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VP Harris visits LGBTQ+ landmark in New York

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at New York City’s historic Stonewall Inn on Monday to commemorate LGBTQ Pride month. Harris’ appearance marked the first time that a sitting vice president visited the space, the site of the 1969 June uprising that is largely credited as a turning point in the modern gay rights movement.  The Associated Press has the story:

VP Harris visits LGBTQ+ landmark in New York

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Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Stonewall Inn national monument on Monday to pay tribute to activists at the site of a watershed moment in the gay rights movement. And she spoke out as state lawmakers around the U.S. have introduced or pass hundreds of bills this year that whittle away at LGBTQ+ rights.

Vice President Kamala Harris, center, greets the Stonewall Inn customers during a visit to the bar, Monday, June 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

That tally includes a recent flurry of bills that affect transgender people, including legislation recently passed by Republican governors vying for the 2024 presidential nomination.

The vice president‘s surprise visit to Stonewall in New York City comes just days ahead of the 54th anniversary of the police raid and the rebellion it sparked on June 28, 1969, as patrons and others fought back against officers and against a social order that kept gay life in the shadows. The uprising is widely seen as one of the most pivotal moments in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, waves at supporters who gathered to see her while speaking to National Parks Service Superintendent Shirley MaKinney during a visit to the Stonewall Inn and National Monument, Monday, June 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Harris, in brief remarks, paid tribute to the “courage and determination and the inspiration” of the Stonewall activists, but also said that the spot stood as an important reminder that the community’s fight for rights is not over.

Former President Barack Obama established the Stonewall National Monument in 2016. It’s the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights.

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