 1969 and uprising at a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward that modern day lgbtq Rights Movement and this is how we tell the story that the americans used their First Amendment freedoms and the freedom of speech, the press, to advocate for change and to change society. Now well walk around the corner in this prologged area and look at some artifacts of two of the earliest lgbtq rights that rose up in the 1950s and 60s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy, gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public and police parks to reeft gay people who are seeking aing nations.