Moth Playlist: Pride Month
June is Pride month, and at its core, as with so many annual celebrations, is the empowering acknowledgement of survival. Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots, a series of demonstrations that took place in June of 1969 in response to the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The Stonewall Inn had been a safe haven for the gay, lesbian and transgender community. The ensuing protests were a tipping point for the gay liberation movement in the United States and paved the way for...