NYC Subway Station To Be Renamed After Stonewall, Site of LGBTQ+ Riots
The station will be renamed to "Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station." A bill passed in the New York State Senate will rename the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station in Manhattan to honor the Stonewall National Monument. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Deborah Glick, aims to memorialize the history of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement and inspire New Yorkers to demand justice and equality for all. The station will be renamed to “Christopher Street-Stonewall Monument Station” after the bill passed. Stonewalls is the site of the 1969 Stonewal Riots, which began after a violent police raid at the inn.
Опубликовано : 10 месяцев назад от David Luces в Politics
NEW YORK CITY — A new bill passed last week will rename the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station in Manhattan to honor the Stonewall National Monument.
The bill sponsored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Deborah Glick passed the New York State Senate last Wednesday. The station will be renamed to “Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station."
“This change will memorialize the history of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement and inspire NY to demand justice and equality for all,” Hoylman-Sigal said in a tweet on X.
The Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and Christopher Street are part of the national monument and is the site of the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
The riots began after a violent police raid at the inn which spread to the adjacent street. In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Stonewall as a national monument and a landmark in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Темы: Social Issues, LGBTQ, Social-ESG