You are cordially invited to attend the opening reception
of
SINCE STONEWALL
Thursday, June 4, 2009
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Elihu Burritt Library, Special Collections
Central Connecticut State University
There will be a lecture by Elizabeth Kaminski (CCSU Sociology) and refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP by May 29, 2009 to:
Frank Gagliardi
860-832-2098
This June will mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 members of the New York Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn located on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. This time, unlike previous raids, the gay community fought back. Rioting broke out and continued for five days ending on July 2nd.
The New York Times thought so little of the raid they buried the story on page 33 the following day. Probably no one realized at the time that this event would become the iconic symbol of the gay civil rights movement. This uprising marked the beginning, as the Advocate stated, “of a movement to decriminalize, demedicalize, and devillainize us ( i.e., gays and lesbians).”
To mark this anniversary, materials will be on display during the month of June, from Burritt Library’s extensive collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender books, newsletters, periodicals, ephemera and archives.
