Monday, July 13, 2009

Stonewall at the Southbank

It's 40 years this summer since the Stonewall Riots marked the symbolic birth of gay liberation.

But what really happened at those events in New York in June 1969 - and what did they mean for lesbian and gay people in the UK?

Join a line-up of experts, performers and witnesses including Professor Jeffrey Weeks, Lindsay River, Rikki Beadle-Blair and Michael Twaits for an exploration of gay history's most significant anniversary.

Stonewall 40
Thursday 16 July 2009, 7.45pm
Purcell Room
Southbank Centre
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