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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu May 29, 2014, 12:08 PM May 2014

Obama admin to announce initiative on LGBT history at Stonewall Inn

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will announce plans Friday at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City for a new, groundbreaking study on LGBT history, according to three sources familiar with the event.

Peggy Phalan, general manager of the Stonewall Inn, was among those who said the event will take place at Stonewall Inn on Friday, but she had limited information on the planned study that will be announced.

“They do field studies for different groups, and they’re starting one for the LGBT community,” Phalan said.

Although the nature of the study wasn’t immediately clear, sources described the initiative as “historic” in nature. An Interior Department official said the initiative would be headed by the National Park Service and ensure the agency is telling a complete story of America’s heritage and history.

- See more at: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/05/27/doi-announce-lgbt-study-stonewall-inn/?

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Obama admin to announce initiative on LGBT history at Stonewall Inn (Original Post) DonViejo May 2014 OP

Sounds to me like the Stonewall Inn... theHandpuppet May 2014 #1

UPDATE: A place in history for gay, transgender Americans theHandpuppet May 2014 #2

theHandpuppet

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1. Sounds to me like the Stonewall Inn...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 04:52 PM

May 2014

... will be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, which is maintained by the National Park Service.

I'd be interested in any updates from Friday's event.

theHandpuppet

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2. UPDATE: A place in history for gay, transgender Americans

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat May 31, 2014, 06:21 PM

May 2014

A place in history for gay, transgender Americans
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press | May 30, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — The announcement Friday that the National Park Service will begin installing markers at places of importance to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans is a step toward including them in the national narrative — and components of education, supporters said.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made the announcement Friday at the Stonewall Inn, the scene of riots in June 1969 that are widely credited with starting the modern gay rights movement. Stonewall was made a national historic landmark in 2000, and June is widely celebrated as LGBT Pride Month.

Jewell said the nation is on a journey to expand civil rights to underrepresented groups. The process on LGBT issues mirrors efforts the service already has undertaken to preserve and promote locations that reflect the roles of Latinos, Asian-Americans and women in U.S. history.

"Part of the job of the National Park Service is to tell this story," she said.

MORE at http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Where-do-LGBT-Americans-fit-into-nation-s-history-5515343.php

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