Ultimately the fight for LGBT equality will be won by
the mobilization of the people in the streets.
Mass protests took place across the state of California in opposition to the California Supreme Court upholding the bigoted Prop 8, denying same-sex couples the same rights granted to heterosexual couples.
SIER was active in the struggle against the bigoted former Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida after several anti-LGBT statements.
Pictured here is a demonstration that SIER mobilized that drew more than a thousand demonstators.
Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights mobilized
across Florida against Florida’s Amendment 2
Pictured here is a Fort Lauderdale rally. Demonstrations took place in cities across Florida, California and the United States.
The Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights is an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight people who are inspired by the 1969 Stonewall rebellion and are active in organizing educational and mass actions to achieve a world where all can enjoy full rights and live without fear of violence and bigotry.
HISTORY: The Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights is an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight people of all nationalities who are committed to the fight for equality for l/g/b/t people and for the right for sexual and gender expression without repression, bigotry, and violence.
The Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights was formed in 1996 in Los Angeles to mobilize against bigoted police raids on working class gay bars in Silverlake area of Los Angeles and other working class bars that were targeted in the eastern, primarily Latino, areas of the city.
Stonewall Initiative for Equal began mobilizing the community to hold a 1997 demonstration in Sunset Junction against the police raids. The largely Latino, Filipino and l/g/b/t community surrounding Sunset Junction at the time came out to support efforts by gathering hundreds of signatures to secure the demonstration permit that began a highly publicize campaign against the police raids that were taking place in the area.