Among my various community activities that also double as marketing for my law firm to the local LGBT community is my membership on the Board of Directors of Hampton Roads Pride, the area's longest running LGBT non-profit entities which I hope will increasingly be able to serve as a liason between the various LGBT organizations. This year Hampton Roads Pride will host the 21st annual "Out in the Park" LGBT Pride festival Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Chesapeake City Park. *
Making this years event unique is the significance of the date - the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that sparked the modern Gay Rights Movement. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 New York City police raided a bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village known as the Stonewall Inn. Refusing to have their civil rights violated the bar erupted in protest initiating nightly demonstrations for the next few days.
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Additionally, preparation has begun on the Hampton Roads Pride GLBT History Project, a durable visual and audio display of the history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in Hampton Roads, which will be on display at the Out in the Park event.
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I invite all local readers to come to this fun event - the boyfriend and I will be working the event as HR Pride volunteers.
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