The Stonewall National Monument sits outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City, home of the legendary 1969 riots that helped kick off the transformational LGBTQ rights movement.
The monument sits in a tiny public park. It was designated as a national monument by President Obama in 2016. While the monument itself attracts plenty of tourists, especially during Pride season, people who don’t live in New York City and who aren’t planning on visiting it anytime soon don’t have access to it.
That’s why New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, otherwise known as The Center, decided to partner with Google to develop a digital version. The online monument, known as “Stonewall Forever,” was unveiled to the public on Tuesday. Read more…
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