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The LGBTQ+ pride flag was hung at Cooperstown’s Village Hall on June 1, the second year it has been displayed for Pride Month. (Kevin Limiti/Allotsego)

LGBTQ+ Rights are still fragile

By MACGUIRE BENTON • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

This June marks 52 years since the Stonewall uprising began. We commemorate the contributions and sacrifices LGBTQ+ community members, activists and pioneers have made in the fight for civil rights.

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a series of demonstrations began in New York City as a result of a violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a historic gay club located in Greenwich Village.

LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs were subjected to constant raids by law enforcement agencies in the city at that time. The Stonewall uprising is recognized as the catalyst of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

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