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Remembering Stonewall. The events behind America’s first national park site honoring LGBT history
Blog Post Jennifer Errick Jun 24, 2016
Remembering Stonewall
The events behind America’s first national park site honoring LGBT history
Today, President Obama designated the area around the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City as America’s newest national monument and the only national park site dedicated to interpreting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history.
This site represents a watershed moment in the modern LGBT civil rights movement, where a week-long uprising in 1969 sparked sustained determination among LGBT Americans to fight for full equality and civil and human rights.
I spoke with author and historian David Carter — who helped spearhead the 1998 effort to have the site listed on the National Register of Historic Places and who wrote the first comprehensive book on the uprising, “Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution” — to learn more about the significance of the site and the events that happened there. This interview was edited for length and clarity.
Remembering Stonewall
The events behind America’s first national park site honoring LGBT history
Today, President Obama designated the area around the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City as America’s newest national monument and the only national park site dedicated to interpreting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history.
This site represents a watershed moment in the modern LGBT civil rights movement, where a week-long uprising in 1969 sparked sustained determination among LGBT Americans to fight for full equality and civil and human rights.
I spoke with author and historian David Carter — who helped spearhead the 1998 effort to have the site listed on the National Register of Historic Places and who wrote the first comprehensive book on the uprising, “Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution” — to learn more about the significance of the site and the events that happened there. This interview was edited for length and clarity.
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I wonder how accurate it was?
But then I also wonder why my ex and I never visited the Stonewall in the 70's on our several trips to NYC.
I must email him about that.
The early 1990s movie with Fredrick Weller is much better. The recent movie almost totally ignored the POC , butch lesbians, & drag queens roles on that night. 
