SPEECH (PART ONE) STONEWALL RIOTS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

MY SPEECH (PART ONE) @THE DEN IN FRESNO, CA ON JUNE 28TH, 2009 IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS OF JUNE 28TH, 1969

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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[buddmar]

A fine speech. The Stonewall Uprising was a great moment in human history. Why are so many people disrespectfully talking in the background?