Learn about the history of Pride: Mark Segal & Juliet Atto

In July 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by the police's so-called, Public Morals Squad. This was normal at the time, but what's significant about this occurrence is the fact that this time the people stood up and fought back. This moment is marked as the start of the LGBTQ movement as we know it today. One year later Pride was born. 

Mark Segal was present at the riots of Stonewall Inn and became an activist and a well-known figure in the fight for human rights by highjacking Walter Cronkite's live CBS broadcast to as many as 66 million Americans. He then founded the Philadephia Gay News in 1976 and is still running the paper. He has also, amongst many things, authored the book "And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality", as well as collaborated with Barack Obama in a $19 million housing project for the communities senior citizens.

We are also joined by Juliet Atto, who is a journalist and the co-founder of the community Black Queers Sweden. Together they teach us about the once suppressed history, the modern fight for human rights, and the future of community forming and belonging. 

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