Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights

Published: June 3, 2015, 4:09 a.m.

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We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today\\u2019s show we\\u2019ll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights.

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The first Pride parades took place in June 1970 marking the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Michael Schirker and David Isay bring us an oral history Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement.

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Editor at large of the Huffington Posts\\u2019 Gay Voices Michelangelo Signorile says while there have been a series of recent wins for the LGBT rights movement, bigotry remains a daily reality for many.

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At a \\xa0New America NYC forum Signorile spoke with June Thomas, Culture Critic and Editor of Outward, Slate\\u2019s LGBTQ Section about what he calls \\u201cvictory blindness\\u201d. It\\u2019s a central theme in his new book, \\u201cIt\\u2019s Not Over, Getting to Beyond Tolerance Defeating Homophobia and Winning True Equality.\\u201d

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