To commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, Bainbridge Pride will host their first seminar, featuring multiple LGBTQ leaders who will discuss both their own personal stories as well as the community’s history since the demonstrations.
The event is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
Admission is free with RSVP; visit Bainbridge Pride on Facebook or search “Stonewall 2 Bainbridge” on www.brownpapertickets.com to learn more.
Discussion topics will include Stonewall icons, homophobia, the Defense of Marriage Act, transgender rights, civil rights, the origins of “Gayborhoods,” and regional pride, among others.
The featured guests will include Marsh Botzer (founder, Ingersoll Gender Center), Monisha Herrell (chair, Equal Rights Washington), Lonnie Lusardo (AIDS/HIV activist and founder of Out in Front Leadership Program), Kris Hermanns (former executive director of Pride Foundation, and present special officer of the Seattle Foundation) and others.