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New York-1 News T.V. in New York City commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in 1999 with Promotional Television Spots during all of Gay Pride Weekend
 


Smilin' Trio at The Stonewall Club -- 30 years later
[Photo by NY-1 News T.V. Cameraman]

Pictured above are (l-2-r):  STONEWALL Veterans' Association Treasurer Terri Van Dyke; NYC community activist Liz J. Abzug; and S.V.A. Director Williamson Henderson inside The Stonewall Club.  Notice the landmark Stonewall Club trademark wall lanterns.

Standing at the Top:  The Stonewall Club
[Photo by Liz J. Abzug]

Proudly pictured in front of the front doors of the legendary Stonewall Club above are (l-2-r):  Electra O'Mara, S.V.A. Secretary; non-SW-Vet "Victor/Victoria" Cruz ("V.V."), a known 'hater' and a sometimes third-rate fill-in for the STONEWALL Veterans' Association's semi-annual drag show at the upstairs Stonewall Cabaret Room; Williamson Henderson, S.V.A. Founder and Director; and Terri Van Dyke, S.V.A. Treasurer, who adamantly refused to even stand next to vitriolic "V/V".  Such is the G.L.B.T. life!    


For the entire Gay Pride weekend in June 1999 and the several days leading up to it, New York One News uniquely and proudly presented three different Stonewall veterans in separate televised segments providing 411 about the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion.  The three featured Stonewall veterans were Williamson Henderson, Terri Van Dyke and Electra O'Mara, all of whom are also officials of the S.V.A.  There was also an alternating fourth segment as NY-1 News wanted to have one person who was a non-SW-Vet to comment on the on-going historic significance and educational purposes of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association.  That special person, chosen by Williamson, was Liz J. Abzug (a.k.a. "Lizala"), the Gay daughter of the SVA's prior Honorary Female Chairperson Bella Abzug.  All of the promotional Gay Pride segments were shown many times twenty-four hours around-the-clock for five days!  The feature segments commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.  Williamson, Terri and Electra told of what the Stonewall era, the Stonewall people and the Stonewall dance bar were like in the late 1960s.  Lizala explained the worldwide relevance and current importance of "Stonewall".  New York One is televised throughout the five boroughs of New York City on Channel 1.  It is also accessed through cable television in many other parts of New York State.     

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