It’s written by ordinary people who put their shoulders to the wheel of history to make sure that the promise of our founding applies not just to some of us – but to all of us. “The story of America is a story of progress.
Whether their acts are big or small, we want to know their stories. Help us lift up the Black LGBTQ leaders in your community who are meeting this moment. They are on the frontlines of this fight-and we want to recognize them. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Tony McDade, and many others have sparked a global conversation about the persistence of racial discrimination, police violence, and other social inequities.įor people who live at the intersections of marginalized identities like race, gender, and sexuality, their struggles are compounded.
The Black Lives Matter movement has revealed the depth and relentlessness of racial injustice in the United States and has stirred millions to action around the world. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, among many others, took a stand against police violence and harassment during the Stonewall rebellion.įifty one years later, much progress has been made-but the same struggle against systemic discrimination and police violence remains. A seminal moment in that journey was in 1969, when LGBTQ activists Marsha P. Every June, we reflect on the significant progress we’ve made on the long road towards equality for LGBTQ Americans.
