Charity Profile: STONEWALL Veterans' Association

Planet Connections Theater Festivity is proud to list the renowned STONEWALL Veterans' Association as a Featured Charity!


Stonewall Veterans' Association's Executive Councel is comprised of the legendary Stonewall veterans of the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion for Gay civil rights at the landmark Stonewall Club in NYC.  
The seminal event established the modern Gay community and launched the worldwide Gay rights
movement now benefiting millions of people -- Gay and non-Gay -- in civil
rights, marriage, employment, housing, visitation, healthcare, insurance,
legal, right of survivorship and various benefits plus so much more!

Among the STONEWALL Veterans' Association's many regular activities:
* provides "Stonewall" speakers to high schools, colleges, churches,
 clubs, companies, civic groups, symposiums and to other U.S.A. cities
* protects and maintains the Stonewall archives and photo collections
* organizes discussion panels, educational seminars and public forums
* educates the World via approximately 10 million website visits annually
* accommodates SW-vets with physical disabilities or mental health issues
* originators of the "Gay Marriage" movement as of the 1969 SW rebellion
* owns, garages and insures the famous blue 1969 Cadillac "Stonewall Car"
* collaborating on media projects, e.g., the BBC's 1996 movie "Stonewall"
* provides history facts such as Stonewall was a "rebellion" (not 'riots')
* maintaining SVA property and archives at a Manhattan storage facility
* SW-vets being honored at Gay Pride events literally throughout the World
* creating and coordinating advertising and promotion of "Stonewall Era"
* delivering age-related support in many ways to our aging Stonewall vets
* giving opportunities for Gay youth to work for and learn from the S.V.A.
* preparing, planning and executing USA "Stonewall 43" (2012) activities
* leads the annual New York City Gay Pride Parade with the 1969 "SW-Car"

From the legendary Gay (observe the capital "Gay", not 'gay') people who
originated the 'Gay Marriage' movement as of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion
when, after the first night on June 27th, many signs read: "Gay Marriage"
as well as "Gay Rights" and "Gay Power"; no alphabet GLBT soup non-sense!

The S.V.A. is not a political group (it has a far greater support) and as
NYC Mayor Ed Koch has stated publicly "...and much more political clout"!

Learn more at www.STONEWALLvets.org

See photos of the S.V.A. leading a New York City Gay Pride Parade at:
http://www.STONEWALLvets.org/parade/SW-35.htm

by Lauren M