Why the Stonewall Uprising Happened
Kai Wright, editor and host of WNYC’s narrative unit, host of podcasts, “The Stakes", "United States of Anxiety” and “There Goes the Neighborhood” and a columnist for The Nation, and WNYC editor...
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Fifty years after the Stonewall Uprising, we look at what happened that night, through the voices of people who were there. WNYC's Jennifer Vanasco says that Stonewall — a filthy dive bar — was a most...
View ArticleHow Far Have LGBTQ Rights Come Since Stonewall?
As LGBTQ people and allies celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, some members of the community are drawing attention to persistent social issues that remain unresolved. Tobin Low...
View Article#AsktheMayor; Friday Morning Politics; Prejudice and Pride: Stonewall 1969;...
Coming up on today's show:Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: Oral History From Stonewall 1969
In celebration of Pride Month this year, The Brian Lehrer Show will be taking a closer look at the LGBTQ rights movement, decade by decade. Up first, Marc Stein, professor of history at San Francisco...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; Albany Post-IDC; Prejudice and Pride: LGBT Movement...
Coming up on today's show:Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp discusses the latest national news.Jessica Ramos, New York State Senator (D 13, Queens: Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Corona and...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: The March for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979
Esther Newton, cultural anthropologist who helped establish the field of LGBTQ studies, retired professor at the University of Michigan and author of My Butch Career: A Memoir discusses how the LGBT...
View ArticleFrom Wall Street to Walmart, Businesses Embrace Pride
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the modern gay rights movement in this country. Over the intervening years as attitudes towards LGBTQ people have...
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