It’s the first time a site in New York City has been granted landmark protection because of it’s significance to LGBT history.
Manhattan's Stonewall Inn, the bar which was the site of 1969 protests that gave birth to LGBT rights movement, was declared a New York City landmark Tuesday -- the first time a place has been granted such protection because of its place in LGBT history.
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The decision, made unanimously by members of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, means the Greenwich Village building will be protected from future unsanctioned development.
"The Stonewall Inn is a rarity – a tipping point in history where we know, with absolute clarity, that everything changed,” Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer said in a statement.
“This building has a unique place in the history of our city and in the struggle for dignity and equal rights in our society," she said.
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On June 28, 1969, the gay-friendly bar was raided by police as part of what was a standard practice of repression against the LGBT community.
However, instead of leaving the premises, bar patrons began demonstrating outside the bar in protest against the harsh police treatment. Anti-riot police were deployed to mollify the crowds, but the protests continued for several days.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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