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June 29, 2009

Organizers: 500,000 Mark Stonewall Anniversary in New York
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Events were held around the world this weekend to mark the fortieth
anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that launched the modern gay and
lesbian rights movement. The uprising began the morning of June 28,
1969, when members of the gay community decided to fight back against a
New York City police raid on the Greenwich Village gay bar the Stonewall
Inn. Here in New York, organizers say around 500,000 people marked the
anniversary Sunday at the annual gay pride parade.



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