SPEECH (PART TWO) STONEWALL 40TH @THE DEN

JUNE 28TH, 2009 - A CELEBRATION AT THE DEN, A GAY BAR IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS, ORGANIZED BY THE FRESNO STONEWALL DEMOCRATS. AS PERFORMERS AND SPEAKERS CAME TO THE END OF THEIR PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, A SIREN WAS SOUNDED AND THEY WERE "ARRESTED" BY SEVERAL "POLICE OFFICERS" AND PLACED IN A JAIL CONSTRUCTED ON SITE. THIS WAS A REPRESENTATION OF THE OPPRESSION LGBT AMERICANS FACED AT THE TIME OF STONEWALL, IN 1969. ALSO, ANYONE IN THE CROWD COULD HAVE ANYONE ELSE JAILED FOR A DONATION. ALL PRISONERS HAD TO BE BAILED OUT THROUGH A DONATION TO THE STONEWALL DEMOCRATS.

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