Kamala Harris visits historic LGBTQ+ landmark, decries flurry of anti-trans payments

NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Stonewall Inn nationwide monument on Monday to pay tribute to activists on the website of a watershed second within the homosexual rights motion. And she spoke out as state lawmakers across the U.S. have launched or go tons of of payments this 12 months that whittle away at LGBTQ+ rights.

That tally features a latest flurry of payments that have an effect on transgender folks, together with laws not too long ago handed by Republican governors vying for the 2024 presidential nomination.

The vp’s shock go to to Stonewall in New York City comes simply days forward of the 54th anniversary of the police raid and the revolt it sparked on June 28, 1969, as patrons and others fought again in opposition to officers and in opposition to a social order that stored homosexual life within the shadows. The rebellion is extensively seen as one of the pivotal moments within the trendy LGBTQ+ rights motion.

Harris, in short remarks, paid tribute to the “courage and determination and the inspiration” of the Stonewall activists, but additionally stated that the spot stood as an vital reminder that the neighborhood’s battle for rights will not be over.