Our friend Ernie Raskauskas has attended a new exhibition at the Newseum,
"Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Movement," and highly recommends it.
The show explores key moments of gay rights history, including the 1978 assassination of Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials, the AIDS crisis, Rep. Barney Frank’s public coming out in 1987, the efforts for hate crime legislation, the implementation and later repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and the fight for marriage equality.
“Rise Up” also examines popular culture’s role in influencing and reflecting attitudes about the LGBTQ community through film, television, sports and music, and explores how the gay rights movement harnessed the power of public protest and demonstration to change laws and shatter stereotypes.
A yearlong program series, launched in June 2018, focuses on historic and contemporary topics from “Rise Up” and features journalists, authors, politicians and other newsmakers who have led the fight for equality. The exhibit includes educational resources for students and teachers.
The installation will be displayed through Dec. 31, when the Newseum will vacate its current location. But the exhibition will then travel around the country.
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