Can you be punished for protesting?

Rise Up: LGBTQ Rights, Then and Now

In partnership with Georgetown University’s Gender+Justice Initiative, the Newseum presents a conversation inspired by the exhibit “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement.”

Recorded Nov. 2, 2019, in the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio.

 

Presented by Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo

Generous support provided by The Reef Team, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

The Reef Team, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Contributing support provided by Altria Group.

Altria Group

Additional support provided by members of the Stonewall Circle: William R. Cline, Michael Ferrara, Steven Grimsley, Randy Lovely, Jeffrey S. Minnich and John Sallot.

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