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A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York. The building will open as the new visitor center for the Stonewall National Monument on Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

Read full article: Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement.

FILE - A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

Read full article: Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

The Supreme Court is planning to weigh in on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

FILE - Rainwater seeps down into the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station, March 30, 2010, in New York. The New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall Inn protests that galvanized the modern LGBTQ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session in June 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

Read full article: Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots.

Photo: Duval Folx Pride & The Cummer Museum: Event is on Friday, June 28: All ages are welcome to attend Duval Folx Pride at The Cummer Museum. “Time to celebrate! Boogie over to the Cummer Gardens and get your groove on in celebration of Pride Month. GeeXella, a DJ, rapper, community organizer, and social justice champion, created Duval Folx to be an inclusive dance party for BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ communities.”

List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Read full article: List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Events, parades, and parties are taking place all over Northeast Florida. News4JAX has compiled a list of events below.

FILE - Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June, 2024, in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back

Read full article: The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back

About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form.

FILE - Revelers fill Market St. while marching in San Francisco's Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Pride Month starts Saturday, June 1, 2024, across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. The main events are parades and festivals held in cities large and small. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small.

FILE - Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, arrives for a news conference on the steps of the Texas Capitol, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, celebrating the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities as well as raising awareness about ongoing struggles and pushing back against efforts to roll back civil rights gains that have been made. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the rollback of hard-won civil rights gains.

FILE - A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019. Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida's theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws, that's not stopping organizers from encouraging visitors from around the world to come and visit (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Read full article: LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Central Florida is about to become a hub of LGBTQ+ life.

A sign outside a Target store is seen Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Read full article: LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new ways to mobilize against threats to their long fight for equality.

FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2019, file photo, Pride flags and colors display on the Stonewall Inn bar, marking the site of 1969 riots that followed a police raid of the bar's gay patrons, in New York. A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of LGBTQ rights movement will open next door to the Stonewall Inn. Organizers say the groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood will take place Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Stonewall visitor center will be dedicated to LGBTQ history

Read full article: Stonewall visitor center will be dedicated to LGBTQ history

A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of the LGBTQ rights movement will open next to the Stonewall Inn.