February 4, 2017
NYC's Stonewall Monument to be Site of LGBT Solidarity Rally Saturday
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An LGBT Solidarity Rally has been planned to take place Saturday at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City.
The rally, which is a response to sweeping anti-immigrant and anti-muslim executive orders from the White House, comes on the heels of the Women's Marches that took place across the country in mid-January and pop-up demonstrations that took place in airports around the nation last weekend.
The rally is scheduled to take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Greenwich Village site. As of this writing, according to a Facebook page set up by gay New York City Councilman Corey Johnson, there are over 4.8 thousand expected attendees.
Event organizers note that the rally may move to an earlier date if a rumored anti-LGBT executive order is signed.
"Join us in front of the Stonewall Inn as we stand in solidarity with every immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee and every person impacted by Donald Trump's illegal, immoral, unconstitutional and un-American executive orders," reads the details on the Facebook page set up to announce the rally.
Co-sponsoring the rally with Johnson are U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, New York State Assembly Members Deborah Glick, Daniel O'Donnell, Matt Titone and New York City Council Members Carlos Menchaca, Danny Dromm, Rosie Mendez, Ritchie Torres, James Vacca and New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer.
The following organizations are also listed as co-sponsors: Make The Road NY, Immigration Equality, Coming Out Muslim, Trans Latina Network, Queer Detainee, Empowerment Project, Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City (SDNYC), The Anti-Violence Project: AVP, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, APICHA, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID), The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Lambda Legal, Black Lesbian Conference 2018, Hetrick Martin,, Destination Tomorrow, Harlem Pride, TransPAC, Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE), The NYC Equality Coalition, GMHC, Ali Forney Center, Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club of Queens, GLAAD , LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL), Equality New York, Housing Works, Human Rights Campaign of Greater New York, Rivers of Living Water, LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent.
