From Stonewall to now: LGBTQ+ elders on navigating fear in dark times
Karla Jay remembers joining the second night of street protests during the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. For her, and for so many other LGBTQ+ people, something had shifted: People were angry. They didn’t want things to go back to normal — because normal meant police raids. Normal meant living underground. It meant hiding who they were at their jobs and from their families. They wanted a radical change. […]
Click here to view the full piece. This story was originally published by The 19th on March 17, 2025.