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Special Event

Event

Coming Out Day

Stonewall National Monument

Fee:

Free.

Dates & Times

Date:

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Time:

1:00 PM

Duration:

3 hours

Type of Event

Talk

Description

Each October 11 we recognize Coming Out Day in honor of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It's a moment of awareness and support for the LGBTQ+ community and their visibility in the ongoing fight for civil rights.
 
Join rangers during LGBTQ History Month this Wednesday from 1-4p at Christopher Park as we celebrate and collect visitor experiences as a part of the National Park Service My Park Story project!

Reservation or Registration: No

Image Gallery

activists posed with signs reading, "Gay liberation now" and "Out of the closets into the streets"
activists posed with signs reading,
Early activists pioneered the "coming out" narrative for LGBTQ+ visibility and civil rights.
Diana Davies, 1971 from New York Public Library Digital Collections