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Pride in Brighton & Hove and Brighton Ourstory have joined forces to mount a special event to mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York. The event in Hove Library on June 27 will include speeches from those in the Gay Liberation Front, a video of the Stonewall events and an exhibition. It opens at 6pm.

Pride in Brighton & Hove trustee Kath Brown, who has helped organise the event said:
“40 years ago drag queens and butch dykes were celebrating Judy Garland’s life in New York’s Stonewall bar when the New York Police decided to mount a raid. Enraged the patrons resisted the police and rioted in the street for days. Those riots marked a key moment in LGBT visibility and had international effects. The first Pride marches commemorating the Stonewall riots marked the start of the dykes on bikes and international commemorating marches across the globe – a tradition kept alive and well by Pride in Brighton and Hove.”

For more information about Pride in Brighton and Hove view:
www.brightonpride.org

For more information about Brighton Our Story Project view:
www.brightonourstory.co.uk

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Dr Kath Brown, trustee Pride in Brighton and Hove