At the Stonewall Day livestream benefit, former President Barack Obama gave a special address to the LGBTQ people of America to look back on the legacy of the Stonewall Riots, and to celebrate the progress that has been made since then. "We're almost 51 years from the night the patrons at the Stonewall Inn stood up for their rights, and set off one of America's defining victories for civil rights," he said at the start of his speech, highlighting marriage equality and the Supreme Court's recent ruling banning workplace discrimination against LGBTQ people. "All that progress is worth celebrating and reflecting on." The former president highlighted how the LGBTQ rights movement stands as an example of how "protest and politics go hand in
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