Ahead of this weekend's parade, groundbreaking for a visitors center celebrating LGBTQ history took place Friday next to the historic Stonewall Inn. NatDuddridgeTV reports.
The community said they've been fighting for decades for autonomy over their own bodies, and now say women have lost that right."This is important because we need to know the history. The history of our trans ancestors, the history of the people that have come before us that have fought for us to have agency over our bodies and for us to be able to express ourselves fully," Mila Jam said.
"It's so important that people have a place to come and visit and learn and see the history," Jena Vanelslander said. The Stonewall Inn was declared a national monument in 2016. Along the way, the original building was split in two.
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