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2021 "STONEWALL Newzletta" and Events
https://www.StonewallVets.org/mainpage.htm
SVA's color theme for January is grey for *Winter*!
Updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 @ 7 p.m. (EST)
Saturday, January 29, 2022 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING from 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A.") meets 'the last Saturday of the month' -- unless it is a
national American holiday, a holiday weekend or a blizzard!
With the SVA's persevering founder Willson Henderson presiding, the S.V.A. meetings always start on time and are always informative and verry interesting........ {more to come}!
Thursday, January 12 -- RONNIE SPECTOR: SUPER STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS DIES @ 78
Ronnie Spector has been a music icon for nearly 60 years! As lead singer of the fabulous Ronettes,
named after Ronnie, their hit parade included: "Be My Baby"
(considered by many as the greatest girl group song ever), "Baby, I
Love U", "Do I Love You", "The Best Part Of Breaking-Up" and the
Grammy award-winnng "Walking In The Rain"! The Ronettes are perenially heard for their popular rock 'n' soul holiday songs! All three songs were in the ~original~ STONEWALL Club Jukebox
(1966 to 1969) every Christmas. In fact, in a recent national
holiday song survey, The Ronettes' song, with sultry Ronnie's
unmistakable voice, "Sleigh Ride", tied for first place! For more
info on Ronnie & The Ronettes including an album cover photo, visit:
https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-5.htm
Saturday, December 25th -- CHRISTMAS DAY INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY and CHRISTMAS WEEKEND
Friday, December 24 -- ENCORE ED SULLIVAN SHOW FEATURING ARTISTS PERFORMING HOLIDAY and CHRISTMAS SONGS
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
recommends enjoying this entertainment event on Christmas eve
featuring artists performing holiday songs on the classic Ed Sullivan
show. The height of the twenty-five year variety show was during
the "Stonewall Era" (1966 to 1969)! Many of the singers shown on
this show had their popular Christmas singles in the original STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club Jukebox!
Several of the artists include Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Diana
Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, Barbra Streisand, The Righteous Brothers and Petula Clark!
To view a unique list of the actual holiday songs in the
original Stonewall Club Jukebox spanning four Christmases, see: www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-2.htm. This berry special Christmas program tonight airs on Memorable Television
-- ME-TV -- from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Merry Christmas to U if U are on the SVA's 'Nice List' or U are simply nice!
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Note: All of the aforementioned 411 and so much more are some of
the endless reasons -- whether it is Gay History Month or
Christmas or neither -- that educational administrators, teachers,
students, regular folks and the media contact the S.R.V.A. for actual and
accurate information about the entire "Stonewall Era"!
Wednesday, December 22 -- KENNEDY CENTER HONORS with RECIPIENTS BERRY "Mr. MOTOWN" GORDY and BETTE "DIVINE MISS M" MIDLER and LORNE "SNL" MICHAELS
The outstanding Kennedy Center Honors
have a few Gay favorites this year! Berry Gordy, Jr.,
who greatly changed the world and vastly advanced the civil rights
movement with his incredible and longtime legendary music
company, is, at last, being honored -- at age 92! Expect to see
musical film clips including Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie, The Supremes, The Jackson 5, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Temptations, The Marvelettes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Brenda Holloway, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, The Velvelettes, et al. -- plus a 'live' performance by one of them! Another overdue KCH awardee and Gay favorite is Miss Bette Midler! She has been a Gay fave since before she started performing with gay Barry Manilow
as her arranger and pianist at the Continental Gay Baths in the Upper
West Side of Manhattan, NYC. The Kennedy Center
Honors great
annual show happened earlier this month and is
televised tonight on CBS-TV @ 9 p.m. (EST)!
Wednesday, December 15 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS WANDA YOUNG ROGERS, SECOND LEAD SINGER of THE MARVELETTES, DIED @ 78
Wanda Young, born on August 9, 1943, in Inkster near Detroit, Michigan, joined The Marvelettes in 1961 -- the year that they had their top-of-the-charts hit "Please, Mr. Postman"! Wanda married Bobby Rogers, a member of the Motown premier boy group The Miracles.
"Postman" was Motown Records' first number one song.
This break-through was highlighted -- along with an album
cover of The Marvelettes -- recently when Motown founder Berry Gordy
was honored by the Kennedy Center Honors! During
the Stonewall Era (1966 to 1969), The Marvelettes, with Wanda as the
soulful and sexy lead singer, virtually always had a current song in
the Stonewall Jukebox and every other Gay club jukebox throughout
America! Those hit inckuded: "Don't Mess With Bill", "The
Hunter Gets Captured By The Game", "When You're Young And In Love", "My
Baby Must Be A Magician (Cause He Sure Has The Magic Touch)" and
"Destination Anywhere"!
Sunday, December 12 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SINGING STAR BIRTHDAY: MISS CONNIE FRANCIS
Miss Connie Francis
is known for being celebrated by the music world as the most
popular female vocalist for several consecutive years in the late 1950s
and early 1960s! Traditionally, her Gay-inspiring song "Where The Boys Are"
was the last song played in every Gay club and bar jukebox every night.
Sfter the advent of Gay Rights, the song became known in the
1980s and the 1990s as the "Gay National Anthem"! Miss Francis is
currently living in Miami,
Florida -- not too far from the site in Fort Lauderdale of her
legendary hit movie "Where The Boys Are"!
Sunday, December 12 -- REMEMBERING NYC MAYOR ED KOCH (1924 to 2013)
New York City Councilman/Congressman/Mayor Ed I. Koch served NYC for three decades! He also proudly served as the STONEWALL Veterans Association's
honorary male chair for four decades! To learn more about the
greatest public official in New York City history, view Mayor Ed
and many of his relevant letters to the S.V.A., besides photos, at:
https: StonewallVets.org/EdKoch.htm.
Sunday, December 12 -- BIRTHDAY of ORIGINAL STONEWALL CLUB JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS DIONNE WARWICK
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 -- "PEARL
HARBOR DAY" REMEMBERED: 80th ANNIVERSARY of the "DAY of INFAMY"
by the MURDEROUS JAPANESE SNEAK ATTACKS on the U.S. NAVY and
HAWAIIAN CIVILIANS
Friday, December 3 -- NYC MAYOR-ELECT ADAMS "TRANSITCHIONAL" TEAM
New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Lee Adams's
"Transition" Team, created by his campaign team, has released the
humongous transition team -- albeit with Mr. Adams out of the country
-- yet without any Stonewall veterans!
Who did that? Not Eric. We expect that when he finds
out, he will rebuke and correct such ingratitude and rudeness!
Out of 700-plus individuals, they (or he or she) should have
picked at least one S/W vet, rather than three G.L.T. (no 'B')
characters who were all vehemently against Adams for mayor!
One of them heads a Gay political club ('SDC') that endorsed
Scott The Schlub! Obviously, a gay ELA campaign staffer(s) is not
aware of, or likely intentionally ignored, the fact that Brooklyn
Borough President Adams appropriately held a "STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Day"
during Gay Pride Month in addition to the reality of his being a
longtime and active supporter and attendee of the S.V.A.
Time for the 'itch' on the "Transitchional" team to be
eradicated. Suffice it to say, though with much more to come, the
mayor-elect agrees with the S.V.A.!
Wednesday, December 1st -- WORLD AIDS DAY
Saturday through Sunday, November 25 to 28, 2021 -- THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND
NOTE: After over a half-century of meeting on Thanksgiving
weekend on the last Saturday of the month, the legendary S.V.A. -- now
with a primary 'elder' membership -- no longer meets on holiday
weekends! Why should we? We don't! Like they say on
the farm, "eat the bird!"
Sunday, November 21 -- S.V.A. HONORARY MEMBER BIRTHDAY: U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE D. CLARKE (from BROOKLYN, NYC)
Wednesday, November 10 -- BIRTHDAY: ROLAND EMMERICH, MOVIE DIRECTOR of DEFINITIVE G.L.B.T. FILM "STONEWALL!" and STEADFAST S.V.A. SUPPORTER
Tuesday, November 2 -- ELECTION DAY -- V*O*T*E!
As a reminder or first-time info, the non-profit STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A.") is not a political club; however, we are highly politically
aware and well-armed with many political resources!
Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31 -- HALLOWEEKEND!!
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.R.V.A.") does not meet on holidays or holiday weekends like Halloween! The legendary Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
happens on the 31st (Sunday). This is the 48th annual! Incredible parade blasts
off on Avenue of the Americas and Spring Street in Manhattan @ 7 p.m. It shall be televised. Look for the
incredible Michael Jackson Dancers re-enacting his universal #1 song "Thriller" -- the ultimate Halloween song! Honorable follow-up and previous longtime winner is "Monster Mash"
by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett! Politically and luckily, this is the last scarey
Halloween that citizens of New York City will be spooked and tricked by
eeery creepz and noxious liarz -- all election loserz -- like Snott the Schlub, Horey C. Johnsin and
Jimma Ban Brainer! Trick or treat!!
Monday, October 18 -- CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLINA'S CELEBRATION
U.S. Congresswoman and S.V.A. Honorary Female Chair Carolyn 'Carolina' Maloney conducts a happy, electoral and fun social event! Confirmed guest speakers include NYS Governor Kathy C. Hochul and NYC Mayor-elect and S.V.A. Honorary Male Chair Eric Lee Adams!!
Confirmed guests include Brooklyn Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. Awesome Autumn event is
at the outstanding Williamsburg Hotel at 96
Whyte Street in Brooklyn, NYC -- in Carolina's congressional district!
G.L.B.T. organizations represented are the STONEWALL Veterans' Association and PRIDE Democrats of New York City. Festivities commence @ 5:30 p.m. partying on until 7 p.m. or
later!
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Tuesday, October 5 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: WILLSON HENDERSON, FOUNDER and DIRECTOR of the S.R.V.A.
October 2021 -- G.L.B.T. HISTORY MONTH
The term "Gay history" basically began only years after the
monumental 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in Greenwich Village, Manhattan,
NYC from late Friday night, June 27th to Thursday, July 3rd, 1969!
Sunday, September 26 -- "SVA's 18th ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY STONEWALL VETS ASSN. STREETFAIR"
New York City Streetfairs are back! The STONEWALL Veterans' Association's
traditional streetfair has fortunately been rescheduled from mid-May,
after being
cancelled for the second year due to the COVID pandemic health
crisis, to today!
The S.V.A. shall have a featured display along with tables,
chairs, unique S.V.A. items including DVDs and C/Ds and informative literature. Plenty of foods! SVA's streetfair is below Union Square on Broadway from East 14th Street down to East 9th Street. Hosted by Willson Henderson. Specially invited and scheduled guest is SVA's Honorary Male Chair and NYC Mayor-elect Eric Lee Adams! Streetfair starts @ 12 noon and wraps up @ 6 p.m. SVA's
streetfair is wonderfully produced by Mardi Gras Productions.
Monday, September 20 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS PASSES: BLUE BELLE SARAH DASH @ 76
Monday, September 13 -- S.R.V.A. and S.A.G.E. HOLD LUNCHEON MEETING REUNIFICATION
The two organizations STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") and Seniors Active in a Gay Environment
("SAGE") are reuniting in person after a blackout from the pandemic!
The agenda reflects their long-standing interaction and
cooperative plans for the future. Both non-profit organizations
are represented by two senior staffers. Luncheon meeting starts
at The Smith Restaurant in Manhattan @ 2 p.m.
September 11th, 2021 -- 20-YEAR TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY of the FOUR COWARDLY ISLAMIC MURDEREOUS TERRORIST ATTACKS on AMERICA!!!!
September 11th, 2021
is the incredible twentieth anniversary from September 11th, 2001
("9/11") of the four (4) murderous terrorist attacks (with an "s") on the United
States, the American people and three landmarks -- the fourth aimed at the U.S. Capitol was dangerously averted
by the brave crew and heroic passengers of United Airlines Flight 93!
For special "9/11" commemorations eminating from New York City, the
scene of two of the evil, murderous, terrorist attacks, please visit:
https://www.MSN.com/en-us/tv/news/how-to-watch-the-911-20th-anniversary-ceremonies-coverage-of-president-biden-s-visit-to-ground-zero-live-on-saturday-september-11-2021/ar-AAO0cJJ
Saturday, September 11, 2021 -- SUPER SPECIAL SEPTEMBER 11th TRIBUTE in NEW YORK CITY
The Major Baseball League ("MBL") appropriately via the New York Yankees and the New York Mets present this super special sports tribute to commemorte the tragic day of September 11th, 2001!!!!
Two of the four coordinated islamic terrorist sneak attackS
were on New York City!! Some of the G.L.B.T. organizations
participating at this special Subway Series baseball game tributing
"9/11" include the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association, the GLBT Political Coalition and the PRIDE Democrats of NYC.
Venue, just like the first sports event after the "9/11" attackS
twenty years ago, is at the fabled Citi Field in Flushing, Queens
starting @ 7 p.m. For more details, please view: https://sports.Yahoo.com/mets-announce-subway-series-ceremony-175200566.html
Thursday, September 9 -- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING between STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION and GAY OFFICERS' ACTION LEAGUE
Tuesday, September 7 -- "GOOD WORD NEWS" REVEALS THAT OUSTED SLANDERER ALPHONSO DAVID IS NOW SLANDERING THE H.R.C.!
More scurrilous 411 emerges about the scheming Alphonso 'Alfie' David!
After his name was stated in the NYS attorney general's
investigative report over three dozen times relating to inappropriate,
if not illegal, actions by him, Alfie thought he would still keep his
overpaid job in the G.L.B.T. communities! Wtf? Among other
improprieties, Alfie 'took' (stole) New York State property personnel
files with him to his position at the Human Rights Campaign (H.R.C.).
After being duly 86'd, Alfie is now ludicrously accusing the Gay
HRC of 'harassment'! Wtf? All of this, and so much more,
begs the question of who or what will the Stonewalling Demokrat Club
(SDC) 'honor' next? Having already shamefully 'honored' the
Gayragpaper, Alun Ratzkov, and Alfie David, they are running out of
slanderers!
https://GoodWordNews.com/alphonso-david-fired-as-chairman-of-human-rights-campaign-npr/
Monday, September 6 -- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FINALLY FIRES ITS DISINGENUOUS and OVERPAID NOW FORMER HEAD ALPHONSO 'ALFIE' DAVID
If was not 'if' but 'when' the Human Rights Campaign
("H.R.C.") would finally get wise to all of the underhanded dealings.
illegal acts such as distributing 'privileged and confidential'
state records and files, and libelous lies of Alphonso 'Alfie' David
and give him the long overdue and devilishly deserved "86"!
After the release of the scathing New York State attorney general's thorough
and lengthy investigative report which nailed Alphonso David, at a subsequent
executive committee meeting of the H.R.C., one prominent official asked
Alfie: "When are you resigning?" Other H.R.C. staffers demanded
that he resign pronto! Well, he shamefuly did not. Now, it
has, alas, been done for him! For more detailed dirt, see: https://www.LGBTQNation.com/2021/09/human-rights-campaign-just-fired-first-black-president-alphonso-david/
Sunday, September 5 -- REMEMBRANCE: GAYLA SIGMAN FARES, S.V.A. FRIEND of MANHATTAN and LAS VEGAS
Gayla Sigman Fares had been a longtime friend
of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association since 1979! Through
her legal administrator efforts at her employer law firm, she obtained pro bono services,
when needed, for the S.V.A. throughout the 1980s and into the mid-1990s. For Stonewall vet Willson Henderson, Gayla promised and secured his first client of said law firm, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, for his new and trailblazing legal services agency Proofreaders Unlimited, Ltd. Through Willson, Gayla gladly obtained part-time 'moonlighting' word processing work for members of the Gay Officers' Action League. "Miss Gayla" is
remembered on this her memorial birthday!
Wednesday, September 1 -- BIRTHDAY: LONGTIME S.V.A. SUPPORTER NYS ASSEMBLYWOMAN JENIFER RAJKUMAR (of QUEENS)
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 -- BIRTHDAY: S.V.A. HONORARY MALE CHAIRPERSON and NEW YORK CITY MAYOR-ELECT ERIC LEE ADAMS
Saturday, August 28 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION: LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR
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The
SVA's "Summertime 2021" meeting happens today! Incredibly, it is
fifty-two incredible years since the Stonewall Summer of 1969! Just like 52
years ago... incredibly, Willson Henderson
still presides! Like the #1 song goes... "Let's Hear It For The
Boy"! Special reports by Stonewall vets Bert Coffman (public officials communications), Leigh McManus (correspondence with Gay groups), Ramon Bellido (upcoming
S.V.A. and other events) and Ruthybird Campbell (S.V.A. scheduling resuming after Labor Day weekend). Today's topics include the
upcoming, first-showing, invitation-only, private screening
of the long-awaited and revealing
documentary "Inside STONEWALL!".
It is all about the Stonewall Era, the 1969 Stonewall
Uprising, actual G.L.B.T. Stonewall
veterans, original NYCPD "Stonewall Cops" and the 1969 "Stonewall Car"! Gathering today happens at the historic Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at 83 Christopher Street off Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village, NYC, promptly @ 3:15 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
NOTE: This shall be the last S.V.A. meeting of the year! On
the last Saturday in September is the annual S.R.V.A. streetfair on Broadway near Union Square; in October it
is Halloween weekend and the Village parade; in November it is Thanksgiving weekend; and in
December, this year, it is the weekend of Christmas! Well in advance, lettuce be the first to state: Happy new year!
Friday, August 27 -- SVA's BOB DIAMOND TRIBUTED in THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Brookyn Bob" Diamond, the trolley car impressario, is tributed in The New York Times in addition to the New York Daily News and the STONEWALL Newzletta
among other publications. The comprehensive and, of course,
inately interesting, retrospective on "Trolley Bob", including a photo
of him as a train engineer, is written by Clay Rosin. View the
article at: https://www.NYTimes.com/2021/08/28/nyregion/bob-diamond-dead.html
Saturday, August 21 -- FRIEND of S.V.A. DIES: ROBERT DIAMOND of BROOKLYN
Robert "Brooklyn Bob" Diamond
has
been a longtime and fervent supporter of the STONEWALL Veterans'
Association.
For several years, Bob was on the SVA's board of
directors. Because of Bob's projects and work with trolley
cars,
he was also known as "Trolley Bob"! Decades ago, Bob discovered a
hidden railroad tunnel under Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Besides
attempting to construct a limited original trolley car line from Red
Hook to Downtown Brooklyn, Bob famously created several years
of tunnel tours. The main public official who was helpful was the
late Councilman Jed Davis! View Bob's Brooklyn rail website at: http://www.BrooklynRail.net.
Thoughtful and proud of the S.V.A., Bob has a link at his site to the
SVA's website. In all of his speaking engagements for
decades, Brooklyn Bob
proudly spoke of the comaradery and bravery of the Stonewall
Rebellion veterans. Bob especially delighted in relating
that the Brooklyn-born founder of the S.V.A., Willson Henderson,
used to ride the Church Avenue (#35) trolley cars at a very young age with
his grandmother. The New York Daily News published a retrospective story
on Trolley Bob in their August 25th issue. https://www.NYDailyNews.com/new-york/ny-bob-diamond-brooklyn-transit-booster-dead-20210824-m5zqferkprhgdfq4ng2y7oeopm-story.html
Wednesday, August 11 -- BIRTHDAY: PAM A. LIONE, PRODUCER of "INSIDE STONEWALL" T.V. DOCUMENTARY
Saturday, July 31 -- S.V.A. 52nd ANNIVERSARY MEETING & GAY PARTY
As the SVA's 52nd anniversary date was July 11th, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
shall be celebrating it today at our regularly scheduled mid-Summer monthly event!
Various Stonewall veterans will be sitting down to chat -- and
standing up to speak -- about the interesting Stonewall Era and the 1969 Stonewall Uprising!
The meeting is at the historic St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
at 83 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, USA.
Get2gether sparks @ 3:15 p.m. There shall be special
guests, gormet foods and beverages!
Thursday, July 29 -- S.V.A. STAFF BIRTHDAY: DANTE K. SMITH, ASST. MGR. (of THE WEST BRONX)
Monday, July 26 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: DARLENE LOVE
Sunday, July 25 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: MOLLY BENNETT AITKEN in MA
Friday, July 23 -- REMEMBRANCE: COUNCILMAN JAMES E. "JED" DAVIS
Sadly, New York
City district leader and councilman James E. "Jed" Davis was
assassinated in City Hall just before a City Council meeting on
Wednesday afternoon, July 23rd, 2003! Jed was politically very
successful and multi-talented besides 'tall, dark and handsome' -- and
only 41! S.V.A. commiserates with Jed's brother Geoffrey A. Davis and their mother Mrs. Thelma Davis. For
more about the solid S.V.A. supporter (in all ways)
and out-standing Jed, visit the SVA's webfile on him at: https://www.StonewallVets.org/JamesDavis.htm.
Tuesday, July 20 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: CORPORATE COUNSEL KAREN S. BURSTEIN
To
see former New York State Senator, NYS Auditor General, prior New
York City Judge and NYS Attorney General Democratic Nominee Karen Sue Burstein,
visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/KarenBurstein.htm.
Sunday, July 18 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: MARTHA REEVES
Everybody over the age of 18 knows Martha Reeves with her sisters The Vandellas'
timeless big Motown hits of "Heat Wave", "Dancing In The Street" and
"Nowhere To Run"! Happy and healthy birthday to our
legendary admirere and supporter Martha! For more info on Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, their record album covers, photographs, singles discography and personal notes, visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm.
Sunday, July 11th -- 52nd ANNIVERSARY: STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION
In
1969, exactly two weeks after the historic Stonewall Rebellion from
June 27 to July 3, a dozen actual patrons of the original STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club and veterans of the uprising, convened on Friday evening, July 11th, to form the STONEWALL Veterans Club.
Sunday. July 4th -- AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Saturday, July 3, 2021 -- 52nd ANNIVERSARY: GAY INDEPENDENCE
The Stonewall Rebellion
to fight against the general anti-Gay climate and anti-Gay laws and the
local oppression from the New York City Police Department and
other law enforcement agencies and, additionally, launching the Gay
Rights Movement all in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City,
started on Friday, June 27th, 1969, the first night of the uprising, and
ended on July 3rd, 1969, the last night of the week-long rebellion! The
SVA's forthcoming founder and future director, Willson L. Henderson, cleverly, historically and appropriately termed July 3rd as "Gay Independence Day"! (You will not read this basic Gay history in the Schleps' Gayragpaper aka G.C.N.!) Sadly,
many Gay people and all its tributaries today are more interested in
'pronouns' than people -- the surviving Stonewall veterans people!
Sunday, "June 27th" -- THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE IN GAY HISTORY: JUNE 27th
The emotional day of Judy Garland's
super sad funeral, especially for Gay people, on Friday, June 27th, 1969, segued into the NYCPD picking
the wrong night to invade a Gay bar and dance club -- especially in
Manhattan where Judy's front-page and televised funeral was held at St.
Patrick's Cathedral! The police invasion of The STONEWALL Club --
while votive candles were lit for St. Judy -- was the Friday night of
June 27th. Think of The
Beatles #1 song "A Hard Day's Night"! Although most people -- including Gays -- fail to
recognize the reality that the patrons at the ~original~ STONEWALL Club
that fateful Friday night did not look at their watches (if they were
wearing one) when the cuckoo clock struck twelve o'clock and screamed:
"Ohhh, look, it is now the 28th" -- zero hours police time!
No, in fact, they stated: "Let's have another toast to St.
Judy" or "Lettuce say another prayer for St. Judy"! Again, think of The
Beatles' song, "A Hard Day's Night"! Thus, SVA-ers do not use naval
or police time, we use Gay time: June 27th aka
June-twenty-seventh -- the most famous date in Gay his/herstory
for the first night of the Stonewall Rebellion on June 27th, 1969!
Saturday, June 26th, 2021 -- "SVA's 52nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE & STONEWALL VETS REUNION + TESTIMONIALS plus SPECIAL GUESTS"
The legendary National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") presents its quintessential "S.R.V.A. 52nd Annual Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion + Eyewitness Testimonials"!
Actual Stonewall Rebellion Veterans of the five-night (no, it was not just one night as is usually assumed)
Stonewall Rebellion will be attending and speaking! You will not find wannabes who were not STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club patrons nor at the Stonewall Uprising at the S.V.A. We are the Stonewall "Jeopardy". Select S.V.A. prominent supporters,
sponsoring public officials and special candidates shall be invited to
attend and
to speak! These include federal congressmembers, state senators,
state assemblymembers and city councilmembers. Many will be current New York City candidates
insofar as the majority of the recent Primary Election results cannot
possibly be known due to the new process of 'rank-voting' and absentee ballots. The only
declared winners would have to receive at least fifty percent of their
vote. With so many candidates per contest...
fahgeddaboudit!
Confirmed New York City public official S.V.A. Guest Speakers
* U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Jane MALONEY
* Mayoral Candidate and NYC Commissioner Kathryn Ann GARCIA
* Manhattan Borough President Gale A. BREWER
* The Bronx Borough President Candidate and Councilman Fernando D. CABRERA
* Queens Borough President Candidate and Councilwoman Elizabeth M. CROWLEY
* Brooklyn Borough President Candidate and Councilman Robert E. CORNEGY, Jr.
* NY State Senator Dyane J. Savino
* NY State Senator Brad M. Hoylman
* NYC Councilwoman Carlina L. RIVERA (Manhattan)
* NYC Councilman Mark A. GJONAJ (The Bronx)
* G.L.B.T. Political Coalition Chairman Jonny BUENATESTA
* Imperial QUEENS & of N.Y. Vice-President Jenni June EGAN
* PRIDE Democrats of NYC President Steven GRADMAN
* Gay Officers' Action League Executive Secretary Sal POLIZZI
* West View News Publisher George CAPSIS
The SVA's conference happens at the historic St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The SVA's 'Invocation' is delivered by Rev. Mark E. Erson. The Church is located
at 81 Christopher Street (how gayly appropriate) off Seventh
Avenue South in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. The
#1 subway stops at Christopher Street -- a stone's throw from the
Church! Quality foods are provided courtesy of nearby Gristedes Supermarket at Sheridan Triangle!
"The
Happening" hit song by Diana Ross & The Supremes sounds off @ 3:15 p.m. and the events light up until
the finale song "Where The Boys Are" by Connie Francis @ approximately 6:15 p.m.
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 -- NEW YORK CITY PRIMARY ELECTION
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association members select their campaign endorsees!
New York City Mayor: Kathryn Ann Garcia
NYC Controller: A.B.C. = Anyone But Corey (aka Horey Johnsin)
Manhattan Borough President: Lindsey C. Boylan
Brooklyn Borough President: Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
Queens Borough President: Elizabeth M. Crowley
The Bronx Borough President: Fernando D. Cabrera
Staten Island Borough President: Leticia M. Remauro
NYC Council (Manhattan) District 1: Christopher D. Marte
Council (Manhattan) District 2: Carlina L. Rivera
Council (Manhattan) District 4: Keith C. Powers
Council (Manhattan) District 5: Julie J. Menin
Council (Manhattan) District 6: Gale A. Brewer
Council (Manhattan) District 7: Shaun Abreu
Council (Queens) District 19: Tony Avella
Council (Brooklyn) District 35: Crystal Hudson
Council (Staten Island) District 49: Kamillah Hanks
* * * JUNE 2021 * * * GAY PRIDE MONTH * * *
Saturday, May 29 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING and SPECIAL GUESTS
Since it is Memorial Weekend, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
shall have a special tribute to the heroic veterans of the
Stonewall Uprising
that we have sadly lost over the decades! There shall be the
totally
unique, very interesting, most informative and vivid
recollections of actual veterans of the five-night Stonewall
Rebellion and the Stonewall Era (1966 to 1969)! The SVA's
super special guest is former U.S. brigadier general and recent NYC
mayoral candidate Loree K. Sutton! The S.V.A. shall,
as always,
have a political guest speaker -- in fact, three!!! One is an experienced and leading
"Native New Yorker" candidate for mayor of the City of New York: Kathryn Ann Garcia!
No mayoral candidate in the
last half-century has won as mayor without the support and blessings of
the
S.V.A. What a 'coincidence'! No other organization can
claim that mantra! Every four years with the winner for 52
years... a coincidence?! Another experienced person,
especially as a former NYC councilwoman, is a candidate
for Queens borough president: Elizabeth Mary Crowley!
The third outstanding female candidate, a former district
attorney staffer and a criminal defense lawyer for twenty years,
is leading the charge for Manhattan district attorney: Liz J. Crotty, Esq.!
The
S.V.A. members -- and
the huge website and the e-mail blasts and the direct mail and the
phone banks,
etc. -- plus all of the secret ingredients of the S.V.A. are
always effective and a potential game-changer!
Duncheon meeting is at the Morandi Restaurant & Lounge at
the diagonal corner of Seventh Avenue South and Waverly Place in
Greenwich Village, NYC. Start-up is @ 3:15 p.m. sharp!
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Thursday, May 20 -- ORIGINAL STONEWALL CLUB JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS'S BIRTHDAY: CHER!
Unless you were an original STONEWALL Club patron (1966 to 1969), you would not have known that 'dancing (birthday) queen' Cher
had songs in that jukebox! Even she did not know until we informed her
several years ago! See: https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-2.htm. The songs include the hit duet song "The Beat
Goes On" with Sonny Bono and the non-hit (but nice) solo songs
"Alfie" and "Our Day Will Come" by Cher! "Believe" that six
decades later, amazing Cher still delivers the glamour, the glitz and
the hitz! View the panoramic looks and styles of Cher over the past six decades as provided by the New York Post:
https://PageSix.com/2021/05/20/cher-turns-75-see-her-evolution-in-photos/?_ga=2.9155829.1591778142.1621960641-1473085910.1621960641
Saturday, April 24 -- S.V.A. MONTHLY MEETING and SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
The STONEWALL Veterans' Association
meeting will focus on planning for the SVA's yearly conference and reunion (on June
26). The S.V.A. shall
have an outstanding political guest speaker! New York City Councilman Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. is
the leading candidate for Brooklyn Borough President ("BBP") to succeed our friend, supporter and mayoral candidate Eric Lee Adams!
It is the strong position of this organization that Mr. Cornegy
stands tall above all of his opponents in many ways! Speaking of
Brooklyn, it is relevant that a 4/5s majority of the SVA's board of
directors have a Brooklyn
residency connection! Besides, the SVA's founder and director Willson Henderson was born in Brooklyn! In addition, the
S.V.A. has a satellite office in Brooklyn! Since the Church
is not yet open for meetings due to the Coronavirus pandemic, today the S.V.A. again has a
'duncheon' meeting at Morandi's Restaurant and Lounge on Seventh Avenue South at Waverly Place and Charles Street
in Greenwich Village, NYC. Start-up 'toasts' are @ 3:15 p.m. sharp!
Thursday, April 15 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: SCHEDULER RUTHYBIRD MARMELSTEIN
Saturday, March 27, 2021 -- STONEWALL VETS' ASSN. IN-PERSON SUPPER MEETING
The S.V.A. looks
forward to hosting its first Spring get2gether for slowly improving
2021!
Due to the one-year Coronavirus -- although the S.V.A. has
had several meeetings -- the Church has not yet restored
in-person group
meetings, e.g., the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") due to the international pandemic! Nonetheless, we will be meeting! Major topics
include the
upcoming S.V.A. "Stonewall 52 Conference & Reunion" (on June 26),
the on-going worldwide
sickener and/or killer pandemic, and the in-progress NYC
mayoral contest (no
'The Schlub' nor other exclusionists, revisonists or libelers) and
other elected NYC position
contests. Guest speaker: Marni J. Halasa, the SVA-preferred New York City Council candidate for District 3 -- exactly where we are in Greenwich Village! Unlike 'The Blotcher', honorable Marni is a supporter of the Stonewall Veterans. The S.V.A. shall
meet again at Morandi Italian Restaurant at the corner of Seventh Avenue South and the cross streets of Waverly Place and Charles Street in the West Village, NYC.
"The Happening" is co-hosted by that dynamic duo Willson Henderson and AnDre Christie!
Supper meeting 'eats up' @ 3:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Call the S.V.A. at (212) 627-1969 for more details.
Tuesday, March 23 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: PUBLIC RELATIONIST LETICIA M. REMAURO of STATEN ISLAND:
Saturday, March 13 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: LEGAL COUNSEL HAL "HALLY" WEINER
Saturday, March 6 -- SUPREME MARY WILSON MEMORIAL BIRTHDAY
Supreme Mary Wilson was unexpectedly physically lost (due to a blood clot) less than a month ago! Her music as part of the legendary Supremes,
the #1 girl group of all time, will live on forever. To see
dozens of photos of Mary, spanning six Supreme decades, including on the cover of virtually every Supremes' record album, visit:
https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-6.htm.
Saturday, February 27, 2021 -- STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION IN-PERSON SUPPER MEETING
Since the Church has
understandably not yet restored in-person Sunday masses -- much
less for registered group meetings, e.g., the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
-- due to the worldwide pandemic, the S.V.A. cannot resume meeting
at the
Church in Greenwich Village, NYC. How-be-ever, we'll be meeting!
Major topics include the
forthcoming S.V.A. "Stonewall 52" anniversary conference,
the on-going worldwide
sickener and/or killer pandemic and the in-progress NYC
mayoral contest (no
'Schlub') and other elected position contests. Super guest is NYC mayoral candidate Brigadier General Loree K. Sutton -- unequivocably the best speaker of any mayoral candidate since Ed Koch! The S.V.A. shall
meet at the accommodating Morandi Italian Restaurant at the corner of Seventh Avenue South and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village.
"The Happening" is co-hosted by that out and about duo Willson Henderson and AnDre Christie! Supper meeting 'eats up' @ 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Phone the S.V.A. at (212) 627-1969 for any further details.
STONEWALL Veterans' Association =Pandemic-Related= "Go-Fund-Us!"
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A."),
like most
everyone else, has been
negatively affected due to the international Coronavirus plague and
the resultant worldwide economic tsunami! Various crucial events
for the
non-profit S.V.A. such
as our annual New York City street-fair in May and our annual
fund-raiser in June
had
to be cancelled; thus, a significant loss of needed revenue. The SVA's
annual conference and reunion had to be rescheduled
out-of-season to mid-Summer -- and during a heat wave!
Nonetheless: 1) the building owners
of the
S.V.A. office, 2) the garage managers of the "Stonewall Car", and 3)
the S.V.A.
property and archives storage
facility are
still demanding due rent! They are in addition
to other necessary annual and monthly expenses for the S.V.A. such
as:
the 'Stonewall
Car' maintenance, printing, website hosting, transportation, vehicle registration,
brochures, internet service, vintage car insurance,
postage, electricity, auto repairs, letterheads, five telephone lines,
license plates, website hosting, photographs, cellphones, business cards, food distribution, imprinted envelopes, speakers'
bureau costs, office supplies, fax line and funeral expenses for demised
Stonewall vets!
https://www.GoFundMe.com/f/support-Gay-Veterans-1969-Stonewall-Rebellion
The
voluntary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
is the one and only organization that has represented the actual veterans of
the notorious Stonewall Police Raids and the historic Stonewall Rebellion and the real legacy
of the "Stonewall" everything besides educating the World for
over a half-century
and counting! The S.V.A. continues to do so on a daily basis with
administrators, educators, teachers, students, et al. -- and the media! The
place "where Pride began"
was begun by the people -- not the rented, commercial storefront nor
their current, arrrogant, disrespectful, greedy owners! Support
the "Stonewall" surviviors and our history, our programs and our
services! The SVA's annual non-profit registration was
recently renewed by the New York State Charities Bureau!
https://www.GoFundMe.com/f/support-Gay-Veterans-1969-Stonewall-Rebellion
Monday, February 8, 2021 -- LOSS of STONEWALL VET: CRISTINA HAYWORTH
The legendary and inimitable transgender patron of the
otiginal Stonewall Bar & Dance Club and a veteran of the 1969
Stonewall Rebellion, Cristina Santiago Hayworth, died at her home
in Puerto Rico the day before her 81st birthday! Learn more
about Cristina at: https://www.StonewallVets.org/CristinaHayworth.htm.
Saturday, January 30, 2021 -- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION FIRST MEETIBG of the NEW YEAR!
This is now "Stonewall 52"! Since the Church has understandably not yet restored in-person masses much less registered groups, e.g., the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
due to the worldwide pandemic, the S.V.A. cannot meet at the Church.
However, we will meet privately at a Greenwich Village
restaurant. Supper meeting 'eats up' @ 3:15 p.m. Call the
S.V.A. at (212) 627-1969 for details. NOTE: Because of the
limitations, this month's supper meeting must be only for S.V.A.
members in good standing and our NYC Council member guest speaker!
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Friday, December 25th -- *CHRISTMAS* INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 -- WORLD A.I.D.S. DAY
Saturday, November 28, 2020 -- SVA's MONTHLY MEETING with a THANKSGIVING THEME
In spite of the worst year of American history in the last century, the National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
traditionally weathers all of the wars, such as AIDS then and
Coronavirus now, and all of the in-between storms and yet it soldiers on!
After
all, somebody should represent and look out for the Stonewall veterans!
As the S.V.A. founder Willson Henderson publicly announced on record and on film at the SVA's annual conference this year: "Stonewall Lives Matter"! The SVA's Vice-President Bert Coffman reports on communications with New York City public officials. SVA's on-again/off-again scheduler Ruthybird Marmelstein unveils planned pow-wows with various electeds and candidates for 2021. Several Stonewall veterans have confirmed attendance for this
last S.V.A. get2gether of the year!
Special guest speaker is Pam Lione, chief producer of the forthcoming (repositioned) documentary "Inside STONEWALL!"
with interviews, documents, testimonials and photographs
never-before-seen -- in time for "Stonewall 52"! Miss Lione has
filmed several S/W vets from S.V.A. for the break-through G.L.B.T. project!
As a special
holiday surprise, there will be a major NYC mayoral candidate, whom we
are super thankful to have at the S.V.A.! (No, it's not The
Schlub. And, Horey J. is a goner.)
This Thanksgiving weekend meeting will feature
Thanksgiving-related decorations and turkey-related foods.
The venue is the Founders' Room at St. John's Lutheran Church at 83 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, NYC. Family-like get2gether festivities commence @ 3:15
p.m. After the pow-wow, select S.V.A. officials and special guests have arranged for a Thanksgiving Weekend Dinner at Morandi Restaurant.
The eatery is around the corner from the Church on Seventh Avenue
and up two blocks to the corners of Charles Street and Waverly Place. Visit: https://www.MorandiNY.com.
Thursday, November 26 -- THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Tuesday, November 24 -- FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR DAVID N. DINKINS DIES at 93
David Norman Dinkins("DND")
served as a New York State assemblyman, Manhattan borough president and
New York City mayor. The latter was one term from 1990 to 1993.
Mayor Dinkins proudly stated, privately and publicly, that:
The STONEWALL Veterans' Associaton
is one of his all-time favorite organizations"! DND lived a
very full, successful, exciting and long life in NYC to 93!
Monday, November 23 -- MEMORIAL REMEMBRANCE of STONEWALL REBELLION VET TERRI VAN DYKE {fixed link below}
Terri J. Van Dyke,
the STONEWALL Veterans' Association's longtime treasurer and AIDS
activist, passed seventeen years ago; however, he/she is remembered
today on his/her memorial birthday. Terri's pride and joy was the S.V.A. For information on and photos
of the inimitable Terri J, visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/TerriVanDyke.htm.
Saturday, November 21 -- BIRTHDAY: FORMER S.V.A. HONORARY FEMALE CHAIR: CURRENT U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE D. CLARKE
Tuesday, November 11 -- BIRTHDAY: NYC CONGRESSMEMBER-ELECT NICOLE C. MALLIOTAKIS, S.V.A. SUPPORTER (unlike loser Lil' Maxi Rosie)
Tuesday, November 11th, 2020 -- AMERICAN VETERANS' DAY
Tuesday, November 10 -- BIRTHDAY: ROLAND EMMERICH, LEGENDARY "STONEWALL!" MOVIE PRODUCER and DIRECTOR of 40 FILMS!
Sunday, November 8 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: S/W VET JITTERZ GREENFIELD of NJ
Tuesday, November 3 -- AMERICAN ELECTION DAY: vote! Vote!! VOTE!!!
Saturday, October 31st -- HALLOWEEN! (also known as GAY XMAS) - No Meeting
In accordance with a voted resolution made
to the SVA's "Bi-Laws" by the members several years ago, besides not meeting on
national holidays such as Christmas, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
does not have to meet on holiday weekends such as Thanksgiving or on a
non-federal holiday such as Halloween! Furthermore, the area that
the S.V.A. meets on Christopher Street in Gay Greenwich Village is
extremely crowded and hectic on Halloween -- especially when it is a
Saturday Halloween!
In fact, many streets, particularly Christopher, are necessarily
blocked off to all vehicles. Because of the people density, it
would not be safe physical negotiating for our cherished elders
of the Stonewall Era!
Tuesday, October 26 -- "BROOKLYN" DODGERS, NOW LOS ANGELES DODGERS, WIN BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
Friday, October 23 -- SPECIAL RADIO PROGRAM: "SONGS of The ORIGINAL STONEWALL CLUB JUKEBOX"
Gay History Month: This radio show is 'live' with actual "Songs of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox"! Scheduled Stonewall veterans speaking on the show are Willson Henderson, David V. Bermudez and Leigh McManus -- and their respective spouses AnDre Henderson, Bob Isadore and Hector Ortiz. Confirmed songs to be played as submitted via the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
website include: "This Is My Life" (a Gay theme song) by belter
Shirley Bassey; "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" by Frankie Valli; "Give
Him A Great Big Kiss" (also in the first "Stonewall" movie)
by The Shangri-Las; "One-Two-Three" by Len 'Dovell' Barry; "When I'm
Gone" by Brenda Holloway; "My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder; "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" by Jackie de Shannon; and "The
Boy From New York City" (likewise in the first
"Stonewall" film) by The Ad-Libs plus approximately 25 other great
songs! The exciting two-hour radio show is lively hosted by openly Drag Queen Lady Di! The author of the legendary "Stonewall Songs" is Willson L. Henderson. How do you spell 'Gay History"?!
Visit (press 'Listen'): https://www.WOMR.org.
Thursday, October 15 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: ADRIENNE SEIDEN of BROOKLYN and then MANHATTAN
Sunday, October 11 -- NATIONAL 'COMING OUT GAY' DAY
Saturday, October 10 -- MEMORIAL S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: The Late ANTONIO 'TONY' VIERA
Monday, October 5th -- BIRTHDAY: S.V.A. FOUNDER + DIRECTOR WILLSON L. HENDERSON
To see a select Gay life history of the SVA's founder and director Willson L. Henderson, including many of his photographs, some of his homes, most of his cars and a
few of his several boyfriends, visit his updated website and
new webfile address at: https://www.StonewallVets.org/WillsonHenderson.htm.
Saturday, September 26 -- S/W VETERANS ASSN. MONTHLY MEETING in NYC
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The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
holds its end-of-Summer monthly meeting. It is chaired-and-tabled by S.V.A. director Willson Henderson. Communications and plans from other G.L.B.T. organizations is delivered by Bert Coffman. Public official scheduling with the S.V.A. in Autumn and before the Winter holidays is revealed by Ruthybird. The 'Heritage of Shame' aka 'Shame of HOP' and now 'NYC Shame' is further explored by Rusty Rose.
A program summary via the Stonewall Community Development
Corporation about the Gay community and aging is issued by
participants David Bermudez and his spouse Bob Isadore. A tribute to Stonewall Uprising vet Tony Viera is conducted by fellow Gay Puerto Rican Ramon Bellido. The in-person -- with face coverings and hand sanitizers -- get2gether is at the divinely-venued St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran Church located at 83 Christopher Street off Seventh Avenue in
Greenwich Village, New York City from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Foods are, as always, provided by the S.V.A.
Wednesday, September 23 -- BIRTHDAY CHEER for SVA's ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER BARON MORRIS, JR.
Sunday, September 20 -- BROADWAY CARES / EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS: 34th ANNUAL FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION
"We're excited at Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS to announce the first ever virtual edition of our end-of-Summer annual event: the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction!
While we'll surely miss the palpable energy of thousands of theater fans in
Broadway's renowned Shubert Alley, we're thrilled to bring the excitement of the day to
people around the world! Due to the global health pandemic, the Flea
Market & Grand Auction is moving online on Sunday, September 20th,
bringing everything you love about the day -- its awesome auctions, its
celebrity meet-and-greets and its fabulous Flea Market finds -- to
theater lovers across the country."
https://www.BroadwayCares.org
Wednesday, September 16 -- VIET NAM WAR and STONEWALL REBELLION VETERAN BIRTHDAY: CARL J. KELLER., JR. of CONNECTICUT
Saturday, September 12 -- STONEWALL UPRISING VET BIRTHDAY: RAMON F. BELLIDO from SPANISH HARLEM, NYC via PUERTO RICO @ 69
Friday, September 11th!!!!, 2020 -- 19th ANNIVERSARY of the FOUR EXTREMIST ISLAMIC TERRORIST SNEAK ATTACKS on AMERICA!!!!
Wednesday, September 9 ("9/9") -- S.R.V.A. NETWORK SUPPORTER PASSES: GAY HENRY van AMERINGEN at 90!
Saturday, August 29 -- S.V.A. SUMMER SUPPER SOIREE ('4-S')
Summertime greetings! This Summer, unlike the
"Stonewall Summer" of 1969, is more
like "Summertime Blues"! The current international health crisis
situation is no-thanks wholly due to the sneaky, lying and corrupt
Communist Chinese government dictatorship releasing a worldwide,
sickening and killer virus with the added features of destroying
economies, businesses and organizations -- and lives!
Whether it was accidental or deliberate is a question.
Thus,
for the "SVA's Summer Supper Soiree", the event must be
outdoors
(where the Coronavirus is less likely but still possible to
spread). Event is entertainingly table 'n' chaired by the SVA's
renowned founder Willson L. Henderson.
Several S.V.A. officials provide updates! Bert Coffman gives the
411 on duplicitous groups using our 'Stonewall' namesake such as the Stonewalling Democrat Club! Ramon Bellido reports on the greedy, slanderous, disrespectful, self-serving, rip-off, selfish alleged "Stonewall Inn".
Through their Go-Fund-U$ website, with misleading and
false claims, they've duped donors out of over $330,000
and counting! There will be a special tribute to recently lost S/W vet Tony C. Viera, who passed away within two hours of arriving at a Bronx hospital! The SVA's special guest this month is Donzel R. Williams
("DRW"), the SVA's original office manager -- once the S.V.A.
obtained an office in 1980! Most SVA-ers have not seen DRW
in 30 years
since the last "Stonewall Showtyme" at Club Lido in Long Island in the
Summer of 1990! Our co-host today is one of DRW's few
successors, the SVA's general manager AnDre Christie.
Outdoor eatery is Coppelia Latin Restaurant at
207 West 14th Street right off Seventh Avenue on the border of Greenwich
Village and Chelsea. Ironically, it is on the same street where the S.V.A.
was founded in July of 1969! Festivities start @ 3:15 p.m.
Even though it's not Halloween yet, wear a mask!
Friday, August 28 -- REMEMBERING GAY and GREAT ENTERTAINER MICHAEL JACKSON (1958 to 2009)
Thursday, August 20 -- STONEWALL SPOUSE BIRTHDAY: BOB ISADORE, MARRIED to DAVID BERMUDEZ of CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS
Monday, August 17 -- NYC CIVIL COURT CONFIRMS RECEIPT of WILLSON HENDERSON LIBEL SUIT VERSUS SLANDEROUS SCHNEPS MEDIA
Sunday, August 16 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: RUSTY B. ROSE of LONG ISLAND
Friday, August 14 -- ANOTHER STONEWALL VETERAN DIES: ANTHONY 'TONY' VIERA of THE BRONX @ 70
Antonio C. Viera, born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, emigrated to
America with his family at a very young age. They moved
to The Bronx, where 'Tony', as he is known, went to school,
lived, worked and died. He is survived by his longtime boyfriend Chi and their dog Diva!
Friday, July 31 -- SVA's WILLSON HENDERSON on TELEVISION (3 CHANNELS) re: PANDEMIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES and SUPPLIES
Saturday, July 25th, 2020 -- "SVA'S 51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE & STONEWALL VETERANS REUNION + EYEWITNESS TESTIMONIALS"
["S.V.A. 51st Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion" flyer crafted and designed by Kush Malik]
The National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") presents the much-anticipated, pandemic-repositioned and timely-needed "SVA's 51st Annual Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion + Testimonials" necessarily
rescheduled (beyond our decision) from the last Saturday in June to
the last Saturday of the following month on the 25th
of July 2020 commencing @ 3:15 p.m.
The S.V.A. is most known as the organizational home for
actual New York City police-raid victim patrons of the Original STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club (the "STONEWALL Club") and/or participants in the historic five-night 1969 Stonewall Rebellion for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.")
rights! The S.V.A. is the original, the authentic and the only barometer for
everything "Stonewall"!
Unlike any organization in the world, the S.V.A. provides
interviews about the Stonewall Era for civic institutions, symposiums, schools, forums and all media
who want to communicate with actual Stonewallers!
At this unique conference, there
will be legendary 'veterans' of the police-raided original
STONEWALL Club and the late June and
early July 1969 Stonewall
Uprising! Confirmed "Stonewall Veterans" fabulously include (alphabetically by first name): Allyson A. Allante (from America), Bert R. Coffman (from midtown Manhattan, NY), Clyde T. Meltzer (from South Bronx), Cristina Hayworth (from Puerto Rico), David V. Bermudez (from Cape Cod, MA), David C. Scott (from Pennsylvania), Jitters M. Greenfield (from New Jersey), Keith E. Lonesome (from Brooklyn, NYC), Joani C. Sobel (from Upper West Side, NYC), Leigh P. McManus (from Long Island), Patti R. Stone (from Florida), Ramon F. Bellido (from Spanish Harlem, NYC), Rusty B. Rose (from Long Island) and Tony Viera (from West Bronx, NYC). Like
the #1 Stonewall jukebox song by Marvin & Tammi clearly conveys: "Ain't
Nothing Like The Real Thing"! It was a Gay identity theme song then and for the S.V.A. it still is our theme! The SVA's
conference is enthusiastically hosted by 'Stonewall veteran' (he coined the term), STONEWALL Veterans' Association founder, Proofreaders Unlimited, Ltd. owner, G.L.B.T. activist, Screen Actors Guild member for five decades, and S.R.V.A. boardmember for a half-century Willson Lee Henderson!
S.V.A. Guest Speakers: The venerable Keynote Speaker is outstanding New York legislator and longtime S.V.A. honorary member U.S. Congressmember Carolyn Jane Maloney!
In fact, Congresswoman Carolina's congressional district
unusually encompasses, not one but, three NYC boroughs: Manhattan (East Side and Roosevelt Island),
Queens (Long Island City and Astoria) and Brooklyn (Williamsburg and Greenpoint)!
Surprise! A super
special Surprise Guest Speaker shall be a 'major' candidate for the New York City
Mayor election
next year! (No, it's not The Schlub!)
The clue was 'major'. Actually SHE was a 'general'!
Post-event answer: Former twenty-five year U.S. Army
brigadier general and chief psychiatrist and recent four-year NYC
commissioner of veterans affairs and only 'major' female
candidate for NYC mayor Loree K. Sutton!
There will be public official guest
speakers such
as additional U.S. congressmembers (no, not the Natler),
N.Y. state senators (no, not Brat Hoylman), NYS assemblymembers (no,
not Danny O'Dell), NYC borough presidents (no, not Ruby Diaz, Junior),
NY Court judges (no, not Noach Deare), NYC councilmembers (no, not Horey Johnsin), district
leaders (no, not 'Keen' Berger) -- and, yes, Federal, State and City candidates. The latter include political public relationist Leticia Remauro for Staten Island borough president and Marni Halasa for NYC council Manhattan district #3 (where this event happens)! Several
public officials bestow the S.V.A. with laudatory proclamations
and anniversary citations.
This S.V.A. event
is always well-covered
by all of the media -- television, radio and press, including
regional
newspapers, national magazines and community newsletters (no, not the
noxious Schneps (aka Schleps)-owned NYC Gayragpaper, formerly LGBT New York then Gay City News aka Gay Sh*tty News and, now, lil' g.c.n.)!
Special S.V.A. Tribute: The recently deceased Stonewall veteran 'Papa' Jean Devente
with a full Gay life at nearly ninety years old is tributed!
Jean's last Gay community events were attending the "SVA's
48th Annual Conference & Stonewall Reunion" and leading the "NYC 48th Annual Gay
Pride Parade" with the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association. Jean proudly rode atop the back seat of a classic Mercedes in the
flotilla of S.V.A. convertibles! They were happy events and 'last
hurrahs' for Jean seeing many Stonewall veteran comrades,
friends and fans! As
shown in the photo link below, sitting next to Jean is NYS Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan! S.V.A. invited Jean's lifetime partner Evelyn Fitzsimmons to attend. Read the parade story in the New York True magazine:
http://www.NewYorkTrue.com/photo-gallery-nyc-pride-march
Divine conference venue
is the historic St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church at
81 Christopher Street off Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village,
NYC. The 'Invocation' is delivered by the Church's openly-Gay pastor, the
Reverend Mark E. Erson.
"Deja vu all over again": On display -- back on Christopher Street, just like in 1969,
this time directly in front of the Church, ironically with a
NYCPD vehicle permit -- will be the automotive classic and
historically famous blue 1969
convertible known as the
"Stonewall Car"!
Conference director is the SVA's full-circle founder Willson L. Henderson. Event manager is the SVA's handsome (and many say 'hot') general manager AnDre M. Christie. Promotion is by Leticia M. Remauro, head of The Von Public Relations Agency
with social media. Advertising is the colorful,
full-page, back cover of the highly-regarded WestView News
with subscribers from NYC and particularly serving the West Village, NoHo
and Greenwich Village, where the S.V.A. event is centered! "Reflections", a #1 song in
1967 by the #1 singers in the popular Stonewall Jukebox, Diana Ross & The
Supremes, is the opening sound @ 3:15 p.m. The
symbolic finale is the #1 closing song of virtually all Gay
bar and Gay dance club jukeboxes
throughout the 1960s and the 1970s by Miss Connie Francis: "Where The Boys Are (Someone Waits For Me)" also known as the 'National Gay Anthem'!
Guidelines: Due to the
international health emergency unequivocably and carelessly caused by
the Wuhan Virus, the S.V.A. requires that everyone wear a face covering!
The sole exceptions are the safe-distanced host Willson at the S.V.A.
dais and guest speakers when they are at the podium. Latex gloves are optional.
The S.V.A. provides face masks and liquid hand sanitizers
for all!
Foods are provided by Gristedes Supermarkets and Gormet Deli Departments!
You may visit the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association at FaceBook:
https://www.FaceBook.com/SVANYC.
Please 'like' the S.V.A.!
Thursday, July 23, 2020 -- REMEMBERING N.Y.C. COUNCILMAN JAMES E. "JED" DAVIS
This is the 17th tragic anniversary of the unwarranted loss of former NYCPD police officer and New York City Councilman James E. "Jed" Davis. In
an incident that shocked the entire nation, every news channel broke
into their regular programming to report this tragedy 'live'!
City Hall went on instant lockdown! Jed had as his
political goal to become mayor of New York City! We sure could use a Jed now! Visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/JamesDavis.htm
For this anniversary remembrance occasion, a new "Jed" article from his hometown Brooklyn:
https://www.KingsCountyPolitics.com/op-ed-remembering-councilman-james-e-davis
Tuesday, July 21 -- "ASK THE STONEWALL REBELLION EXPERTS": The STONEWALL VETERANS!
The "Ask The Experts Show"
of New York City appropriate new subject matter -- with the historic
uprisng anniversary having concluded earlier this month and the
anniversary of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
(S.V.A.) now -- is the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion! The show
definitively features five actual Stonewall vets: Willson
Henderson from NYC, David Bermudez from Massachusetts, Rusty Rose from Long Island, Bert Coffman from Manhattan, and Nance Lomax
from Philadelphia!
The SVA's director Willson discusses the history of the Original
STONEWALL Club and the "Songs of the Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox".
When he was 'apprehended' by undercover policemen the first night of the 1969 Stonewall
Rebellion in The STONEWALL Dance Club half of the place, where
the jukebox was unplugged in the middle of a Diana Ross & The
Supremes' (DRS) song, the location was 51 Christopher Street.
That is now a nail salon. It is not the 'Stonewall'
anything! SVA's first vice-president Berti exposes the ludicrous libel, personal attacks and dumb lies of the Schneps Publications owned
NYC Gayragpaper and the new pending civil court case against
the sleazesheet now the so-called and ambiguous "g.c.n."! Rusty
divulges many of the reasons that the "Heritage of Pride" (HOP) clan
transgressed into the "Heritage of Shame" (HOS)! Their worst
attributes are disrespect, greed, jealousy and hate.
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The show is broadcast at 7 p.m. from the S.V.A. Facebook page and The Von Public Relations Agency YouTube page for one hour. People can ask questions via FaceBook which will pop up on their screens during the interviews. Leticia Remauro,
the show's producer will host the interviews for the Stonewall vets to
tell their stories of the STONEWALL Club then and the S.V.A. now!
Leticia will also moderate any incoming questions or comments.
One of the goals is to educate the general public and,
especially, "The Young Folks" (the name of a DRS song in the S/W jukebox)! That will explore about what
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (G.L.B.T.) life was like 51 years ago and how far things have advanced today! The 'live' show on Tuesday, the 21st goes on the air at 7 p.m. sharp!
Saturday, July 18 -- MOTOWN LEGEND and STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: MARTHA REEVES
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas had so many hit songs in the ~original~ STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club
Jukebox during the Stonewall Era (1966 to 1969) that we wish her such a super
happytime, peaceful and healthy birthday! Martha and her
Vandellas brought so much dancing joy to the Stonewall patrons!
Their hit songs in the jukebox included now classics such as
"Dancing In The Street" (reissued by Motown Records in 1969) and "Jimmy
Mack" (1967) and other hits like "My Baby Loves Me" and "I'm Ready For
Love" from 1966; "Third Finger, Left Hand" and "Love Bug Leave My Heart
Alone" from 1967; "Honey Chile" and "I Promise To Wait My Love" from 1968; "We've
Got Honey Love" and "Bless U, Bless Me" from 1969! Several
SVA-ers saw Martha and her girls (Lois Reeves and Delphine Reeves) in concert several months ago in
Staten Island! To see photographs, record album covers, a singles
records discography, and holiday cards and personal notes from Miss Reeves,
please visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm.
Sunday, July 12 -- S.V.A. SOCIAL COMMITTEE DINNER MEETING at MASALA RESTAURANT
The SVA's Social Committee held a
productive and exciting dinner meeting at Masala King Indian-American Restaurant
in
midtown Manhattan, NYC. The
main topic was the upcoming "SVA's 51st Annual Conference &
Stonewall Reunion". Besides the key committee members, the
pow-wow was attended by four of the five S.V.A. boardmembers namely
Willson Henderson, Sanjay Peters, Steven Gradman and Ramon Bellido.
The get2gether was marvellously hosted by Kush Malik. The outdoor
dining meeting was for a lively three hours from 7 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 11th, 2020 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION'S 51st ANNIVERSARY!
Wednesday, July 8 -- REISSUED: THE SPECTATOR GAY PRIDE INTERVIEW with WILLSON HENDRSON
Due to popular demand and positive feedback, the tell-it-like-it-is interview with Willson L. Henderson ("WLH") in The Spectator/U.S. Edition has been reissued! Openly-Gay, seasoned writer Chadwick Moore combines a three-part interview with WLH into one blast-off! Feature story is appropriately titled: "Happy Pride! Time To Topple Some Stonewall Myths"!
The truth about 'Stonewall' and the lies about 'Stonewall' are,
alas, exposed mainstream head-on! For example, with a mere twenty-two Stonewall arrests spanning a
full week, all of whom were White, with 21 out of 22 who were Males, and no
hospital admissions and no insurance claims, it is assinine that
anyone who knows the facts -- that excludes the fading Advocate and the faded Gayragpaper -- would believe that the mild civil rights event was a 'riot' and ignited by Black 'trannies'! The
article is topped by a colorful, close-up photograph of the famous blue 1969
convertible known as the "Stonewall Car" leading a New York City Gay Pride
parade. The photo shows several Stonewall veterans such
as Willson, Storme DeLarverie, Bert Coffman, Cristina Hayworth, David Bermudez, Rose Giordano, Bill Saltzman, et al. in and around the classic vehicle! The car is carefully being driven by the SVA's handsome manager AnDre M. Christie! The article is so current that it includes WLH's pending lawsuit (once the NYC courts re-open) against the libelous Schneps Media
for slander, defamation, personal attacks and loss of reveue due
to their publishing the trailer trash fabrications scribbled via the
perennial poison pen of the dubious Druncan X. Ozburn! Shame on Schleps Communications
for having an unacceptable, low level of journalistic ethics!
Unlike the Gayragpaper, the professional Spectator publication proudly includes an
active link (as is customary in any story by any legitimate press) to
the SVA's extremely popular, informative, interesting and unabashedly unique website!
https://Spectator.us/happy-pride-time-topple-stonewall-myth
Tuesday, July 7 -- CONGRATULATORY LETTER to S.V.A. from U.S. CONGRESSMAN HAKEEM JEFFRIES
Monday, July 6 -- POST-PRIDE STATEMENT from STONEWALL UPRISING VETERAN RUSTY B. ROSE
Happy Gay Independence! Revisionists be damned! RuPaul Drag Race
runs a false banner stating: Pride started as a protest by a black
trans women! What! This is worse than the
make-believe 'brick' myth! Next topic: For a few
years now, some alleged writers, supposed journalists and wannabe
authors have been
'cherry picking' who to advance (especially if they're long dead)
as being instrumental in our G.L.B.T.
movement and history. They have been promoting certain Stonewall
individuals because of footage showing their presence at events
years after
the Stonewall rebellion, e.g., the Washington Square rally in
1974. Cherry-picked are former and deceased members of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association.
They are the under-credited Storme DeLarverie and the infamous
"Marsha and Sylvia". All other S.V.A. members are deliberately
disregarded -- mainly because they're alive and can talk back!
Revisionists 'glorify' some characters and
call them 'icons' while discounting actual Stonewallers.
This must be
corrected by professional, unbiased, truthful reporters and by the
S.V.A.!
During research, if one 'searches' Stonewall, our S.V.A.
association is rightfully the first (and second and third...)
selections. We expect that soon in the 'search' you will see the upcoming
documentary "Inside STONEWALL!" with historic footage and interviews
with several Stonewall veterans including myself, Tony Viera, Bert
Coffman and Molly Bennett Aitken. Another point - Willson
Henderson and others at the original Stonewall Club: That Friday night,
June 27th, I vividly recall some who were detained inside by the
police, me being one of them, and who was 'pinned' outside the club on
the street - Willson, with Storme DeLarverie shouting to the cops: 'Let
that boy go'. Get off that boy'! To quote a known phrase: You
won't read that in the Gayragpaper! Pun intended, hope they
fold!
In solidarity,
Rusty
Saturday, July 4th, 2020 -- AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY
Friday, July 3rd -- "GAY INDEPENDENCE DAY"
"Gay Independence Day" July 3rd! As usual,
you are not going to read that watershed date in the Schneps-owned 'g.c.n.'
aka the Gayragpaper! Why? They wouldn't know until they
read it at the informative S.V.A. website and in our "STONEWALL Newzletta"!
That is why we strategically delayed posting this historic
G.L.B.T. his/herstory fact for a day. (It was indicated nowhere
else).
Tuesday, June 30 -- S.V.A. WEBSITE STATISTICS TALLY 300,000+ VERIFIED VISITS
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") had a highly-successful Gay Pride Month with verified visits to the SVA's website. Unlike other Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.")
organiztions, the S.V.A. not only proudly announces its monthly
website, but the S.V.A. proves it! Note that the statistic
figures include direct visits to the website plus Google and Bing
search engines. The independent HTML stats system (queerly) does
not include the Ask.com, Yahoo, AOL, etc. search engines. Visit:
https://www.StonewallVets.org/stats/2020_06.html
Monday, June 29 -- EXCERPTS from WILLISON' HENDERSON's GAY PRIDE INTERVIEW in THE SPECTATOR
Appropriately for Gay Pride Month, the internationally known publication The Spectator obtained an extensive interview with Willson Henderson ("WLH") the founder and elected director of the International STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
. Among the many myths about the Stonewall Uprising is that it
was not started by any drag queens! It's sad that the G.L.B.T.
communities and many in the media cannot simply describe the
reality and tell the ruth! The patrons at the original STONEWALL Club--
not the half-real store that's there now -- was mainly a White
Gay boys establishment run by White Mafia men! The latter
virtually did not allow transgender anything into the club! No
transgender anything were arrested! Of the total of just 22
people arrested over the first three nights, all 22 were White!
And, 21 of the 22 were male! Of course, there was some
variety at The STONEWALL with many Italian guys, lesbians, Jewish
boys, dykes, some males of color, bisexuals, fag-hags, straights,
down-lows, et al. None of the aforementioned ever get 'credit'
for being there! Since the seasoned and good-lookin', openly-Gay
author with stylish silvery hair Chadwick Moore is quite knowledgeable about the real
history of the Stonewall Era, he inquired and guided questions
typically not asked of anyone. Chad knew he was talking to
someone, WLH, who was the 'Stonewall' consulatnt on both "STONEWALL"
feature films and literally, as a regular and popular patron, had all
the Stonewall answers! For
example, no one threw 'the first brick'! To quote Willson, "The
Brick Store was closed!" It wasn't like Frisco 2020 where bricks
were delivered in wheelbarrels by organized anarchists! The
original STONEWALL Club was a wonderful, friendly and happy place with
great music in the jukebox! It was for all practical and social
purposes, the first Gay community center! Stop tearing down its real
his/herstory!
https://Spectator.us/happy-pride-time-topple-stonewall-myth
Sunday, June 28 -- "HERITAGE of PRIDE" aka 'HERITAGE of SHAME' SHAMEFULLY CONTINUES THEIR CRUSADE of DISRESPECT and HATE
The Heritage of Pride ("HOP") aka 'Heritage of Shame'
("HOS") shamefully continues to attempt to 'Steal Stonewall'!
The brain-washed HOPers, resembling a third-rate cult, continue
to demonize instead of praise the actual veterans of the
original Stonewall Club's dangerous police raids and the historic
Stonewall Uprisng! What could be their motive? This toxic reality is unfortunate, however,
true and must be exposed!
Sunday, June 28 -- ABC-TV's ANEMIC 'GAY PRIDE' SHOW BOMBED
Because of the sickening and killing worldwide Wuhan Virus
Pandemic and the sometimes overwhelming Black Lives Matter movement, there was relatively little
real interest in Gay Pride
this year! The parade was cancelled, the streetfair was
cancelled. The rally was cancelled. The dance was canclled.
The STONEWALL Inn is closed! Clearly, the ABC-TV
shallow and boring
two hour program, pretending that there was a non-existent Gay Pride
parade, bombed. ABC' s local NYC producesrs have a pattern of
bombed Gay programs like their total bore last year with "Secrets of
Stonewall 1969". They failed to reveal one secret!
Unbelievably, none of the various giggly co-hosts ever
mentioned the word "Gay"! That's like a Columbus Day celebration
and not mentioning "Italian"! The ABC-TV show street hosts and
third-rate entertainers (all of whom lip-synched and did so badly)
never mentioned the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A."). Wtf? Why do they think they were there?
The non-profit and voluntary S.V.A. is composed of the surviving,
alleged heroes of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.") communities. The folks at ABC-TV, in cahoots with the factually-challeneged and self-serving Heritage of Shame
("HOP") organization, must imagine that the rented Stonewall store made
the old walls come alive to ignite the rebellion!
Saturday, "June 27th" -- SVA's MONTHLY MEETING VIRUS-FORCED to CANCEL
Unfortunately,
since organizational meeting spaces are still not allowed to be available due
to the dangerous Wuhan Virus health pandemic until after Independence Weekend,
the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") --
by decree -- must also cancel its June monthly meeting -- for
the first time ever and incredibly during Gay Pride Month! But, the
'protest' marches, that is an entirely different story and a damn double
standard!! They are allowed even with their thousands in the
streets but not the legendary senior citizens and their guest totalling
about one hundred or so indoors and in a church!
Ironically, today is the *most important
date in G.L.B.T. history*:
June 27th! You will not read that Gay historical reality in the
history-deprived and interest-negligent NYC Gayragpaper aka 'gcn' Most in the G.L.B.T. communities have
no clue! For general suggestions or questions, phone the S.V.A.
office at (212)
627-1969 with voicemail!
"27th of June" -- THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE in GAY HISTORY: JUNE 27th!
Fifty-one years ago in Manhattan, NYC, on Friday, June 27th, 1969, the day of international entertainer, actress, singer, Gay icon Judy Garland's
funeral also in Manhattan -- the first night of the Stonewall incident,
happenstancely ignited the modern Gay Rights movement! The New York City Police Department raided (once again and again) the Mafia-run, yet accommodating, original STONEWALL Bar.
Since the clock passed midnight by an hour or so, the police time
registered as the 28th. Gay time was that Friday night the 27th.
Nobody looked at their watch (if they were wearing a timepiece)
and exclaimed -- especially at a Gay bar and dance club -- "Ohhh, look,
it's past midnight"! In fact, The Beatles
#1 song described that sad day and unique night: "A Hard Day's
Night"! The following evening, Saturday, June 28th,
was the second night of the Stonewall Rebellion! Again, in Gay
time, the first night was the 27th of June 1969!
Friday, June 26 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: SONNY CARSON of MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Rufus "Sonny" Carson, a handsome, well-built, tall, Black
male is a veteran of the first night of the Stonewall Uprising on
Friday, June 27th, 1969! He looked like one of The Temptations!
Sinny just had his birthday party at The STONEWALL Club the night before! Most interesting, besides a vet, he was one of the
few Stonewall employees! Sonny was one of the
alternate -- and only person of color -- bouncers at the original STONEWALL Club!
He was also a bouncer at one of the Gay after-hour clubs.
Thus, Sonny was, of course, known to the local NYCPD Sixth
Precinct police. It is pitiful how he has been overlooked by Gay
history writers. But, they couldn't write what they didn't know
and failed to find out. Clearly, Creepy Carter's bombed book was
not 'definitive' as the NYC Gayragpaper falsifies! Sonny was and
is a big fan of the 1969 blue convertible known as the "Stonewall Car"!
The S.V.A. plans to arrange legendary Sonny Carson traveling to
NYC for the "SVA's Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion" on July
25th!
Wednesday, June 24 -- THE SPECTATOR PUBLICATION CONVENES HISTORICAL INTERVIEW with WILLSON HENDERSON
Appropriately, during Gay Pride Week, The Spectator
publication reached out to an actual participant (not just a
'spectator', although there were dozens of spectators who saw him in
action) in the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion! He is the
founder of the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association: the innovative and persevering director of the S.V.A. -- elected annually by actual Stonewall veterans -- Willson L. Henderson.
Readers will have a factual insight and unique glimpse of
the actual Stonewall Uprising! No, it was not a 'riot'! You
can see real 'riots' on all current news shows and the front
pages of all newspapers. No, it wasn't started by 'trans
women of color' (and other new century terminology that did not exist
then) or other segments that were not allowed in the original STONEWALL Club-- not
the version that's there now! There were twenty-two
arrests spanning the first three nights of the event: all 22 were
White! And, 21 of 22 were male! Source, besides spectators,
the NYCPD. It's a matter of police record. Openly-Gay
author
Chadwick Moore explores what
many in the G.L.B.T. community have known for decades but nobody has
fully detailed it in print until now! 'Along the Gay', Chadda gets a few things mixed up like reversed non-roles of Skunkgirl Sylvia and Musha Marsha.
But he gets that bottom line right: Neither outcast had any
role in the Stonewall Rebellion; neither were there and neither were
allowed in the club! In sharp contrast, educated and
employed then, since and now, Willson Henderson was also
the "Stonewall" advisor on the musical "Stonewall: Night
Variations" for Stonewall 25 in 1994, thw official 'Stonewall'
consultant on the first "Stonewall"
full-length feature film directed by Nigel Finch and Christine Vaschon
in 1996, and the sole "Stonewall" consultant on the big production "STONEWALL!" movie by the remarkable director Roland Emmerich in 2015.
Read the "Stonewall 51" Gay Pride 411 article and enjoy the pix: https://Spectator.us/happy-pride-time-topple-stonewall-myth
Tuesday, June 23 -- PRIMARY ELECTION DAY in NEW YORK, U.S.A.
Any U.S.A. election day is always significant to the survivors of the Stonewall Era and the SVA's veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion as
it has been for 51 years! In the Summer of 1969, S.V.A.
members successfully worked to help Mayor John Lindsay --
and on a third party political line -- win re-election that November!
"They" said he wouldn't win; SVA-ers said he would!
Lettuce fast forward to 2020! Today is an opportunity
to
support the U.S. congressmembers in New York City who respect
and support the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association such as Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Eliot Engel, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congressman Adriano Espaillat and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez among others -- and not support (and hopefully oust) those who do not namely Jerrold "The Phat Man" Natler! Be sute to V-O-T-E -- it is the ultimate tradition of America!
Monday, June 22 -- WILLSON HENDERSON INTERVIEWED by 'THE CITY' ON-LINE PUBLICATION
Saturday, June 20 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: BRENDA HOLLOWAY
Brenda Holloway was one of the
perennial favorites in the ~original~ STONEWALL Club jukebox
(1966 to 1969). Some of Brenda's many popular songs on
Motown Records include "Every Little Bit Hurts" (pre-Stonewall Era), "(What Are U Going To Do) When I'm
Gone" (written and produced by Smokey Robinson), "Just Look What You've
Done" (redone by Frankie Valli in the mid-1970s as a disco hit) and the
now international standard "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (besides
sung, written by Brenda)! And, she is still performing! For
more on birthday Brenda Holloway, including discography and photos,
visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-5.htm.
Saturday, June 20 -- "TEN DAYS of GAY PRIDE" STARTS TODAY
The countdown of
the "Ten Days of Gay Pride" this year 2020 is from June 19th through
June 28th The S.V.A. holds a special and private social committee
meeting today (recipients are informed where and when) to focus on the
planned activities of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
during this period. Among many other responsibilities and
commitments, the S.V.A. must also have its classic blue 1969
convertible a.k.a. the "Stonewall Car"
fully serviced to be on display for Gay Pride Weekend and at the SVA's
annual conference next month (July 25th). FYI, the famous vehicle has
not been used since "Stonewall 49"!! This year, for your information, is "Stonewall 51"!
Friday, June 19 -- RuPAUL CHARLES IS a STONE-COLD FACED LIAR
RuPaul Charles's latest
fraud is printing on the television screen of her over-rated t.v. show
that "The Stonewall Rebellion was started by a Black trans woman".
Wtf? Laughable except the ridiculous falsehood is viewed over the year
by millions of people and some of whom then repeat the lie! Among
other FACTS, there were 21 Gay people arrested over the first three
nights (none on the third and fourth evenings) of the
incident: all were White! Twenty-one of twenty-two were
males! No drag queens, no cross-dressers and no flame queens.
None were transgender anything. Next, Ru will be stating
that the American Founding Fathers with the same wigs were really trannies -- and of
color! Besides a liar, to prove what a hypocrite RuPaul is, she
never did Aretha's "Respect" with the S.V.A., or contacted nor contributed a dollar to
the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association which is known for having
several well-known, actual veterans of the 1969 uprising such as Storme
DeLarverie, Stanley Dunne, Magora Kennedy, Leroi Carr and Nance Lomax
among others! They were attendees at the demonstrations, they
didn't start it. RuPaul: stop lying, bitch!
Wednesday, June 17 -- MORE SHAME on the HETEROSEXUALLY-OWNED, RIP-OFF 'STONEWALL INN'
Although it is widely know that the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association has a duly-deserved "Gaycott" against the slanderous and selfish "Stonewall Inn" owned by greedy straight men Anthony DeCico and Bill Morgan
-- how do you spell rip-off -- it was understandably not known by one
out-of-town senior citizen Stonewall veteran. Robert A. Spiegel
of DC reports: "I sent numerous previous and prospective
supporters, including the supposed Stonewall Inn, a one-page donor
letter and accompanying S.V.A. sponsorship form in connection
with the Stonewall Rebellion anniversary and the non-profit S.V.A.
While most of the letter recipients responded positively with
support or at least replied, The Stonewall Inn was not among them!
Most people know that the real Stonewall bar owners behave badly
particularly as everyone knows that the bastards wouldn't be in
business if it were not for the veterans o the original STONEWALL Club!
Basically, Mr. DiCico and Mr. Morgan are saying, especially
during the current killer health pandemic: drop dead suckers!"
Monday, June 15 -- PUBLIC OFFICIAL S.V.A. SUPPORTERS PRAISE GAY WIN SUPREME COURT DECISION
First out of the gate, and most appropriately, is the
signer of the Marriage Equality law in New York: Governor Andrew Mario
Cuomo ("AMC"). "The Supreme Court has made history, affirming
what we've long known in New York: All Americans, including LGBT
people, must be protected from discrimination in the workplace.
New York State was the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights
movement and has long been the nation's torchbearer of equality...." In contrast, the sensible-challenged Jerr-old "The Phat Man" Natler
barked: "This decision is a rebuke of the Trump
Administration...." Really? The two Supreme justices that
made the powerful decision a win for Gays, et al. -- otherwise, it
would have been a 5/4 against -- are both appointed by... Republican presidents...
George W. Bush, Jr. and President Donald Trump! Duh!
"Monday, Monday", June 15 -- SUPREME COURT DECIDES to BAN GAY DISCRIMINATION in JOBS
The United States of America Supreme Courthas
made landmark decisions on behalf of the greater Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.") communities such as 'Gay
Marriage'
during Gay Pride Month! This year's June Gay Pride Month is
no exception! The 'revolutionary' decision -- making it a
crime to discriminate against GLBTs in employment -- won by an
outstanding 6-to-3 margin! It also protects Gay and Transgender
people from being fired just for being who they are now guaranteed
by the Civil Rights Act of 1964! And to think
(a reality-check for the
liars and haters such as the Gayragpaper and SDC) that "it all
ignited",
mostly by Gay boys and Gay girls, at the original STONEWALL Gay Bar
& Dance Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, USA!
Thursday, June 4 -- 'STONEWALL' DEMOCRAT CLUB PUTS OUT ANOTHER STUPID and INSULTING EMALE
The so-called Stonewall Democratic Club ("SDC") also known as the Stonewalling Democrat Clan, a group that is most known for deceptively ripping off the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association,
has put out another stupid and insulting emale! The SDC is an
egregious offense to all heroic Stonewall veterans -- alive and
dead! It must be Gay
Pride Month -- it unfortunately brings out some jealous haters
from within the G.L.B.T. communities. SDC's stupid and insulting
e-male has the subject: "Stonewall was a riot!". It would
be
stupid enough but to write that when there are actual 'riots'
across America insuring endless people -- one killed -- and millions of
dollars in destruction and ruing businesses and people's lives makes it
all the stupider -- especially when the reality is that "the Stonewall
Rebellion (get it?) was not a 'riot'! This S.D.C.is
a factually- and ethically-challeged group that asks candidates
verbally,
besides on a written form to be signed, if they ever voted for a
Republican? Dumb question! In New York City, how do you
think that Republican mayors LaGuardia, Lindsay, Giuliani and
Bloomberg, e.g., got elected and re-elected (and re-elected)?
They won with Democratic voters. Nonetheless, what the SDC
does not reveal is that not only do many, if not most, perhaps all, of
their members vote for a Republican but the club itself has endorsed a
Republican(s)! This is just one example of their diviseness and
duplicity. Hey, SDC: change your name!
Wednesday, June 3 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: MICHAEL IRA SWERDLOW from LONG ISLAND
Monday, June 1st, 2020 -- FIRST NEW YORK OFFICIAL to CONTACT the S.V.A. for GAY PRIDE MONTH: GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
Gay * PRIDE * Month
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Saturday, May 30 -- PLANNED PRE-PRIDE MONTH MEETING MUST BE Re-SCHEDULED DUE to HEALTH PANDEMIC
Update: Unfortunately, the S.V.A. cannot have its planned Pre-Pride meeting due to the
health safety situation caused by the Wuhan Virus epidemic. The state "pause" has not
yet been lifted for any organizations to have public meetings. In New York City, for
example, sadly, there are still about one hundred deaths daily! See you on June 27th!
Wednesday, May 27 -- STONEWALL VETERAN BIRTHDAY: JOANI C. SOBEL aka J.C. of MANHATTAN
Tuesday, May 26 -- SVA's WILLSON HENDERSON FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SCHLEPS' GAYRAGPAPER
The SVA's founder Willson L. Henderson
--despite all of the courts being closed due to the Wuhan Virus
pandemic -- was able, thanks to a timely new option as of today, to
file the court lawsuit against shady, schmeary and slanderous Schneps Communications
on-line! What a swell feature! The charges are:
Libel, defamation, slander, personal attacks and loss of income
resulting from the printed confabulations! Schleps Media has a
pattern of out-of-control trash journalism. Like Willson learned
from his father: "If you don't
fight back... you lose"! Once a delayed (due to the
pandemic) court date is set, stay tuned for the first court appearance
rundown on the lowdowners!
Monday, May 25 -- MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY: REMEMBERING THOSE WHOM WE HAVE LOST
Wednesday, May 20 -- S.V.A. STAFF BIRTHDAY: ELDON JOHNSON, YOUTH-4-SVA ORGANIZER
Wednesday, May 20 -- ORIGINAL STONEWALL CLUB JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS's BIRTHDAY: CHER!
Saturday, May 23 -- N.YS. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CALLS (AGAIN) CHECKING on the STONEWALL VETS
The executive department person calling the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association on behalf of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo,
and others on his staff, have regularly followed-up out of concern
during a deadly health epidemic for the definitively legendary
yet, nonetheless, particularly vulnerable surviving members of the
historic 1969 Stonewall police raids and G.L.B.T. rebellion. It
is no secret that the Stonewall vets are, now, all senior citizens and,
in addition, most presumably have serious 'underlying conditions'.
For example, one S.V.A. member if put on a vigorous ventilator
would soon kill him due to a lung situation. The S.V.A.
wholeheartedly appreciates the sincere concern and the renewed offer to
help the S.V.A. in any way! (Clearly, the governor and his staff
are in sharp contrast to the irresponsibility, ignorance and rudeness
of electeds such as The Schlub and Horey J. and Ruby Diaz Jr.!)
The S.V.A. and all citizenry greatly appreciate Governor Cuomo's
daily and detailed, sit-down press conferences on the current health
pandemic with the epicenter in New York City!
Friday, May 15 -- HERITAGE of SHAME aka 'HERITAGE of PRIDE' STILL HASN'T LEARNED THEIR LESSON
Heritage of Pride
("HOP"), known more now for its money, money, money trajectory, has
again (and again) ignorantly displayed its collective rudeness
reinforcing its also known as Heritage of Shame("HOS")!
No one at the original STONEWALL Club from 1966 through
1969 would have ever imagined that Gays would be able to legally marry
each other! Nor would any of said G.L.B.T. people have
horrored that
there would be a group that started fifteen years later after US
would then
on the fiftieth anniversary ignore and insult said heroes of the
subsequent 1969 5-night Stonewall Rebellion! The dysfunctional
and largely ungrateful communities have an increasingly bad pattern of
not giving credit where credit is (over)due! Incredibly,
HOS's
ludicrous lies have become so outlandish that they no longer know
what their lying
about! To be continued.... Court filings resume soon!
Saturday, May 9: GAY ROCK 'n' ROLL 'n' SOUL LEGEND DIES: LITTLE RICHARD @ 87
Wednesday, May 6 -- WILLSON HENDERSON LAWSUIT vs. GAYRAGPAPER IGNITES WHEN COURTS RE-OPEN
Someone -- namely the STONEWALL Rebellion Veteans Association's founder and figure head Willson L. Henderson
-- in the dysfunctional Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
("G.L.B.T.") communities has to stand up to the slanderers in the
heterosexually-owned and journalistic ethically-deprived Schneps Media aka Schleps Communications dba Gay City News aka Gay Sh*tty News aka Gayragpaper
now the lower-cased and low-life 'gcn'!! That person to stand up
is Willson! What else is new already? The Gayragpaper's
persistent poison pen Druncan Ozburn
aka Duncan Osborne (from Massachusetts not NY) is the despicable reason
for the necessary lawsuit. It's similiar to GOAL's openly-Gay Tom
Verni having to sue David Kilmnick of the Long Island GLBT Network!
And for the same reasons: libel, defamation and slander.
Druncan acts and poison pens as if he were in NYC in 1969.
He wasn't. Like the popular song, Willson is the "Native
New Yorker"! Stay tuned for the reopening of the Courts!
Sunday, May 3 -- ORIGINAL STONEWALL JUKEBOX STAR BIRTHDAY: FRANKIE VALLI
Saturday, 2 May -- 50 YEARS of GAY PRIDE PERSONS and NEW YORK CITY G.L.B.T. PARADES
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association is
featured in an out-standing collage of individual photos of dozens
of Stonewall veterans. There are many photos from many Gay Pride
parades in New York City. Also shown is the famous,
classic, blue 1969 "Stonewall Convertible"! The
photographs span five decades from 1969 to 2019! Collection
of photos created by Leticia Remauro of The Von Agency.
https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=0K9hGL0GW8c
Friday, May 1 -- REMEMBERING NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER and S.V.A. SUPPORTER HENRY J. "STARQUEST" STERN (1935-2019)
May 2020 -- THE U.S. PRESIDENT DECLARES: "OLDER AMERICANS MONTH"
"Older Americans Month", stemming from the current worldwide pandemic, is totally relevant to all of the veterans of the 1966 to 1969
Stonewall police raids and the 1969 Stonewall uprising as all of
the Stonewall veterans are (drum roll)... older Americans! The members of the National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") are especially appreciative of this relevant recognition and timely concern. As everybody in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender ("G.L.B.T.") community knows (except perhaps the Schleps-owned Gayragpaper creeps),
the most vulnerable to the deadly Wuhan virus pandemic in the G.L.B.T.
communities are unquestionably the elders!
Saturday, April 25 -- MONTHLY MEETING of STONEWALL VETS CANCELLED due to PANDEMIC
New York State Governor and longtime S.V.A. supporter Andrew M. Cuomo
announced today, the 6th of April, that during this pandemic New York
State on P.A.U.S.E. has been extended through April 29th. This means
that non-essential businesses and all schools will remain closed. New
Yorkers must continue to stay at home, follow the social distancing
protocols when outside, including staying at least six feet away
from others when in public, and preferably wearing face coverings.
Thus, this S.V.A. meeting must be cancelled! See you on 30th of May!
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Meanwhile, unlike thoughtless NYC-wide officials, the Governor's office
has contacted the S.V.A. different ways and different times during this
deadly pandemic, particularly for G.L.B.T. senior citizens! For your
informatiom, all of the Stonewall veterans are obviously senior elders!
If someone was 18 in 1969, they would be, at least, 68 now or much more!
The NYS Department of Health has declared: "Seniors, and persons with
pre-existing medical issues, are most vulnerable to the Corona Virus
(COVID-19) and are disproportionately likely to develop severe health
complications as a result of infection". That reality is common sense!
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Friday, April 24 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX SUPERSTAR BIRTHDAY: BARBRA STREISAND
Wednesday, April 8 -- REMEMBERING STONEWALL VET RAY McCAFFREY (Feb. 20, 1932 - April 8, 2019)
Sunday, April 5 -- STONEWALL VETERAN + SVA MEMBER 'PAPA' JEAN V. DEVENTE DIES in CT at 88 1/2
The independent and irrasible 'Papa' Jean V. Devente -- a cherished
old-school dyke from a bygone era -- died peacefully in his home
state of Connecticut at nearly ninety years old! The last time
that Papa Jean was publicly seen in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("G.L.B.T.") community was, most
appropriately, with the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") and,
also ironically appropriate, in the annual New York City Gay Pride
Parade in 2017! Jean's last G.L.B.T. photo was leading that
parade with the S.V.A. in the SVA's flotilla of classic convertibles.
Jean is survived by longtime and loyal partner Evelyn Fitzsimmons
for over four decades! Evelyn always accompanied Jean at S.V.A.
events and NYC parades. See 'Papa' Jean in the attached story and
Gay Pride parade photo: http://www.NewYorkTrue.com/photo-gallery-nyc-pride-march.
Notes: The care-less New York True reporter, 'John Kenny',
referred to the generic "Stonewall veterans" several times
including the fact that we led the "NYC 48th Annual Gay Pride Parade"!
However, he failed to ever state the name of the organization:
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")! Mr. Kenny also failed to report the fact that Jean Devente was riding in one of the S.V.A. flotilla of classic convertibles -- arranged by the SVA's director Willson Henderson.
The not-so-newsy reporter ignored the reality that sitting atop
the back seat of the vintage Mercedes convertible next to 'Papa'
Devente is... NYS Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan -- an honorary member of the S.V.A.! And, in fact, NYC mayoral candidate Paul J. Massey, Jr., who was mentioned, was the guest of -- you guessed it -- the S.V.A.!
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Monday, April 1st (April Fool's Day) -- SVA's WILLSON' HENDERSON SLANDER SUIT VS. SCHNEPS MEDIA dba GAYRAGPAPER
- For the past two decades, when members, supporters and sponsors of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") think of "April Fools", they instantly think of the fool-hearty and foolish Gay City News aka Gay Sh*tty News aka GayRagPaper now liddle g.c.n.', currently in its sixth set of six owners, now the allegedly heterosexual mommy 'n' sonny (Vicky Sue and Joshie) duo publishers of Schneps Communications aka Schleps Media!
To paraphrase a popular ant-acid televison commercial:
How do you spell 'trash'? SVA's founder Willson L. Henderson (WLH") has announced that he will personally sue the Schleps dba Gayragpaper! Although the Schleps know that
the
sleaze article by the dubious Druncan Ozburn and despicably published on the eve of "Stonewall 50" against the legendary S.V.A. and its luminary
director WLH is libelous and
defamatory, they have kept it posted on the internet for nearly a year!
The last time that WLH sued the NYC Gayragpaper (five owners ago), the NYC Civil Court
famously declared Willson as the "Gay Rosa Parks.... who continues to
fight for G.L.B.T. rights"! Insofar as all of the Courts (except
criminal, of which this case is reminiscent) are closed due to the
worldwide pandemic, the pending
lawsuit is simply delayed. The main target of the
maliciousness and
lies, Willson has his legal suit against the Schneps aka the Schleps on
hold. The paperwork is completed! It shall be processed promptly on the reopening of the New York City Courts!
Saturday, March 28 -- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION MEETING CANCELLED
After more than a half century of existence, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Asssociation,
unfortunately, due to unforeseen worldwide circumstances of a
contageous virus, the venue where the S.V.A. meets, St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greenwich Village, understandably must
suspend all meetings as per emergency law! The Wuhan Virus
has caused the cancellation of endless events; huge like the two-million spectators New York
City St. Patrick's Day Parade (for the first time in over 250 years since 1762), all Broadway and off-Broadway shows, and
literally all sports events, and small like the S.V.A. get2gether.
The should-have-been-avoided, reckless virus has resulted in the victimized deaths of over 15,000 people just in New York State!
The S.V.A. would never have guessed -- who would -- that a
monthly meeting here in the U.S.A. would be upended due to that
well-known branding: "Made in China"!
Thursday, March 26 -- "STONEWALL JUKEBOX" SUPERSTAR BIRTHDAY: DIANA ROSS
Wednesday, March 25 -- ST. JOHN's EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
St. John's Evangelical Church
(the "Church") in Greenwich Village, NYC, is where the S.V.A. meets! In
this unusual and unexpected time of a worldwide pandemic and financial
crisis, closed businesses and home restrictions, you do not have to be
a mathemetician to figure out that with the Church closed from all
Sunday masses, services, meetings, and events, it is an
obvious financial drain on the Church. Please contribute to
the Church that houses the STONEWALL Veterans' Association annual
conferences and all of its monthly meetings. We are requesting --
our idea -- that you make a worthwhile and tax-exempt contribution
to the Church! Please write a check or money order payable
to: St. John's Lutheran Church. In the memo section, simply
print: S.R.V.A. (with the dots). You can mail it directly to the
Church or send it to the S.V.A. at 70-A Greenwich Avenue, Suite
120, Manhattan, NY 10011. We shall present the donations in
person to the wonderful Pastor Mark E. Erson.
Besides monetary support, you can also 'like' the Church at:
https://www.FaceBook.com/StJohnsLutheranChurchNYC
Monday, March 23 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: PUBLIC RELATIONIST LETICIA REMAURO in STATEN ISLAND
Friday, March 20 -- SVA's
FOUNDER WILLSON HENDERSON ANNOUNCES PLANNED PERSONAL DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
AGAINST the LIBELOUS SCHNEPS COMMUNICATIONS aka SCHLEPS MEDIA, CURRENT
CAGE-HOLDERS of the SLANDEROUS NYC GAYRAGPAPER
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Tuesday, March 17 -- ST. PATRICK'S DAY -- All Parades Cancelled due to China Virus
Monday, March 16 -- BROADWAY CARES PRESENTS "BROADWAY BACKWARDS" at NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE - CANCELLED
Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS and the STONEWALL Veterans Association have
had a longterm, productive and mutual relationship for about a
quarter-of-a-century! The S.V.A. is always happy and proud to
urge attendance at BC/EFA's great theatrical and musical productions!
"Broadway Backwards" is a wonderful, talented and witty musical
extravaganza with the gender roles of popular songs is reversed.
For example, Connie Francis's "Where The Boys Are" would get
turned into "Where The Girls Are"! Venue is the New Amsterdam
Theatre at Times Square on West 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY. For
more info on Broadway Cares,
please view: https://www.BroadwayCares.org . Update: Due to the national emergency caused by the China Virus, this event had to be cancelled.
Sunday, March 15 -- PRIVATE "INSIDE STONEWALL!" DOCUMENTARY RECEPTION in TRIBECA, NYC POSTPONED DUE to the CHINA VIRUS OUTBREAK
Friday, the 13th of March -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: LONGTIME LEGAL COUNSEL HALLY M. WEINER
Saturday, March 7 -- S.V.A. STAFF BIRTHDAY: YOUTH ORGANIZER RAINBOW MELLIQUE
Saturday, February 29 -- S.VA's MONTHLY MEETING at ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC @ 3:15 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.
Reports are provided by several Stonewall veterans. Willson Henderson welcomes suggestions and diagrams plans for the "SVA's 51st Annual Conference & Reunion" on June 27th. Bert Coffman
relates the Community Bored #2 streetfair activity hearing for the
forthcoming "17th Annual S.V.A. Streetfair"! C/B-2 complained
about too many streetfairs in East Greenwich Village. Then,
eliminate others not the legandary S.V.A. They even invoked
the East 14th street 'busway' -- irrelevant to the SVA's streetfair
below said street. Joani Sobel updates
communications with the offices of various public officials such as NYS Governor
Andrew Cuomo and Congresswoman Carolina Maloney. St. John's Church's wonderful pastor Reverend Mark Erson makes a special appearance to chat with the Stonewall vets! The leap-year get2gether is @ 3:15 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, February 27 -- COURT: "STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION vs. SCHNEPS MEDIA fka GAY CITY NEWS aka GAYRAGPAPER dba gcn"
Saturday, January 25 , 2020 -- NATIONAL STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING in NEW YORK CITY
The National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A.") meets the last Saturday of every month
-- unless it is an
American national holiday! Various reports, including
communications with other G.L.B.T. and non-GLBT organizations and from elected public officials and candidates, are
provided by Stonewall
veterans. In fact, one of the SVA's longtime and active honorary members is a candidate... for U.S. President!
Opening discussions and preliminary planning for the "SVA's 51st Annual Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion + Testimonials"
on Saturday the 27th of June in 2020 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church! Nominations for both the male and female keynote
speakers! A new "Songs of the Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox" compact disc will be compiled for the event and "Stonewall 51"!
Updates are dished out on the SVA's lawsuit in the Civil Court of the City of New York against the often-dumped Gayragpaper a.k.a. poisonous Gay City News now d.b.a. as the down-sized and down-low 'g.c.n.'. The Gayragpaper is currently
mismanaged and the source of diss-information by the heterosexually-owned Schneps Communuications,
for libel,
defamation, slander, loss of revenue, etc. It is highly
unlikely that the Gayragpaper libelers will prevail in their 'motion to
dismiss' as it is filled with lies and more libel! If, as is
widely-circulated and upon information and belief, Schleps Media finally extinguishes the
veracity-challenged, slander monger and journalistic travesty Druncan Ozburn a.k.a. Duncan Osborne,
the lawsuit shall, of course, continue, and expand, insofar as the Schlepses published
the trash and still have not had it removed to the trash bin! Question: Why doesn't the leading G.L.B.T. city in the World have several -- as NYC
did for decades -- but at least one Gay-owned newspaper? NYC has nada!
The
SVA's divine venue is at the historic and welcoming St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church full-service Founders' Room at 83
Christopher Street just off Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village,
Manhattan,
New York City from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Feel free to bring
foods and beverages to share. For more 411 on the legendary
S.V.A.,
please visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/mainpage.htm.
Thursday, January 2, 2020 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: NATIONAL REP DONZEL R. WILLIAMS
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SVA's color
theme for the month of December is appropriately green for festive holiday Christmas!
V.A. Events"
is updated daily (except Sundays and holidays):
1st January 2020 @ 12 noon (EST)
Tuesday, December 31 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION COMPLETES ITS 50th YEAR!
Monday, December 30 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: MENDY SELTZA, TREASURER of the STONEWALL V.A.
Monday, December 30 -- BIRTHDAY: STEVEN GRADMAN, PRESIDENT of PRIDE DEMOCRATS of NYC
Saturday, December 28 -- S.V.A. MONTHY MEMBERS MEETING -- HOLIDAY EDITION
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The last Saturday in December is the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association's
traditional Christmas and yearly Holiday weekend meeting and
culinary festivities! The most divine venue for this
S.V.A. event is a church: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church
("SJELC")... in the most appropriate area: Greenwich Village... on the
most appropriate street: Christopher! Stonewall veteran reports are presented by: Willson Henderson, Joani Sobel, Berti Coffman, Rusty Rose and Ramon Bellido. A
forthcoming NYC mayoral candidate may stop by to say 'Happy Holidaze'
and to pledge their support as mayor to the oft-overlooked
STONEWALL veterans! Several actual veterans of the original
Stonewall Club police raids and/or rebellion provide end-of-year
reflections on "STONEWALL 50"! Music will be the "Songs of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox - Holiday Edition" compiled by the SVA's Willson Henderson. He presents a special Christmas 2019 edition of the 30-song compact music disc to Reverend Mark E. Erson,
popular pastor of SJELC. Members V-O-T-E: On the next
organizational recipient of the bequething of the famous and valuable,
classic, blue 1969 convertible also known as the "Stonewall Car"!
The SJELC Founders' Room is at 81 Christopher Street off Seventh
Avenue in Greenwich Village, NYC. "Jesus Juice", as
great gay entertainer Michael Jackson called it, has its first pouring @
3:15 p.m.
Saturday, December 28 -- BIRTHDAY: S.V.A. GENERAL MANAGER ANDRE M. CHRISTIE @ 34
Tuesday, December 24 -- ON THE RADIO: CHRISTMAS and HOLIDAY SONGS
In addition to the "Christmas & Holiday Songs" on Lite F.M. Radio in the New York Tri-State area, every
year WCBS-Radio -- known for 'the greatest hits' -- plays
round-the-clock Christmas and holiday songs. You will hear many
songs that were perennial holiday favortes in the STONEWALL jukebox
at the authentic STONEWALL Club from 1966 to 1969. The
artists include The Ronettes, The Four Seasons, Darlene Love, Frank
Sinatra, The Supremes, The Miracles, Aretha Franklin, Andy
Williams and dozens of others. Tune into 101.1 F.M. on your
radio dial!
Monday, December 23 -- UPDATE from SVA's LAWYER re: SVA v. HETEROSEXUAL SCHNEPS' GAYRAGPAPER
Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 -- CHRISTMAS -- INTERNATIONAL HOLYDAY and HOLIDAY
Sunday, December 22 -- HAPPY CHANUKAH -- and SPIN the DREIDEL!
Friday, December 20 -- DARLENE LOVE PERFORMS HER HIT CHRISTMAS SONG on TV's"THE VIEW"
Darlene Love
performs
her timeless rock 'n' soul holiday hit song "Christmas, Baby
Please Come Home"! The original song was the lead single from the
most popular holiday album "A Christmas Gift For You" produced by
the legendary Phil Spector. After performing this
exciting song on "The Late Show" for thirty years, this is her fifth
year big production on "The View"! The song is played on the
radio every year! Darlene annually performs in the last
segment, so you can turn on the t.v. @ 11:45 a.m. This year
she will have a special guest singer again. The original 1963
record
album cover with Darlene photo is displayed at: www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-5.htm.
Post-event video of cool Darlene Love's awesome performance and with special hot guest singer Jason Derulo:
www.Ask.com/youtube?q=Darlene%20Love%20and%20Jason%20Derulo&v=hY7m5jjJ9mM&oLink
Wednesday, December 18 -- CHRISTMAS HITS and HOLIDAY SONGS on LITE-FM RADO at 106.7 F.M.
Every year, Lite-FM Radio features great
Christmas hits like "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home" and holiday
favorite songs such as "Sleigh Ride" and many singing artists popular
year after year in the original STONEWALL Club jukebox! Hear most
of the artists namely Darlene Love, Frank Sinatra, Ronnie Spector
& The Ronettes, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Connie
Francis, Dean 'Dino' Martin, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Bob B. Soxx
& The Blue Jeans, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, The Crystals,
The Beach Boys, Petula Clark, Elvis Presley, The McGuire Sisters, The
Temptations, et al. and, of course, Judy Garland with her timeless
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"! For the actual
patrons of The STONEWALL
Club, it brings back and continues meaningful Gay club memories of
Christmastime!
Tune into 106.7 F.M. (24/7) and enjoy!
Friday, December 13 -- LEGAL DEP'T: S.V.A. vs. SCHLEPS MEDIA d.b.a. NYC GAYRAGPAPER
Currently, there is a legal motion pending before the NYC
Civil Court. The judge is obviously investigating the history,
the affidavits and the exhibits of the case. It involves the
plaintiff STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association's complaint charges of overwhelming prima facie evidence
of libel, defamation and slander against the legendary, non-profit and
now senior citizen organization S.V.A. and, therefore, a resultant loss
of revenue, intentionally caused by the scurrilous, vindictive and
mean-spirited article in the dwindling in readership and down-sized NYC Gay City News aka 'Gayragpaper' now "g.c.n." published by the irresponsible, hateful, yellow journalism of Schneps Communications against
the Stonewall veterans. The maliciousness was further exemplied
by its disrespectful timing with Schleps Media publishing the trash in print and on-line on
the eve of "WorldGayPride" and the SVA's "STONEWALL 50" anniversary! Stay tuned....
Thursday, December 12 -- REMEMBERING NYC MAYOR and S.V.A. HONORARY CHAIRPERSON ED KOCH
Wednesday, December 12 -- VINTAGE G.L.B.T. CLUB JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: CONNIE FRANCIS!
Tuesday, December 10 -- BROADWAY CARES PRESENTS "RED BUCKET FOLLIES" SHOW
For more 411 on Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS special, annual, exciting production show "Red Bucket Follies", formerly known as "Gypsy of the Year", visit: https://BroadwayCares.org.
"December 7th" -- PEARL HARBOR REMEMRANCE DAY - the 2nd WORSE DATE in AMERICAN HISTORY!
Wednesday, December 4 -- NYS GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO'S BIRTHDAY DINNER at THE ESSEX HOUSE
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans' Association
has been participating in Andrew Mario Cuomo's public birthday blow-outs
since they started in 2005! Representing the S.V.A. are Willson Henderson, AnDre Christie and Palavi Malik. The band starts playing @ 6 p.m. To see a photo of Willson & AnDre
from that original and exciting 2005 A.M.C. event, visit '2005' at {revised link}: www.StonewallVets.org/AnDreChristie.htm.
Tuesday, December 3 -- "GIVING TUESDAY"... EXCEPT to the DESERVING, NON-PROFIT, VOLUNTEER S.V.A.
Some of the G.L.B.T. thankless organizations who are always
begging for monies, funds, grants, etc., etc. but not giving include,
but are not limited to: Manhattan LGBT Center (aka the mundanely called 'Center'),
which received an obscene one million dollars from Goo-gle to
supposedly preserve 'Stonewall stories' (wtf) and Stonewall
archives (S.V.A. has them) -- in other words, using our
"Stonewall" to windfall profits for them -- but outlandishly gave and
gives nada to the S.V.A.; the Stonewall Community Foundation (S.C.F.), constantly using
the SVA's namesake helps magnet big money for them but nada for the S.V.A.; the Seniors
Active in A Gay Environment (SAGE), allegedly so concerned about Gay
elders -- unless they're seniors who are Stonewall veterans!
That is hypocritical, disingenuous and ignorant of them.
To those ungrateful, selfish, prone to slander G.L.B.T. groups, we shout out: "Shame on
U!" The shame will not evaporate! In contrast, for groups and folks who want to support
and contribute to the S.V.A., its mission, its purposes, its goals, its
programs, and its out-standing people, visit: www.StonewallVets.org/membership/sponsorship.htm
Monday, December 2 -- RONNIE SPECTOR & THE RONETTES LIGHT UP LINCOLN CENTER, NYC
Lincoln Center, New
York has most appropriately chosen the legendary Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes headline their Christmas tree-lighting happening. Besides their group and her solo hits, Ronnie & The Ronettes are known for three big holiday songs such as "Sleigh Ride" on the famous and still popular Phil Spector Christmas Album.
These rock 'n' soul holiday songs are played on the radio every
December! Ceremony on the Dante Park Main Stage is emcee'd by
handsome Jawan 'Motown' Jackson,
former co-star of "Motown The Musical" and current co-star of "Ain't
Too Proud To Beg: The Temptations" on Broadway. The Christmas tree lights up @ 5:30 p.m. with a half-hour program. Location is on Broadway between West 63rd and 64th streets in
Manhattan. Read more
about this festive holiday event at: www.WintersEve.NYC/tree-lighting
Sunday, December 1, 2019 -- NATIONAL A.I.D.S. AWARENESS DAY
Saturday, November 30 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
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SVA's yearly Thanksgiving Weekend meeting and foods! What G.L.B.T. organizations would meet on a holiday weekend except the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association? None -- certainly not the paid organizations like 'Stonewall' rip-off and endless money S.A.G.E. (allegedly Seniors
Active in a Gay Environment)!
And, by 'regular' we intend not the 7-step, 10-step,
12-step, etc.
single-purpose groups. The "Bi-Laws" of the S.V.A. specify that
the organization can waive meeting on holiday weekends.
However, the
S.V.A. has so much 'unfinished business' from this year of
"Stonewall 50"! SVA-ers will be electing its 2020 S.V.A.
officers! At the other end of the burning candle, SVA-ers will be
voting on the best G.L.B.T. organization (e.g., HRC) and the worst LGBT group
(e.g., H.O.P.) of the year! Besides, there is a holiday weekend S.V.A. gathering
as it functions as
networking for the Stonewall vets and friends. We enjoy seeing
and
socializing with each other just as we did 50 years ago at the original
STONEWALL Club!
Encore Guest Speaker: New York City congressional candidate Lindsey Boylanfor
the 10th District -- the very district that the 1969 Stonewall
Rebellion happened, the very district that the S.V.A. commenced, and
the very district where this S.V.A. meeting takes place! It
is the very district in which the current exclusionary, scheming
and
rude inhabitant needs to be 86'd! At long last, the G.L.B.T.
community
and everybody else in the 10th CD has a Democratic alternative to "The
Nasty Natler" -- and one who can win! Visit: www.LindseyBoylan.com.
One of the timely topics is the reality that one
of the SVA's well-known, longtime supporters is running for U.S.
President: Michael R. Bloomberg.
Stonewall veterans such as Leigh McManus, Joani Sobel and Peter Rybart each share a special moment from the original
STONEWALL Club (1966 to 1969)! Nominations for 2020 S.V.A. officers is orchestrated by S.V.A. Vice-President Bert Coffman. Regarding public official communications, Ruthybird
reports on official correspondence from electeds such as US
Senator Corey Booker, Congressman Eliot Engel, NYS Assemblyman David
Weprin and NYC Councilwomen Helen Rosenthal and Carlina Rivera.
The S.V.A. also receives numerous, specific item email exchanges
with the offices of electeds and campaigns. Ramon Bellido
updates on S.V.A. sponsorships from public officials (that would
exclude hateful, lying creeps such as 'The Phat Man', Horey Johnsin,
The Schlub and Danny Dumm). Stonewall vet Tony Viera
informs on the legal status of the SVA's lawsuit against Schneps
Communications a.k.a. Schleps Media d.b.a. Gay City News aka Gay Sh*tty
News (as named by a former employee) a.k.a. GayRagPaper and now known
as liddle 'g.c.n.'! Today's holiday weekend event is
chaired by the SVA's indominatable director Willson L. Henderson.
As always, WLH has thoughtfully arranged for special Thanksgiving holiday foods.
Get2gether is at the historic and welcoming St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran
Church, under the divine guidance of Pastor Mark E. Erson, in good ole Greenwich Village It lightens up @ 3:15 p.m. www.StonewallVets.org/mainpage.htm.
Friday, November 29 -- REMEMBERING HANDSOME STONEWALL VET DAVID R. ALI (from THE BRONX)
Thursday, November 28 -- THANKSGIVING
AMERICAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY -- HAPPY THANKSGIVING to S.V.A.
STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS and S.V.A. FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS and
ADVERTISERS
Monday, November 25 -- S.V.A. SUPPORTER ANNOUNCES for U.S. PRESIDENT: MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
In 2001, when surprise candidate Michael Rubens Bloomberg ("MRB")
announced his candidacy for New York City mayor, the one-and-only
G.L.B.T. organization to ultimately support him was the membership of
the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")! Against
most odds, he won! The S.V.A. won! (Some of the local
jealous Gay political clubs have envied and slimed the Stinewall
vets ever since!) The S.V.A. was even prouder to support
Mayor MRB's re-election win in 2005 and proudest with his third
election as mayor of NYC in 2009! For more 411 about the
S.V.A. and former NYC Mayor MRB, visit: https://www.StonewallVets.org/MichaelBloomberg.htm.
Sunday, November 24 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: QUEEN ALLYSON ANN ALLANTE
The SVA's public events spokesperson Queen Allyson Allante is best known as the founder and longtime president of the Imperial QUEENS & Kings of Greater New York.
Besides being interviewed with an on-screen 'testimonial' in the
original "Stonewall" movie released in 1996, Queen Allyson will be
shown in several photos in the definitive documentary "Inside STONEWALL!" to be released in early 2020. For much more 411, great photographs and media articles on Queen Allyson, see: https://www.StonewallVets.org/QueenAllyson.htm
Friday, November 22 -- REMEBERING the LOSS of 35th U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Thursday, November 21 -- S.V.A. VS. SCHLEPS-OWNED GAYRAGPAPER (NOW 'g.c.n.') in NYC CIVIL COURT, ROUND 3
The slanderous and shameful Schneps Communications also known as Schleps Media which earlier this year got stuck in a take-all-or-nothing purchase deal with the dubious Gay City News aka Gay Sh*tty News aka Gayragpaper --
now
downplayed to a rebranded invisible-style name as low-cased 'g.c.n' --
is ordered to
appear in Court for 'round 3'! Isn't there a vitamin store with
the name G.C.N.? The Gayragpaper is being legally sued (once
again) by the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
for slander, loss of reveue, sleaze, libel, interference with business,
slime, defamation, smear, etc.! Representing the S.V.A. are
appropriately three Stonewall vets Willson Henderson, Tony Viera and Ramon Bellido -- plus, if he can make it there in time back from Philly, AnDre Christie. The
gavel bangs down at a Civil Court of the City of New York @ 2 p.m.!
Monday, November 17 -- S.V.A.
RESPONDS to SCHNEPS MEDIA d.b.a. GAY CITY NEWS a.k.a. GAY SH*TTY
NEWS NOW little g.c.n.'s STUPID ATTEMPT to 'DISMISS the
LAWSUIT' by S.V.A. vs. GAYRAGPAPER
The two-page diatribe loaded with outrageous
misrepresentatations, noxious irrelevancies and outright lies was
mailed to the NYC Civil Court -- and to the libeled and victimized
S.V.A. -- in a deperate and quite frankly, stupid, attempt to get the
lawsuit against Schleps Communications aka Schleps Media dba Gay City News
dismissed! Ha-ha-ho! The vindictive missile was shamefully
composed by the Gayragpaper's so-called editor-in-chief Paul D. Schindler aka Paula Palisades no doubt with the deliriously, factually-challenged Druncan Ozburn
"the pregnant-looking, lonely goil from 6th Avenue (in Brooklyn) via a
Roxbury-type section of Massatusets"! Wash that congenital
liar's filthy mouth out with Ivory soap! Pathetic that
this is the year of "STONEWALL-50"! In a realistic one word:
Shameful!
Friday, November 15 -- ORIGINAL STONEWALL JUKEBOX #1 SONGSTRESS: PETULA CLARK @ 87!
Sunday, November 10 -- ROLAND EMMERICH MOVIE DIRECTOR and S.V.A. SUPPORTER BIRTHDAY in HOLLYWOOD on WEEKEND of HIS WORLD WAR II FILM "MIDWAY"
Saturday, November 9 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERAN BIRTHDAY: JITTERS GREENFIELD of NJ
Friday, November 8 -- "STONEWALL" MOVIE DIRECTOR ROLAND EMMERICH'S NEWEST and EXCITING HISTORIC FILM: "MIDWAY!"
Appropriately, the new blockbuster movie "MIDWAY!"
about a monumental military battle in World War II, is released on
Veterans' Weekend! The acclaimed and openly-Gay director Roland Emmerich
is also the determined and diligent director of "Independence Day", "The Patriot",
"White House Down", "The Day After Tomorrow" and the definitive
depiction of the Stonewall Era and the Stonewall Rebellion in any media, the film "STONEWALL!". See a literally bombastic "MIDWAY!" film promotion 'trailer' at: www.Ask.com/YouTube?o=0&l=dir&qo=serpSearchTopBox&q=Midway+new+movie. For "MIDWAY!" movie synopsis, plot and cast: www.IMDB.com/title/tt6924650/mediaviewer/rm285576705.
Update: S.V.A. supporter Roland Emmerich's newset movie "MIDWAY" opened for the weekdnd in #1 position!
Thursday, November 7 -- COLD CASE T.V. SHOW ENCORE: "BEST FRIENDS" (aka SECRET GAY LOVERS)
Voted by viewers as one of their most popular episodes, this much-requested presentation of the popular "Cold Case" television show is entitled 'Best Friends',
a code word then for secret Gay lovers. It is an eye-opening
and emotional
revelation saga of the anti-Gay times and the necessarily closeted
people.
This is the coldest -- 70-plus years -- set episode of "Cold Case";
it takes place
during the overlapping Prohibition Era and the Depression Era. This episode
is unique, too, as their only show without an uncovered
murderer at its conclusion. Instead, a 'female human remains' mystery is
solved. Also unique is a real-life person is portrayed: bisexual Billie Holiday singing in a Philadelpha speak-easy. Piper Laurie,
a 3-time Academy Award nominee (now 87 in real life), is
so convincing in her revealing 'old Rose' Collins character.
While denying a long-ago lesbian love relationship, Rose, who is now a great grandmother states:
"If I was the lover of that girl Billie in the truck crash, I
wouldn't be here". The knowing detective Lilly Rush played superbly by Kathryn Morris observes: "And, yet, Rose, here you are!" Samantha Streets
perfectly portrays the originally straight Rose in a sensitive
and captivating approach who realizes and embraces
her forbidden but true love! Tessa Thompson,
as young, foxy and male personna Billie Ducette in an interracial
Gay love affair, had her career launched from this out-standing
performance. It was the girls' plan to move to New York City where they would be accepted!
Marla Gibbs
plays a
spicey adult lesbian of a younger character Lil' Georgie.
The finale,
taking place in modern day Central Park, NY is extraordinary and
inspiring for all Gay people and others! "Best
Friends" won a GLAAD media award! Show airs on Start T.V. @ 3
p.m. See an enticing film clip montage of 'Best Friends' at:
www.Bing.com/videos/search?q=Cold+Case+TV+show+episode+Best+Friends&view=detail
Wednesday, November 6 -- LAMBDA DEMOCRATS SHAMEFULLY ENDORSE "THE NATLER'
Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn aka Lying Ingrate Dems ("LID") shamefully yet expectedly endorses Jerrold Nadler
aka The Natler for the NYC 10th District Congress (West Manhattan and
Brooklyn West) in next year's Primary Election! LID could care
less what the Stonewall veterans knows and believes.
Politically-minded G.L.B.T. groups working together instead of
apart is obliterated by self-servers such as LID. It is
an indisputable fact that the shameful liar The Natler
has been "stealing Stonewall" for years to benefit himself with Gay
volunteer$, Gay donor$ and Gay vote$ at the expense of the
allegedly Gay icons: members of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association. Natler is the proven liar who falsely claims that the Stonewall Monument Memorial
to replace the Sheridan Triangle across from The STONEWALL Club was his
idea! The reality is it was the SVA's project as proposed by
Willson Henderson and designed by Dahn Huni.
The S.V.A. has the confirming documents, the artistic design and
public official letters from 20 years ago supporting and thanking the
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association! Besides U.S. Senator
Daniel Moynihan, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, NYC Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger and Public
Advocate Marc Green, one of the praise letters was from... you guessed
it: The Natler! See evidentiary letter to S.V.A. at: www.StonewallVets.org/JerroldNadler.htm.
FYI, the LID's current head Jared Arader and treasurer Dan
Tietz are known fabricators! We know from eyewitnesses that
they ignorantly and shamefully slander the S.V.A.
Neither has been to an S.V.A. meeting or conference yet defame
the heroic Stonewall veterans for LID's predatory efforts of "Stealing
Stonewall"! The members of the S.V.A. proudly supports the
intelligent, respectful, inclusive and honest opponent to The Natler:
Lindsey Boylan. She is the SVA's special guest speaker this month! View Lindsey's encouraging website at: www.LindseyBoylan.com.
Tuesday, November 5 -- AMERICAN ELECTION DAY
Thursday, October 31st -- NYC 46th ANNUAL GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE
The "46th Annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade"
will feature the most elaborate Halloween costumes and creative
characters in the World! There are awesome get-ups, marching
bands and bigger than life-size puppets! There is the famous Michael Jackson Dancers performing
the Halloween theme #1 hit song "Thriller"
while dancing up the avenue and dressed up as zombies like
the original MJ music video! The wildly exciting parade in
Manhattan, NYC is on
Avenue of the Americas (aka Sixth Avenue) starting in the SoHo area at
Spring Street and Prince Street blasts off @ 7 p.m. The
extravaganza travels up to 23rd Street in Chelsea.
Over 50,000 artistically attired revelers are in the parade plus a
million spectators! New York One News TV telecasts the Halloween
Parade 'live'! For much more 411, visit: https://Halloween-NYC.com.
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS
ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING HOSTED
by WILLSON HENDERSON
*
October is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month and there
is, objectively and obviously, no more appropriate G.L.B.T. group to be
in the company of and to support than the historic STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association! The ultra-historic photograph above is prima facie
evidence of the S.V.A. making history, once again! The humongous
gathering for worldwide "STONEWALL-25" of over one million people in
Central Park in New York City was the largest in G.L.B.T. his/herstory! At the
mic is Queen Allyson Allante of the Imperial QUEENS of NYC and the S.V.A.!
New York City Councilwoman Carlina L. Rivera is represented by her special assistant Irak Cehinski
to present a City Council Citation to the S.V.A. for "Stonewall 50". The
brass-framed, glass-enclosed, ribbon-adorned, parchment document
"gratefully honors" the STONWALL Rebellion Veterans Association!
The SVA's get2gether introduces a
U.S. Congressional Candidate
for a Manhattan and some crucial sections of
Brooklyn district! She marched in the New York City G.L.B.T.
Pride
Parade and, unlike the exclusionary incumbent, the
challenger was in communication with the S.V.A. for "Stonewall-50"!
All of the S.V.A. members
and thousands in this district want to
'86' the over-done inhabitant.
The diss-respectful elected rudely failed to contact the S.V.A. for its 50th anniversary!
Yet the shameful hypocrite had the
chutzpah to molest Gay Pride! The members
and sponsors of the politically savvy S.V.A. typically
have
the winner! It
helps when your history of supporters is a "who's who"
and your website has millions of visits
annually!
This month's New York City Council member guest speaker is Councilwoman Helen A. Rosenthal
from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Coincidentally, she lives
in the same condominium high-rise that the SVA's director Willson L. Henderson
("WLH") used to live in (until he sold it): The Bromley. As an
original owner, WLH bought
there first! For several years, the famous 1969 "Stonewall Car"
was garaged at The Bromley. How did Willson find out about
The Bromley? Clue: "Bella!" Answer: Harvey Fierstein!
(You won't read any of those facts in the Schleps-owned NYC
Gayragpaper!)
Special appearance by the SVA's talented and wonderful public relationist Leticia M. Remauro.
She will update the "S/W-50" public relations for the S.V.A.
Leticia is also the adminstrator of the popular S.V.A. on
FaceBook. View the webfile at: www.FaceBook.com/SVANYC. Many NYC-ers know Leticia from seeing her regularly on the New York One T.V. News political show "Inside City Hall".
Happy Halloween!!
There's no better place to be on the Halloween weekend than in
Greenwich Village, New York City -- especially on Halloween-all-year-round
Christopher Street! On the occasion of Halloween, the S.V.A. will provide special culinary
"treats"
-- and no "tricks" (e.g., the forbidden fruit NYC Gayragpaper)!
Divine meeting is at the historic St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Founders' Conference Room at 81
Christopher Street just off Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village in
Manhattan, NYC. It's a stone's throw from the #1 subway train. At 3:15 p.m., the S.V.A. gathering crypt-kicks!
Saturday, October 19 -- NEW "STONEWALL ERA" BOOK INTERVIEWS
A new "Stonewall Era" book is in the works! The first interviewee for this new G.L.B.T. book project is appropriately Willson Henderson, the founder and director of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Assoication!
This comprehensive interview, which will be legally
taped -- unlike the dirty, sneaky tricks of the late David "Creepy"
Carter from Georgia and his bombed book the so-called
"Stonewall: The Uprising That Sparked" -- happens at Rosso's
appropriately on Greenwich Avenue @ 4 p.m. You
won't read about this interesting G.L.B.T. history and
realities, nor the current revisionism, of Gay life spanning a
half century in
the heterosexually-owned NYC Gay-ragpaper!
Saturday, October 19 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: PATTI STONE from LI and in FLORIDA
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Wednesday, October 16 -- BIRTHDAY BASH for SVA'S HONORARY FEMALE CHAIRPERSON NY STATE SENATOR DYANE SAVINO
New York State Senator Dyane Jean Savino is
the honorary female chairperson of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association!
Dyane's birthday bash is held tonight at the famous The Wooly in Manhattan!
The historic bar and grand lounge is named after the landmark Woolworth
Building. Said building was once the tallest building in New
York. Proudly representing the S.V.A. and a scheduled speaker is Willson Henderson. Rep'ing PRIDE Democrats of NYC is Steven Gradman.
Besides the gormet food on silver trays throughout the party, there is a
special huge birthday cake presentation for Dyane! Event lights
up @ 6:30 p.m. and parties with disc-jockeyed music -- including "Songs of the Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox" until 9 p.m.
Friday, October 11 -- NATIONAL GAY COMING OUT DAY
This is the 31st annual "National Coming Out Gay Day"! Although this "outin'"
is, of course, rudimentarily inspired by the 1969 Stonewall
Rebellion, that reality is rarely mentioned anymore. The
uprising, staged by Gay boys and Gay girls and their straight friends
was the first "coming out" event. That is one of the true
meanings of "Stonewall"!
Thursday, October 10 -- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION SUES NYC GAYRAGPAPER, COURT HEARING, PART 2
The lawsuit launched by the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
is for libel, defamation, slander, interference with the rights of
an organization and loss of revenue. The named defendant is Schneps Communications aka Schleps Media as they now own the Gay City News aka Gayragpaper now 'g.c.n.'
-- the heterosexual owners' shady strategy to conceal the fact that
it is a GAY paper. The non-Gay Schleps must be ashamed of the word GAY! The S.V.A. is represented by its director Willson Henderson, board of directors member Ramon Bellido and executive committee member Tony Viera. Gavel strikes @ 2 p.m.
Thursday, October 10 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: ANTONIO 'TONY' VIERA of THE BRONX
Saturday, October 5 -- BIRTHDAY
of WILLSON L. HENDERSON, S.V.A. FOUNDER (1969) and the 'STONEWALL'
CONSULTANT on BOTH "STONEWALL!" MOVIES (1994 and 2015) and "INSIDE
STONEWALL" DOCUMENTARY (2019)
Friday, October 4 -- GAYRAGPAPER's HETEROSEXUAL OWNER VICKI SUE SCHNEPS BUYS "A.M. NEW YORK" NEWSPAPER
This newset acquisition A.M. New York -- after Schneps Communication got stuck with the NYC Gayragpaper in a deal earlier this year -- now gives Schleps Media another outlet to libel, defame and slander plus personal attacks and lies! Did they advise seller Newsday Media Group that
they have at least one (with another pending) New York
City civil lawsuit against them?
It's required to do so by law! Within a few days it was
widely reported that the Schleps fired several new employees -- folks
who did their all for the A.M. New York!
Thursday, October 3 -- SPECIAL "DOUBLE STONEWALL" SUPER SUPPER POW-WOW at ROSSO'S RESTAURANT @ 5:15 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
October 2019 -- GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL and TRANSGENDER (G.L.B.T.) HISTORY MONTH
Saturday, September 28 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
*
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association's
"See U In September" (an original 1966 Stonewall Club jukebox
song) meeting frames the finale segment of their milestone
"STONEWALL
50" year!
Guest Speakers: NYC Councilwoman Carlina L. Rivera
(nearby East Village and Lower East Side). Topics include
post-Stonewall 50 and keeping the accolades for and concerns of the
senior citizen Stonewall veterans on-going after the confetti has
stopped flowing! And special guest speaker is NYC Councilwoman Elizabeth M. Crowley of
Queens attending with one of her sons! Besides the issues of the
S.V.A., she explians her plans as a candidate for Queens Borough
President. (That race is particularly relevant to the
Stonewall vets as one of her job-killer opponents is an S.V.A.
defamer.) The S.V.A. provides quality foods for members.
Attendees may bring their
favourite beverages. S.V.A. meeting is in a rented
room the
Manhattan LGBT Community Centre starts on-time @ 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, September 28 -- BIRTHDAY CHEER to SVA's HONORARY FEMALE CHAIRPERSON NYS SENATOR DYANE J. SAVINO
Friday, September 27 -- STONEWALL 50: "INSIDE STONEWALL!" DOCUMENTARY PREMIERS on T.V.
{To be rescheduled when final distribution deal is completed....} Premiere of the much-anticipated and timely "Inside STONEWALL!"
is re-scheduled for this evening! Continuing
with the monumental occasion of the 50th anniversary of the
Stonewall Rebellion (it wasn't a 'riot'), this is the long-awaited,
investigative, definitive documentary film "Inside STONEWALL!".
It provides for the first time a complete and unique look at the 1969 Stonewall
Uprising and its aftermath from both the perspectives of the New York City Police Department ("NYCPD") 'Stonewall cops' and the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
'Stonewall vets' and some others including a respected historian
-- not the longtime SVA-banned liar David 'Creepy' Carter! The
eyewitness accounts from inside -- and
outside -- of The STONEWALL Club on
Friday night, June 27th, 1969 into the early morning hours of June
28th, in this film are intensely interesting and really
revealing! They feature several actual 'Stonewall veterans'
(Willson,
Allyson, Bert, Rusty, David S., Tony V., et al.) and
three original 'Stonewall cops' (Frankie, Richie and Vinny) in their
first-ever filmed "Stonewall" interviews! Besides the S.V.A.,
the documentary producers collaborated with two New York City
police
organizations -- no, not the Gay Officers' Action League. Thus,
never-before police department testimonials, documents and
images have been
unearthed! Highlight: A glossy,
black-and-white, full-length,
nightime police photo during the five-night Stonewall Rebellion shows a
known Stonewall veteran book-ended by two uniformed NYCPD
officers -- each tugging on an arm of the captured S/W-vet,
taking the person away while the person is struggling to get
free!
Special invitations shall be
distributed for the
preview of "Inside STONEWALL!"
to all 'veterans' of the Stonewall events, SVA-supportive public
officials (not the smear
campaigners like The Natler, Ruby Diaz Jr., The Schlub or Horey J.) and various
reputable media (not the dubious defendants Gay City News
also known as the Gayragpaper now 'g.c.n.'). After the
documentary's preview,
there will be a grand, yet private, Hudson Blue Productions
celebratory deluxe dinner, delightful drinks and delicioius desserts --
plus devilish 'dishes'! Don't fasten your seatbelts!
Sunday, September 22 -- BROADWAY CARES / EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS PRESENTS ITS "33rd ANNUAL FLEA MARKET & AUCTION"
This Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS
("BC/EFA") annual outdoor "Flea Market & Auction" event is always worthwhile,
exciting and fun! BCEFA: "Your Broadway treasure hunt starts and ends with this happening! Meet
your favorite stars, seek out one-of-a-kind theatrical memorabilia and
celebrate your love of all things Broadway!"
The market and auction take place in the heart of Broadway's
theatre district at landmark Shubert Alley (trust us, not
just an alley) at Broadway between West 44th and 45th streets from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. For more 411 on the Broadway Cares "Flea Market & Auction", please visit: BroadwayCares.org.
Friday, September 20 -- SCREEN ACTORS GUILD PRESENTS "A CONVERSATION with LEGENDARY SINGER DARLENE LOVE"
The Screen Actors Guild ("SAG") premieres its new Legends Series with "A Conversation with Darlene Love"! Film clips are shown of Darlene Love
co-starring in the Academy Award-winning documentary "Twenty Feet from
Stardom", her induction acceptance speech at the "Rock & Roll
Hall-of-Fame" and co-starring in all four "Lethal Weapon" movies!
Proudly representing the S.V.A. is its founder Willson L. Henderson and his guest Eldon L. Johnson,
the SVA's Youth-4-SVA organizer. (To be invited and reservation
confirmed, the person must be a SAG member and in great standing.
It also allows one guest.) Venue is the
state-of-the-art Robin Williams S.A.G. Film Center and Theatre in the
Clinton section of Manhattan, NY. Curtains up @ 7 p.m.
Thursday, September 19 -- IN MEMORIAM TRANSITION: CHRISTINE GORDON in FLORIDA at AGE 57
Monday, September 16 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: CARL J. KELLER, JR. of CONNECTICUT
Thursday, September 12 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: RAMON F. BELLIDO of SPANISH HARLEM
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 -- TRAGIC 18th ANNIVERSARY of the 2001 EXTREMIST ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS in NEW YORK, VIRGINIA and PENNSYLVANIA!!!!
In Manhattan, New York City, where the great majority of the victims from the crazed and cowardly terrorist murders occurred, the "18th Annual September 11th, 2001 Tribute"
is commemorated at the World Trade Center site starting @ 8:15 a.m.
Public officials participating include former NYC mayor and chief
September 11th official-in-charge and tireless overseer Rudy W. Giuliani and former mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former NYS governor George E. Pataki, in office and involved in the September 11th recovery, and current governor Andrew M. Cuomo, plus NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams,
among other New York electeds. The tremendous, 3 1/2 hour
tribute service, including the poignant "reading of the names of
victims", is telecast on every major television network.
The main messages from the testimonials are: "never forget", "stop the hate" and "God bless America"!
Tuesday, September 10 -- ONE MONTH UNTIL NYC GAYRAGPAPER IS SUMMONED to COURT -- AGAIN
Terrorism by libel, defamation, slander,
truth-deprivation and personal attacks are some of the un-journalistic
tactics of the Schneps Media via its Gay City News aka Gayragpaper now downgraded to g.c.n. Rather than admit their perennial attacks on the legendary, non-profit, G.L.B.T. civil rights organization, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A."), and remove their printed trash articles intended to stir
reputation terror, the Gayragpaper is allowed by Schleps Communications
News Group (one iof the publisher's other names) to continue to instill harm on a daily, round-the-clock basis at a
place that can serve as a noxious cesspool: the internet! With
all of the overwhelming evidence by the poison pen of the dubious Druncan Ozborn article itself, lettuce see on October 10th ("10/10") what the civil court concludes!
Saturday, September 7 -- SVA's WILLSON HENDERSON MARCHES in NYC LABOR DAY PARADE
No, he wasn't in the NYC Labor Day Parade with the S.V.A.! Willson L. Henderson ("WLH") marched with a labor organization that he has been a member of for over forty years: Screen Actors Guild
("SAG")! Why don't you ever read that fact (among endless others)
in the biased Gayragpaper? Clearly, because they do not want you
to know the real Willson! WLH also had an expected reunion in the
parade with longtime S.V.A. supporter NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo! Now, as a 'senior citizen', WLH's bi-annual membership dues are paid for by SAG!
Monday, September 2 -- AMERICAN LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY)
Saturday, August 31 -- SVA'S MONTHLY MEETING with STONEWALL UPRISING VETERANS at MANHATTAN LGBT COMMUNITY CENTRE
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This second Summer meeting of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association is
on the 5th Saturday this month! It is also an exception as
it happens on a holiday weekend: Labor Day. That's the real
dedication of the S.V.A. -- even after over a half-century! The
S.V.A. presents lively discussions, planning and fun!
Meeting is captained by Willson L. Henderson and co-captained by several other selfless Stonewall veterans! Molly Bennett Aitken
reports on her outreach efforts to 'stop the hate; stop the lies'
within some of the local G.L.B.T. organizations! (They know who
they are.) Joni 'JC' Sobel updates current 'veterans of Stonewall' registered with the S.V.A. Bert Coffman
presents communiucations with various responsible public officials not
the three-faced creeps. (They know who they are.) Jitters Greenfield gives the "Jersey Report". Ramon Bellido
will lettuce know about the first (but surely not the last) day in NYC
civil court versus the libelous liars at the 'fake news' NYC Gayragpaper now aka g.c.n. propped up
by Schneps Communications aka Schleps Media. Tony Viera
reveals the newest details on the definitive documentary "Inside
STONEWALL!".
The S.V.A. serves up the quality foods; if desired, you bring your
favorite beverages. The SVA's still ~hot~ (some say hotter than ever)
general manager AnDre Christie
greets folks at the door with his glowing smile and.......!
AnDre favors those who contribute to the non-profit,
all-volunteer S.V.A. not those who stiff it! The executive committee-style,
non-sequitar, family-flavored meeting at the centrally air-conditioned Manhattan LGBT
Community Centre at 212 West 13th Street between Greenwich Avenue and Seventh Avenue lights
up @ 3:15 p.m.
Friday, August 30 -- WILLSON HENDERSON DEFENDS "STONEWALL" -- and HIMSELF!
Willson Lee Henderson ("WLH"), the chief founder and elected director of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("SVA"), has a comprehensive story and character study in The New York Times.
It's wonderful to read of Gay icons mentioned from before, during
and after the Stonewall Era such as Joan Crawford, Elizabeth
Taylor and Lana Turner and, of course, Judy Garland! Willson
mentions Stonewall veterans, his mother, boyfriend and two
cats. The NYX shows a photo of WLH and the blue 1969 convertible
"Stonewall Car". Because of the continued popularity of the
investigative, informative and
interesting WLH article, the S.V.A. is re-publishing it through the
SVA's various formats and expansive S.R.V.A. Network.
www.NYTimes.com/2015/06/07/NYRegion/a-Defender-of-Stonewall-and-Himself.html
Wednesday, August 21 -- S.V.A. MEETING with N.Y.C. CONGRESSMEMBER (not THE NATLER) @ 2 p.m.
Monday, August 12 -- PRIVATE SHOWING of "INSIDE STONEWALL!" DOCUMENTARY
One of the "Inside STONEWALL!" documentary producers hosted a private showing with only a handful of
people. In the film, there are alternating and compelling interviews with several Stonewall vets of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
and a couple of others. Each of the SVAers' stories are
anchored in the basic facts yet each person's experiences are
nonetheless different. Think: survivors of The Titanic! Besides the S/W vets, there is the
never-before revealing information obtained from a
few original NYCPD Sixth Precinct "Stonewall cops" -- plus a current
prominent NYCPD official!
The producers and the researchers on this definitive "Stonewall 50"
project are so professional, informed and savvy that they knew exactly who was "a
must to avoid"! A final deal in the works has not been consumated to announce now what network and when for the showing of "Inside STONEWALL!".
Thursday, August 8 -- STONEWALL
VETS ASSN. LIBEL LAWSUIT in COURT vs. SCHNEPS PUBLICATIONS aka SCHLEPS
MEDIA dba GAY CITY NEWS aka GAYRAGPAPER now g.c.n.
This STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
lawsuit for libel, defamation and slander vomits from
the factually-flawed and flame-throwing 'story' disrespectfully in time
for WorldGayPride and "Stonewall 50" by the
dubious and delusional Druncan Ozburn. The S.V.A. has the prima facie evidence!
The only socially curious question for the courtroom is whether the
real trash publisher Vicky Sue Schnepersohn of Schleps Media show up?
For every one photo she has with former Mayor Bloomberg, as
shown on her Schneps Communications website, both the SVA's founder Willson
Henderson and the SVA's general manager AnDre Christie each have ten! Update: Civil court case to be continued at the adjourned date....
Monday, August 5 -- ORIGINAL STONEWALL JUKEBOX SUPERSTARS CONCERT: MICK JAGGER & THE ROLLING STONES
This grrreat (and sold-out) Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones("MJ&TRS")
concert was held across the Hudson River in the
Meadowlands in New Jersey! The rock 'n' roll boys opened the
dynamic show with an popular original STONEWALL Club jukebox song:
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" from 1968. Among many worldwide
#1 songs,
MJ&TRS did a rousing rendition of their #1 song form the Summer of
1969 in the Stonewall jukebox: "Honky Tonk Women".
Interestingly, at that time 'honky tonk women' included drag
queens -- and it still does! Other Stonewall
jukebox songs that MJ&TRS performed were "Mother's Little
Helper" (1966), "Ruby Tuesday" (1967) and the appropriately-named
"She's A Rainbow" (1968). Rogers 'Ro-Ro' Huntana
headed up the enthusiastic S.V.A. contingency. MJ&TRS
concluded the high-energy concert with their ultimate #1 hit "(I
Can't Get No) Satisfaction"!
Friday, August 2 -- S.V.A. SUPPER MEETING with CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE for MANHATTAN (and PARTS of BROOKLYN) at ROSSO'S @ 5 p.m.
Thursday, August 1 -- GAYRAGPAPER
REPORTS on G.O.A.L. POLICE OFFICER SLANDER SUIT INVOLVING PEDOPHILIA BUT FAILS to REPORT on
SLANDER SUIT AGAINST THEM as SCHNEPS MEDIA dba GAY CITY
NEWS by the S.V.A.!
Tuesday, July 30 -- ONE MONTH SINCE HERITAGE OF SHAME SH*T on the STONEWALL VETS
Shamefully, it has been exactly one month since the so-called Heritage of Pride also known as 'Heritage of Shame', the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (G.L.B.T.) Pride and parade organizers, attracted million$
of people, over 150,000 marcher$, over 700 group$ (over 700 hefty fees),
over 100 float$ (over 100 pricey fees) and additionally raking in
million$ of corporate dollar$ -- all unquestionably as a result of what
the legendary 'veterans' of the original STONEWALL Club police raids
and the historic Stonewall Rebellion did a half-century ago -- and yet after doing
nothing before or during Pride Month for the STONEWALL Veterans' Association, the HOP aka H.O.S. still has not made
apologies (or ecen endless excuses) much less r-e-s-p-e-c-t, remunerations or
amens one month later....... {to be continued}
Saturday, July 27 -- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION: MONTHLY MEETING, POST-PRIDE REVIEW and S.V.A. ANNIVERSARY PARTY IGNITES @ 3:15 p.m.
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The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association holds its annual post-Gay Pride Month meeting and, this year, its 50th anniversary celebration! It is championed by the SVA's elected director Willson L. Henderson.
Hopefully, some of the many alleged "Stonewall veterans"
who popped up on different television programs (typically when a
S.V.A. Stonewall vet wasn't available) and in various newspapers will
identify and unify with and join the established "S/W Vetz" S.V.A.
organization and
attend this meeting with their former original Stonewall Club patrons
and, now, colleagues! S/W vet Molly B. Aitken,
down from Altol, Massachusetts, analyzes the recent two NYC Gay
Pride marches phenomenon and how both fell shamefully short for
actually honoring "STONEWALL 50" and why there is 'Pride':
Veterans of the four years of The Stonewall Club raids and five
nights of the Stonewall Rebellion!! Updates on the forthcoming, informative
and revealing documentary "Inside Stonewall!" and related events are provided by Tony Viera,
one of several S/W vets who is seen in the film with a Stonewall
Rebellion interview. Reports from out-going S.V.A.
vice-presidents R. Bert Coffman and Rusty B. Rose
on the renewed comradery of the S.V.A.
Correspondence updates from public officials, headlined by
the specially-crafted proclamation from NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo and
the Stonewall 50 citation form Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
are reported by
Joni Sobel. As voted unanimously at the S.V.A.
conference, today is the rescheduled S.V.A. Election of its next president
and two new vice-presidents. When is 'WorldGayPride'
going to deliver some of their multitudinal and widespread "S/W-50" memorabilia
that reads "STONEWALL 50" to the folks from the original STONEWALL Club who created the 'Pride'?
WorldGayShame's
ungratefulness and rudeness is obviously endless! Heritage of Pride/Shame has
systematically hawked their promotional "S/W-50"
merchandise to
everyone -- including local, heterosexual, anti-Gay, muslim
merchants on
Christopher Street -- except the Stonewall vets! Lastly and leastly is the 411 on the pending legal court case "S.V.A. vs. Schneps Media dba Gay City News aka Gayragpaper now g.c.n."! SVA's general manager AnDre M. Christie, assisted by boardmember Ramon Bellido, greets folks and collects dues and donations at the door! The SVA's meeting commences as always @
3:15 p.m. and, as ever, on time! Now, it's on to "Stonewall 51"!
Thursday, July 25 -- S.V.A. BIRTHDAY: MOLLY BENNETT AITKEN of MASSACHUSETTS
As a special treat for the S.V.A., Executive Committee member Miss Molly B is driving down from Massachusetts in her new Escalade! She will co-chair the S.V.A. get2gether with SVA's Willson Henderson
on Saturday. Molly B shall celebrate her 70-something birthday
with fellow Stonewallers after the happening at RossoPomoDoro
Restaurant! To see Molly with S.V.A. two decades ago: www.StonewallVets.org/parade/SW-29.htm.
Tuesday, July 23 -- REMEMBERING N.Y.C. COUNCILMAN JAMES E. 'JED' DAVIS, KILLED in CITY HALL
The late and great New York City Councilman James E. Davis,
also affectionately known as 'Jed', from Brooklyn, NY died at the
hands of a crazed, gun-carrying, Gay killer in New York City Hall in
Manhattan, NY on July 23, 2013.
Jed was an active, outspoken and proud honorary member of
the S.V.A. For more 411 regarding Jed Davis and his known
feelings for his
beloved STONEWALL Veterans' Association, please view:
www.StonewallVets.org/JamesDavis.htm.
Saturday, July 20 -- THEME SONG: "HEAT WAVE" by MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS
This American nationwide 3-day "Heatwave" included Friday
the 19th and Sunday the 21st. To learn more about Motown girl
group Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and their famous #1 song "Heat
Wave", visit: www.StonewallVets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm
Wednesday, July 17 -- "STONEWALLING" DEMOCRAT CLUB DUPES the BRONX DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
Thursday, July 11, 2019 -- 50th ANNIVERSARY of the STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION!
Wednesday, July 10 --- NEW YORK CITY "SALUTE to the CHAMPIONS" - NO, NOT the STONEWALL VETERANS
The City of New York literally rolled out the red carpet and
held a parade for the U.S. Women's Soccer Team! Yet, just ten
days prior, the City of New York did absolutely nothing for the
legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association'team',
the folks who were the torch in launching the largest civil rights
movement in the history of the World! The rude failure flies in
the face of the reality that the economic effects of the 1969 Stonewall
Rebellion continue to bring millions and millions of dollars into the
City of New
York year-round! Each member of the women's soccer team
were given "The Keys to the City"! The S.V.A.
collectively were not even given the key to a subway bathroom!
They were not given a cost-free note much less a non-profit group
contribution. This NYC Administration has enough self-promoting
gays and lesbians on staff to know better. When it comes to the
supposed G.L.B.T. "heroes", they should rely on the paper of
record The New York Times not the slander sheet NYC Gayragpaper!
Monday, July 8 -- GOVERNOR CUOMO's OFFICE DELIVERS ORIGINAL PROCLAMATIONS to S.V.A.
Friday, "The 5th of July" -- S.V.A. FILES LAWSUIT vs. GAY CITY NEWS aka GAYRAGPAPER now g.c.n.
The "Gay City News" a.k.a. the Gayragpaper and
now down-playing the 'Gay' by using the mundane and lower-cased (we
agree, they are low) "g.c.n." -- embarassingly the only G.L.B.T.
newspaper in all of New York City --
is hereby legally sued... again! This time the shameful
heterosexual owners and smut publishers, mama Victoria Sue Schneps and sonny Joshua Schleps, doing business as Schneps Communications, Inc. aka Schleps Media,
LLC.
As defendants, they are charged with: (1) libel; (2)
defamation; (3) loss of
revenue to a registered non-profit organization; (4) slander; and (5)
character assassination, among
other offenses.... The S.V.A. also secured the documented
right to amend the legal claim and add a co-defendant, complicit in the
slander! (Watch-out slanderers S.D.C.!) The defendants' first of many
publicized court appearances is on August 8th ("8/8")! "Stonewall
veterans fight back!" Ohhh, what a surprise! Stonewall vets
stand up to bullies! Duh! If you wish to follow the
shameful case: NYC Index
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 -- INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY: 243rd BIRTHDAY of AMERICA
Tuesday, July 2 -- ADMIRING MESSAGE from HUDSON BLUE PRODUCTIONS
Subject: Congratulations STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
From: "Pamela Lione" <HudsonBlueProductions@Gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, June 30, 2019 10:21 am
To: "Dr. Stone Wall, PhG." <WLH@nyct.net>
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Dear Willson Henderson and the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans,
Thank you for today "Stonewall 50" and for all that you all have done
and continue to do! Thank you for honoring Hudson Blue Productions
with not only all of your interesting and unique contributions to
the documentary film, but for letting all of us get to know such
amazing people. You will forever be in our hearts and we look
forward to future Collaborations with all of you in the National
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association, proudly known as S.V.A.
All the best - to the best,
Pam A. Lione
Documentary Co-Producer
"Inside Stonewall!"
Monday, July 1, 2019 -- POST-STONEWALL 50: HOP GLORY and H.O.S. SHAME
The now multi-million dollar Heritage of Pride, Inc. ("HOP")
a.k.a. Heritage of Shame ("H.O.S."), to prove that they really are
not any "heritage of pride", failed to provide any accommodations for
the iconic members of the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.")
on
the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion! Even haters
within the G.L.B.T. diss-community admit that 50 years after the
greatest
event in G.L.B.T. history -- thus, WorldPride -- the now allegedly
heroic elders
should not have to walk, limp or crawl two miles, particularly in
the summer heat, with ailments such as heart disease,
osteoperosis, lung cancer,
scoliosis, debilitating diabetes, breathing problems, sciatica, inoperable hip
replacement, diverticulosis,
herniated discs, sarcodosis, osteo arthritis, legal blindness, etc.,
etc., etc. and other disabilities! Here's an evil idea for the
controlling evilish HOPers: Have each Pride-persecuted Stonewall
vet carry a huge wooden cross! Even if all of the mid-60s
and up age Stonewall vets were senior athletes, to show some
appreciation, they
should have been given cost-free convertibles! Think "Canyon of
Heroes
Parade" when the hometeam is honored for winning the world series!
But HOP/H.O.S. would not make one phone call or donate one
dollar. Apparently, Heritage of Shame expected the S.V.A. to have
a
flotilla of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and canes -- plus pogo
sticks, skateboards and stilts instead of a fleet of
convertibles. Here is
just one story about a Stonewall veteran who H.O.S. thought should walk
the parade route and at the end... drop dead!
www.PopularPublicity.com/2019/07/02/Hospice-Patient-and-Stonewall-Participant-gets-Pride-Wish
Sunday, June 30 -- "GAY PRIDE SUNDAY" -- THE LAST SUNDAY in JUNE!
Half-century commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising --
"Stonewall Sunday" -- which was actually in the middle of "The Happening" on June 30th in 1969!
Fifty years later -- represented exclusively by the venerable STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association (S.V.A.) -- what will the surviving, under-acknowledged, legendary, under-appreciated veterans of
the original Stonewall Club police raids and the Stonewall Rebellion be
doing? Inquiring minds and people who are really
interested in and supportive of the real Gay 'heritage' of
respect and 'pride' want to know!
The S.V.A. members have
v-o-t-e-d! By an oustanding margin, it is "Plan C"! Winner is the "SVA's Culinary
& Cocktails Celebration"
at an outdoor restaurant in Greenwich
Village, NYC. For your info, "Plan A" was the losing entry Heritage of Pride +
Shame Parade. "Plan B" was the runner-up Reclaim Pride Coalition's "Spirit of Stonewall
50 March" (with no vehicles). This private "S/W Celebration"
is exclusively for S.V.A. Stonewall veterans only! No outsiders. No media.
First toast mouths @ 2 p.m...... Stay tuned!
Saturday, June 29 -- =NEW= and DEFINITIVE INVESTIGATIVE and REVEALING STONEWALL DOCUMENTARY: "INSIDE STONEWALL!"
There will be a surprise-location press conference about the forthcoming "Inside Stonewall!"
documentary! The riveting and revealing film has in-person
interviews with Stonewall veterans Willson Henderson, Tony Viera, Bert
Coffman, Leigh McManus, David C. Scott, Rusty Rose
and others! In addition, the first
time in a half-century: interviews with three of the original New York
Cirty Police Department officers who were there that first night of the
1969 Stonewall Rebellion! It'll be their first interview for
television and with incredibly revealing Stonewall Uprising
411 via the NYCPD! Code: 1041.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 -- 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the GAY DATE of the 1969 STONEWALL REBELLION for GAY RESPECT and GAY RIGHTS
Wednesday, June 26 -- BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to STONEWALL CLUB BOUNCER DOORMAN and S/W VET SONNY CARSON in MINNESOTA
Tuesday, June 25 -- REMEMBERING the GREATEST ENTERTAINER: MICHAEL JACKSION (1958-2009)
Sunday, June 23 -- STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE in the N.Y.D.N.
The "SVA's 50th Annual Conference & Stonewall Reunion + Testimonials"
were reported on in many of the media as they virtually all attended
including, but not limited to, The New York Times, the New York Post,
Long Island Newsday, Time Magazine, Reuters News Service and National Public Radio in
addition to many foreign publications, television news shows and
radio stations! Here's the article "Stonewall Veterans Reflect on 50 Year Anniversary" published in the New York Daily News. The SVA's traditional entertainer Sandy Rapp and two of the Stonewall veterans Anthony Coron and Bert Coffman
are featured in the interviews and with a colorful close-up photo of
each! "Singer-guitarist Sandy Rapp cheered the progress of the last
half-century while offering a call for vigilance going forward." Bert remarked that as a Stonewall vet, he "...wants the
older people to remember pivotol "Stonewall" and the younger ones
to learn about it"!
www.NYDailyNews.com/New-York/NY-Stonewall-Club-Anniversary-20190622-story.html
Saturday,
June 22,
2019 -- "SVA's 50th
ANNUAL CONFERENCE & STONEWALL VETERANS REUNION + 'S/W' TESTIMONIALS"
[PLACE] S.V.A. Conference flyer via The Von here!
(Upload first!)
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The National
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans
Association ("S.V.A."), since the Summer of 1969, sponsors,
produces and presents the milestone,
informative, unique, interesting, rare and fascinating "SVA's 50th Annual Conference and Symposium
& Stonewall Veterans Reunion + Testimonials".....
Many surviving veterans of the New York City police raids on the
Gay
STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club and the
five-night 1969 Stonewall Uprising
attend -- "come home" -- and participate from all across America from California to Maine and
from Washington to Florida namely: Willson L. Henderson (NY + LI), Brooke Lynn (NJ), R. Bert Coffman (NY), Molly B. Aitken (MA), Jeremiah Jay Newton (NY), Patti Rae Stone (FL), Ramon F. Bellido (NY), Jitters M. Greenfield (NJ), Rusty B. Rose (NY), Michael I. Swerdlow (MX), Joni C. 'JC' Sobel (NY), Anthony 'A.C.' Coron (LI), Davey L. Leong (NY),..... Special "50th
Anniversary Memorial Tribute" to the ultimate Gay icon:
'Saint' Judy Garland (1922-1969), international entertainer, award-winning actress, legendary dancer and iconic singer..... New York City Public Officials
including U.S. congressmembers such as Yvette D. Clarke, NYC borough presidents such as Gale A. Brewer, NY state senators such as Dyane J. Savino, NYS assemblymembers such as Nicole C. Malliotakis, and NYC
councilmembers Carlina J. Rivera, among others, are confirmed guest speakers.....
SVA's divine
venue
for "STONEWALL-50" is the landmark St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
("SJELC") on
Gay-legendary Christopher Street just off Seventh Avenue South in
historic Greenwich
Village, Manhattan, N.Y. The SJELC's welcoming pastor Rev. Mark E. Erson delivers the
yearly "S.V.A. Invocation"..... Film sequences from the powerful,
accurate, exciting and timely
movie "STONEWALL!" by the
acclaimed, openly-Gay movie director Roland
Emmerich will be shown. The SVA's director Willson
was the exclusive 'Stonewall' consultant on the film..... SVA's
'live' entertainment tradition continues with popular Stonewall Era
folk singer Sandy Rapp performing three songs including her iconic "The Rainbow And The Flag" and her ironic "Everybody Was At Stonewall".....
Music from the original STONEWALL Club jukebox via the SVA's entertaining compact disc (C/D) collection:
"Songs of the Original STONEWALL
Bar & Dance Club Jukebox" (1966-1969)"
highlighting Gay-popular hit songs from Diana Ross & The Supremes,
Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Mary
Weiss
& The Shangri-Las, The Temptations, Shirley Bassey, Len
'Dovell'
Barry,
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Spiral Starecase, The Fifth
Dimension, Michael Jax & The Jackson 5 and Miss Connie Francis, et
al. Just like in the Gay bar and club jukeboxes in the 1960s
and into the 1970s, the night's finale song is Connie's
symbolic Gay anthem "Where The Boys Are"!.....
The SVA's "The Spirit of Stonewall Award" is proudly presented to the most out-standing
and helpful person on behalf of the legendary S.V.A. (there are several worthwhile nominees)..... The
S.V.A. spits out the
notorious "Hater-of-the-Year Diss-ward"
to the most hateful G.L.B.T. business or group (there are many
haters, e.g., G.C.N.,
S.D.C., L.I.D.)..... Special voting: Which non-profit G.L.B.T.
organization shall be the beneficiary of inheriting the classic and
historic 1969 convertible a.k.a. the "Stonewall Car"?!..... Many media
communication (television, radio and press) companies have
confirmed their attendance, including but surely not limited to CBS-TV, the New York Times (NYX), Time Magazine, New York-1 TV News, the N.Y. Daily News, Reuters News Service, ABC-TV, the N.Y. Post..... SVA's
conference, reunion
and
testimonials ignite the celebratory "Ten Days of Gay Pride" on Saturday,
June 22nd @ 3:15 p.m. and it shindigs
until 6 p.m. or so!
Special V-O-T-E for Members and Supporters re: S.V.A. decision on "Stonewall Sunday", June
30th, whether to participate in: "Plan A" - the Heritage of Pride-produced NYC Pride Parade @ 12
noon; "Plan B" (the Reclaim G.L.B.T. Pride Coalition's "Spirit of Stonewall 50
/ Liberation March" @ 10 a.m.; or "Plan C" (the SVA's Celebratory Cuisine +
Cocktails Commemoration at a Greenwich Village indoor/outdoor
restaurant @ 2 p.m.? Eligible voters will receive a 'voting card' upon signing-in at the conference!
Format: This year's conference will be interactive with audience for verbal exchanges and responses!
Attire: Casual; however, wear a rainbow color(s) and, preferably, no sneakers! Event will be filmed!
Voting Results for "Stonewall
Sunday": S.V.A. members voted! "Plan B" (the Reclaim Pride march) beat
"Plan A" (the H.O.S. parade) by a whopping 2 to 1! But, "Plan C" (4/C: celebratory
cuisine + cocktails commemoration) beat "Plan B" by more than 50%.
Heritage-of-Shame Award:
There was a unanimous agreement from the voting membership and
supporters at the popularly attended conference to vomit this
diss-award to four G.L.B.T. groups, all of which are known year-round
for cowardly and falsely attacking the alleged 'heros' of the
G.L.B.T. community and, all of which, disenguinely did not have
one member attend this ultimate WorldGayPride event! The
hateful G.L.B.T. groups shamefully include:
1) Heritage of Pride, Inc. aka Heritage of Shame with appoximate $5,000,000 and $0 for S.V.A.
2) Stonewall Democratic Club aka 'Stonewalling Democrat Clan', defamers of Stonewall veterans
3) Log Cabin Club Republicans, with zero connection to their Gay history via Stonewall veterans
4) Lambda 'Independent' Democrats aka 'Flipped their LID', exclusionary of the GLBT heroes
For much more STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association 411, see: www.StonewallVets.org/mainpage.htm.
Thursday, June 20 -- NYS GOVERNOR CUOMO to PRESENT PROCLAMATION to S.V.A.
Whether the Stonewall 50 'Proclamation' is presented -- hopefully -- by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo himself, a longtime supporter of the legendary non-profit STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association, we don't know at this moment. If the governor and First Lady Sandra Lee
were to go out-of-town after the yuuge, successful legislative session that just
ended very late last night, it would be understandable and deserved!
In the alternative, the governor always sends a prominent,
highly placed, openly-Gay staff member such as David Alden Turley or Alphonso 'Alfie' David.
Conference starts on Saturday @ 3:15 p.m. on Christiopher Street
-- a block up from the WorldGayPride display office of Governor
Cuomo!
Wednesday, June 19 -- UPCOMING "STONEWALL 50" DOCUMENTARY
The "STONEWALL Newzletta"
is not going to provide much info about this now
completed, unquestionbaly interesting and really revealing documentary
about the Stonewall Era, the STONEWALL Club, the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion,
the NYCPD Stonewall Cops, the 1969 "Stonewall Car", the "Songs of The
STONEWALL Club Jukebox", the STONEWALL Veterans Association and several Stonewall veterans including Willson Henderson, Berti Coffman, Rusty Rose, Tony Viera, David C. Scott,
et al. -- then and now! Reportedly, one
unearthed photograph from the Summer of 1969 shows two NYCPD uniformed
police officers bookending a certain well-known S.V.A. Stonewall vet!
Shhhh! What will SDC Dems and LID Dems and the other revisionists and haters and liars
say then? Negotiations are underway for the documentary to be sold and for it to appear on
network television! All three documentary producers will be speaking and taking questions and giving
awesome answers at the SVA's "Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association 50th Annual Conference & Stonewall Reunion" on June 22nd!
Tuesday, June 18 -- "STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION DAY" in BROOKLYN, NYC
Tuesday, June 18 -- "UNCLE JOE" BIDEN STOPS in at THE GAY TOURIST TRAP STONEWALL CLUB
The packed -- thanks only to the
'heroic' Stonewall veterans (not the current heterosexual owners such as Anthony DeCico and Bill Morgan who
pretend it's Gay-owned) -- cash cow Stonewall Club (nobody called it an
"inn") was visited by the current top Democrat candidate for
president Joe Biden!
Wow! There's no way that the patrons of the
original Stonewall Club
would have dreamed that, while we
were dancing to "Nothing But A Heartache Every Day" by The Flirtations,
that a half-century later a presidential candidate would appear!
Unthinkable! Did Mr. Biden expect to find any Stonewall
vets there?
Well, he didn't! Surely not federal felon Fred "Tree" Folkonovski or "The
Dirty Bird" (Marc Seagul). If Mr. Biden doubtfully wants "S/W
Vetz", his thinking-they're-clever 'handlers'
should have him pop up at the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans
Association's conference and reunion (see above) on the 22nd of June!
Monday, June 17 -- SVA's ATTORNEY REACHES the GAYRAGPAPER's CO-OWNER JOSHUA SCHLEPS
Fresh from his extended Father's Day weekend with his
politically-active wife and two very young children, S.V.A.
attorney Jared M. Rich caught the NYC Gayragpaper's (allegedly) heterosexual co-owner Joshua Schneps.
Incredibly, the latter asked the former, "Why are you calling
me"! Duh! Because of the libel, defamation, character
assassination, sleaze, lies, misrepresentation, lies, slime, lies and
scum by the poison pen Druncan Ozburn
that you maliciously published in your ragpaper and posted on the
internet with the intent of causing harm against the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association and its industrious director Willson Henderson! That's several of the reasons 'why'! Mr. Rich informed Mr. Schneps that, for starters, his client S.V.A.
wants the 'slander sheets' from 2019 -- and 2015 -- taken down!
Even an imbecile would knoiw that attacking the Stonewall veterans
during Gay Pride Month -- especially "Stonewall 50" -- is really low
for Schneps Media, although obviously not too low for lowlife
Druncan Ozburn! FYI, the other co-owner is Josh's mama Vicky Sue Schneps.
The SVA's Willson remarked that for every photo she has
posted on their website with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, I have ten.
We'll present them in the court case!" This matter is not
going away!
Friday, June 14 -- FROM STONEWALL to SYNAGOGUE: S.V.A. DOES SHABATT
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association was the esteemed guest of the Reform Temple of Forest Hills ("RTFH") . The
RTFH held a special "G.L.B.T. Pride Shabbath" for its
Friday evening services. The keynote "Stonewall 50" speaker was Willson Henderson, founder of the S.V.A., covered
everything from"A" (Abzug the congresswoman) to "Z" (Zombrowski a
deceased S/W vet). Program began at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 11 -- STONEWALL VETERANS FILM INTERVIEWS for PROMINENT ADVERTISING AGENCY
Actual former patrons and Stonewall 'veterans' discuss many topics in film, as only Stonewall veteans can, such as the Stonewall Era (1966 to 1969), the original STONEWALL Club (not the heterosexually-owned facsimile that's there now), Gay icon Judy Garland's funeral on June 27th, 1969 (the day of the Stonewall Uprising), the police-confiscated 1969 convertible "Stonewall Car", and the wonderful "Songs of The Stonewall Jukebox"! Stonewall veteran participants include Willson Henderson, Bert Coffman, Leigh McManus and Joni Sobel. This outing will be a special 'S/W-50' short film entitled "Stonewall Lives!".
Monday, June 10 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: BILL MIRANDA SALZMAN of BROOKLYN
Sunday, June 9 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS ASSOCIATION RECEIVES PRESTIGEOUS G.L.B.T. PRIDE AWARD (T.B.A.)
Sunday, June 9 -- INTERVIEW with STONEWALL VET MOLLY AITKEN in NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"Miss Molly" (as we call her) Bennett Aitkenwas
interviewd about the upcoming S.V.A. reunion of Stonewall Rebellion
veterans on June 22nd! Molly was there the first night, June
27th, 1969 of the Stonewall Uprising -- the day of the funeral of
international Gay icon
Judy Garland. Molly and several Gay women friends were also at
the funeral of Judy, as were The Kennedys. Molly was a longtime
friend of the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. In fact, Molly and
friends had the third
Cadillac on that long Christopher Street block that night; they
had her silver Fleetwood Brougham. One of the Mafia owners of The
STONEWALL Club had the second Cadillac, a black Sedan DeVille.
Willson
Henderson had the main Cadillac, the one that the undercover cops drove
away, a
blue DeVille convertible. The NYDN author Muri Arrancao reported that Molly
is a charter member of the executive committee of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association. Way to go, Miss Molly! www.NYDailyNews.com/News/NY-Stonewall-Rebellion-Anniversary-older-younger-generations-lgbtq.html
Saturday, June 8 -- S.V.A. SOCIAL COMMITTEE SUPPER MEETING @ CASTLE RESTAURANT @ 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6 -- CONTRIVED 'APOLOGY' GIVEN by NYCPD POLICE COMMISSIONER
The official New York City Police Department 'apology' was publicly stated a quarter-of-a-century ago by then NYCPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The mayor was/is an ardent appreciator of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association.
In fact, Mayor Rudy marched with the S.V.A. and the 1969
"Stonewall Car" in several NYC Gay Pride parades under the watchful
eyes of Commish Bratton. S.V.A. members discussesd the
appropriateness of a police deparment apology coordinated with
"Stonewall-25". For "Stonewall 35", there was a truly histoiric
rendezvous between the "Stonewall Copz" and the "Stonewall Vets"!
It was covered by CBS-TV, the New York Times and NPR Radio among
other media. The Sixth Precinct Retirees president Frank Toscano
and other officers such as Richie Ornstein and Vinnie Manacuso, issued
a formal apology to the Stonewall veterans on behalf of NYCPD
patrolmen! Fastforward many years, today's old news was set up by
Gay Officers' Action League
("GOAL") at their Gay Pride event at Police Plaza -- ignorantly void of
any G.L.B.T. Stonewall veterans! Local characters like
self-serving and disrespectful Councilboy 'Horey Johnsin' would not know the real Gay history as he was likely still wetting his bed, lived
far away in another state, and obviously he does not read recent
G.L.B.T. history, that is, since Stonewall! Besides, if current
Cop Commish James O'Neill
was
sincere and not used by GOAL, he would have stated such remarks as a
'renewal' (not new) and presented them at an event to the veterans
of The
Stonewall Rebellion -- the people who actually deserved the apology --
not "stealing Stonewall" politicians and attempting to "steal
Stonewall" Gay groups like S.D.C. and L.I.D. So,
'apologizing' again and again and again at calculated moments is
not only repetitive but for people of a certain age (over 40) it's
borrrring! It's like saying "Merry Christmas" in summertime; it
has no meaning!
Wednesday, June 5 -- S.V.A. SPONSOR PARTY: THE VON PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY
The Von Agency, headed up by Leticia Remauro and George Remauro,
holds their new office-warming party! The full-service public
relations firm is well-known in NYC. Co-owner Leticia is
regularly seen as a political consultant on New York-1 TV's "Inside
City Politics" show. The S.V.A. is represented today by director Willson Henderson and assistant-to-the-director Baron Morris, Jr. Local public officials are expected. The festivities begin on Beach Street in Staten Island, NY @ 6 p.m. www.TheVonAgency.com.
Monday, June 3 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: MICHAEL IRA SWERDLOW of LONG ISLAND
Saturday, June 1, 2019 -- BEGINNING of GAY PRIDE MONTH -- STONEWALL-50!
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Monday, May 27 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: JONI C. SOBEL of MANHATTAN
Monday, May 27 -- U.S.A. MEMORIAL DAY (Holiday)
Saturday, May 25 -- STONEWALL
VETERANS' ASSOCIATION MEETING at MANHATTAN L.G.B.T. CENTRE
This Memorial
Day Weekend, as the National
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association plans
ahead for the half-century celebration of the 1969 NYC Stonewall
Rebellion and the half-century anniversary of
the S.V.A., we also remember the Stonewall veterans who the
G.L.B.T. community has
lost! The list is long and includes Emile A. Griffith, Jr. (dementia
from boxing career), Aubrey Drummond (AIDS), Storme
DeLarverie (old age at 93), Terri Van Dyke (AIDS), Sonia Jane Attkiss (car
accident), Eddie H. Wright, Jr. (AIDS), Dave F. West (bladder cancer),
Stanley M. Dunne (AIDS), Electra J. O'Mara (pancreatic cancer), Steven
M. Konigsberg (AIDS), Glenn La Russo (liver cancer), Leroi N. Carr (AIDS), and David R. Ali (motorcycle crash)! Many
more were mostly victims of the deadly AIDS War, particularly during all
of
the 1980s and the 1990s!
Never forget that the tremendous loss changed the face of the G.L.B.T. community
today!
S.V.A. director Willson L. Henderson
chairs -- tables and lamps -- the guaranteed to be participatory, informative and exciting
meeting! Several Stonewall vets have confirmed their presence
including: Berti Coffman, Rusty Rose, Tony Viera, Ramon Bellido, Joni Sobel, Davey Leong and Jitters Greenfield. Special guest speaker is Countess Cindy Chan, president of the Imperial QUEENS & Kings of Greater New York. Today's main topic: Comprehensive discussions and planning
for the "SVA's 50th Annual Conference & Stonewall Reunion" including advertising, emailing lists, invitations, set-ups, mailings and foods. Topic
two: Voting regarding the parade, the march, or neither!
There are three categories of S.V.A. voters: 1)
"S/W Vets" Stonewall Club police
raids and rebellion veterans, 2) non-vet general members in good standing, and
3)
S.V.A.
sponsors. Pertaining to "Stonewall Sunday" on June 30th,
they vote today
choosing: Plan "A" - Heritage of Pride-produced "G.L.B.T. Mini-Parade from Nowhere {East 29
St.} to Nowhere {West 24 St.})"; Plan
"B" - Reclaim L.G.B.T. Pride's "Spirit of Stonewall-50 March";
or
Plan "C" - "SVA's Celebratory Cuisine & Cocktails Commemoration"
("4-C") at an outdoor/indoor restaurant, appropriately, in Greenwich
Village! The choice is
which "S/W-50"
event should the S.V.A. activate on Stonewall
Sunday on the last day in
June?! Whichever plan, it shall feature the renowned blue 1969
convertible
"Stonewall Car", iconically a rolling symbol of timeless Gay Pride! Key topic three: nominations for S.V.A.
president; note: WLH is the director, not the president. Main topic 4:
Since the current beneficiary group has been deemed unsupportive, ineligible and
unworthy, submitting nominees for a new G.L.B.T. organization to be the
recipient of said
famous, classic and valuable vehicle!
Topic '86': In the
bottom-of-the-toilet department,
'Druncan Ozburn'
has struck
again! Like a vicious cancer that was treated (in this case
by court decision), you expect it has been cured,
yet it flares up again. SVA-ers and their Brooklyn-bred,
pro-active attorney will give a presentation
about the latest attacks by cowardly Druncan. The SVA's
lawyer has analyzed the gross
misrepresentations and
false statements against the S.V.A. and its director
recklessly published by Schneps Communications, Inc. aka Schleps Media in their Orwellian-truth and ethically-deprived Gay City News!
The voting membership decides which
legal action against the libelous, defamatory, slanderous and character assassination GayRagPaper additionally known as 'Gay Sh*tty News' as evidenced by the sleaze, slime and scum vomitted out by its dubious poison pen Duncan Osborne! The SVA's public relationist Kelsie J. Jones delivers all of the dubious Druncan dirt and how to bury it!
SVA's general manager AnDre Christie
greets folks at the door and collects dues and donations, similiar to
the doorman Blond Frankie at the original STONEWALL Club! Remember him? We got him! Comfort foods like hot,
organic, gormet Neopolitan pizza are provided complementary to S.V.A. members. Attendees bring their own favorite or zesty beverages. Meeting and commemoration
begin at the Manhattan LGBT Centre @ 3:15 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Post-Event Updates: Because of the prepondence and immediacy of "STONEWALL-50"
matters and events, especially the ultimate "S.V.A. 50th Conference
& S/W Reunion", the meeting was pre-scheduled for an additonal
hour. The membership and supporters deciding on launching legal
actions against the trash-pedling Schleps Media and unflushed
toilet-mouth Druncan Ozburn was unanimous and took less than two
minutes! While the get2gether was well-attended,
including six media persons, besides on a major holiday weekend,
several S/W vets were out-of-town visiting relatives or absent due
to
sudden health issues. Therefore, voting for SVA's "Stonewall
Sunday" (June 30) event choosing Plan "A", "B" or "C" (see above) was,
despite some objections, postponed via
an order by S.V.A. director Willson until the SVA's
conference
on June 22 to make a decision!
Thursday, May 23 -- 'STONEWALLING' DEMOCRAT CLUB SHAMEFULLY 'HONORS' the NYC GAYRAPAPER
As the SVA's namesake 'Stonewall' Democratic Club ("SDC") also known as 'Stonewalling' Democrat Club knows full well, the STONEWALL Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") had to sue the NYC Gayragpaper
in civil court for libel, defamation, slander, etc. The
Gayragpaper attacked the alleged heroes of the G.L.B.T. community!
So, what does the SDC do? They 'honor' the Gayragpaper!
The two thoughts do not gell! After many scattered days of
trial, with eyewitnesses of the historic rebellion in 1969 and the
sleaze now, the judge, the jury of peers and the judge concluded that
the Stonewall veterans of the S.V.A. are analogous to the Suffragets
and the SVA's founder and director Willson Henderson is the 'Gay Rosa
Parks' -- "Mr. Henderson has successfully fought for Gay rights.... and
Mr. Henderson continues to do so"! What part of the clear
decision does the S.D.C. not understand?
Thursday, May 23 -- STONEWALL VETERANS to SUE the NYC GAY CITY NEWS aka the "GAYRAGPAPER"
The legendary National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
("S.V.A."), since
1969, has filed its legal intention to $ue, in the Civil Court of
New York, the pending defendant Schneps Communications aka Schleps
Media doing business as Gay City
News aka the "Gayragpaper" for slander, character assassination,
defamation, harm to organizational business, and libel as a result
of their publications of two grossly misrepresenting and virtually
false
articles by the repeat offender Duncan T. Osborne, nasty elder age 62, aka
'Druncan Turd
Ozburn'! The SVA's attorney had warned them to attempt to correct
the matters; however, even after co-owner Joshua Schneps recently
received an in-person visit by the SVA's attorney Jared M. Rich,
Esq., the Schleps publishers have failed to act to remedy by
removing said false articles and personal attacks with the intent
to collectively harm the
non-profit S.V.A. organization and individually malign its elected
director Willson L. Henderson. The civil
complaint, currently being prepared, may be revised to add a
particular G.L.B.T organization which plaintiff, upon information
and belief, believes to be clearly complicit by publicly
promoting, encouraging, and praising the defendant(s).
Wednesday, May 22 -- "STONEWALLING" DEMOCRAT CLUB 'HONORS' (HA-HA) the "GAYRAGPAPER"!?
A-l-e-r-t! This is not a joke! Contrary to working with the STONEWALL Veterans' Association, as they did for a few decades, the 'Stonewall' Democratic Club
(S.D.C.) aka "'Stonewalling' Democrat Club"
has inexplicably
(beyond jealousy and hate) been slandering the G.L.B.T.
community's Stonewall
veterans for the past few years. That's "Pride"? No, it's
the polar opposite of "Stonewall"! The S.V.A. is not going to
play "Mr. Clean" any further with mud-throwers and back-stabbbers!
They've squandered occasions to discuss and resolve. S.D.C.
is known
for trying to confuse folks with the "Stonewall" namesake as many
public officials and others have conveyed. They even place a
movie set photo (not the real thing) of the Stonewall Club on
their website pretending to be actual Stonewall-related! What
could
S.D.C. possibly say about the Stonewall veterans to new people who
come to the S.D.C.? Whatever it is, it's not nice -- nor
true! Notwithstanding, the S.D.C. has now gone way too far in
their diss-respect by
'honoring' the NYC Gayragpaper!
No one could honestly 'honor' the Gayragpaper! Who's next, old hate-monger Ruben Diaz? Maybe S.D.C. was paid? The
Gayragpaper's recent issue, on the eve of "Stonewall 50", attacked, libeled, defamed and was malicious
in their misrepresenting the non-prodit S.V.A. organization and its members and character assassinating
its renowned director Willson Henderson,
also the owner of a business! Sadly, the skewed Gayragpaper is the only G.L.B.T. so-called newspaper in 8-million-plus NYC! The S.D.C. commited this shameful
sham act even after the S.V.A. announced via email its intent to sue
the 'Gay rag' for libel, defamation and slander. As the S.D.C.
knows, that's deja vu! The last time the S.V.A. sued the
Gayragpaper, under different but similarly damaging and hateful
ownership, the Civil Court of NY declared the SVA-ers analogous to The
Suffragets. SVA's director Willson Henderson was declared the
"Gay Rosa Parks"! FYI, the S.D.C. was supportive of the SVA's outrage then. Want
a copy of the landmark 7-page decision? Send ten dollars and a
self-addressed and stamped envelope to the S.V.A.
Tuesday, May 21 -- NYS GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HOSTS G.L.B.T. "S/W-50" COCKTAIL PARTY
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo hosts his annual "G.L.B.T. Pride Cocktail Party" today! Representing the STONEWALL Veterans Association is its director Willson Henderson, general manager AnDre Christie, Stonewall veterans Leigh McManus and Berti Coffman plus Steven Gradman and Mary Palavi from PRIDE Democrats of NYC. The party is at the openly-Gay lounge and bar Industry at 355 West 52 Street off Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Event toasts @ 6 p.m.
Monday, May 20 -- LEGENDARY STONEWALL JUKEBOX SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY: CHER SARKISIAN
Sunday, May 19 -- STONEWALL VETS' ASSN.'s 16th
ANNUAL STREETFAIR in GREENWICH VILLAGE
The STONEWALL
Rebellion Veterans Association holds its "SVA's
16th Annual NYC Stonewall Streetfair"! Come meet and greet
several legendary
veterans of the historic Stonewall Rebellion! After all, on the
eve of the 50th anniversary of the uprising and, naturally, the
S.V.A., so many in Manhattan are full of so much... Pride!
Another rare feature of only this streetfair is that on display
for the public's information and interest will be the famous blue
1969 convertible "Stonewall Car", illegally 'impounded' by the NYCPD at the 1969 uprising!
One of the unique items for sale at omly the S.V.A. streetfair is the
"Songs of The Stonewall Jukebox" compact disc! Streetfair is
produced by Mardi Gras Productions. The SVA's
streetfair venue is on University Place between East 14th Street
and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, NYC. Subways are the 4,
5, 6, L, N, Q and R to the Union Square station. Open
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit: www.StonewallVets.org/StonewallStreetfair.htm.
Sunday, May 19 -- NEW YORK CITY A.I.D.S. WALK @ 9 a.m.
Thursday, May 16 -- NYC GAY PRIDE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: 50 YEARS (1969 to 2019)
The highly-praised "New York City Gay Pride Parades Photographs" of Suzanne Poli
are timely on display for "STONEWALL-50"! Suzanne has been
dilligently photographing the parade for an incredible 50 years from
the bird's eye view of her apartment's fire escape on Christopher Street! Look for a photo(s) of the renowned blue 1969 convertible a.k.a. the "Stonewall Car"! Time:
6 p.m. The Norwood Gallery is located at 241 West 14th
Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Manhattan, NYC.
Wednesday, May 15 -- LEGAL POW-WOW: S.V.A. and ITS ATTORNEY re: NYC GAYRAGPAPER
The SVA's legal counsel and recent NYC public advocate candidate Jared M. Rich, Esq., met with S.V.A. representatives at his scenic law office opposite Brooklyn Borough Hall today. The topic is the Schneps Communications publishing an obviously libelous article by the infamous, so-called writer Druncan Ozburn
aka Duncan Osborne. SVA's attorney Mr. Rich is fully aware of the
sordid history, the prior legal case (which the S.V.A. and its director
were clearly victorious) and the current bogus and defamatory slander
sheet in the NYC Gayragpaper aka Gay City News. Attending for the S.V.A. was director Willson Henderson, board member Ramon Bellido, general manager AnDre Christie and treasurer Mendy Seltza.
After the productive and informative meeting and before out to a
Brooklyn promenade restaurant supper, the contingency took a 'field
trip' in walking distance to the one-room, tele-marketing style
office of the Gayragpaper publishers Schneps!
Tuesday, May 14 -- SVA's DIRECTOR WILLSON HENDERSON INTERVIEWS with MAJOR NYC NEWSPAPER
The National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association regarding its elected director Willson L. Henderson's newest interview provides Clue #1 that it is a major publication and factual newspaper, thus, it is not Schneps Media and their NYC Gayragpaper!
Among the timely topics covered for this "STONEWALL-50" story are
the following: 1) Gross diss-respect and ingratitude of the Heritage of Pride, Inc.
(heavy on the incorporated) a.k.a. 'Heritage of Shame' in not naming
the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association as the grand marshal of
that parade (they would maybe name Grandma-the-Clown as head of the
St. Patrick's Day Parade); 2) the ultimate Gay rip-off "The Stonewall Inn"
(formerly The Bagel Nosh, Christopher Street Dry Cleaning and
Leatherosa {clothing store} now a.k.a. The Gay Cash Cow
and virtually owned by heterosexuals with a liddle percentage to
two
'investment owner' Gay tokens and selfishly gives zilch to the
S.V.A., greedily keeping all the ca$h for them$elves; 3) the Manhattan LGBT Centre
shamefully charging the Stonewall veterans to meet there monthly,
flying in the face of "R-e-s-p-e-c-t" besides zillion-dollar Google &
Company forking over $1,000,000 to 'The Centre' for "Stonewall stories"
and preserving the legacy of Stonewall -- the recipient should have
at least been in part to the non-profit S.V.A. which posseses the Stonewall
legacy, the Stonewall veterans and the Stonewall car; and 4) what legal
proceedings and other actions the S.V.A. will be exercising against the NYC Gayragpaper (last
time they were sued by Willson and the S.V.A., the NYC Civil Court
declared
the SVA-ers as analogous to The Suffragets and WLH as the 'Gay Rosa
Parks' - who won that lawsuit?!). Notice how #1 to #3 is all
about money! Money! MONEY! for them! Look for
the informative, accurate and food-for-thought major newspaper article
to be published this
week!
Monday, May 13 -- ANOTHER S.V.A. OFFICIAL REACTS to NYC GAYRAGPAPER's PUBLISHED LIBEL
Is the jaded New York City G.L.B.T. community tone deaf, asks actual Stonewall veteran Mary Twist? Upon information and belief, Duncan T. Osborne was or is a member of the NAMbLA!
Besides the information that has been gathered and continues to
be investigated, NAMbLA's headquarters was or is in Massachusetts.
And guess where also know as Druncan Ozburn
is
from? No, not New York! He's from... Massachusetts.
Coincidence? Maybe not. No wonder dubious
Druncan knows so much about witch-hunts! Just like the evil
witches attack at Christmastime, Druncan attacks at Gay Pridetime.
Wake up everybody and smell nthe schmear! Druncan
desperately conspires to make the S.V.A. 'controversial'. Hello,
the entire G.L.B.T. community is controversial! Learn
more about
the controversial Gay organization NAMbLA at: www.NAMbLA.org.
Saturday, May 11 -- CONCERT:
"LEADING LADIES of MOTOWN" STARRING MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS
and BRENDA HOLLOWAY and MARY WILSON of THE SUPREMES at the ST. GEORGE
THEATRE in STATEN ISLAND
The "Leading Ladies of Motown" starring
the legendary Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas and Mary Wilson of
The Supremes is
an exciting and unique double-header concert!! Many
great songs of
the original Stonewall Club jukebox will be performed. The
hits surely will include: "You Can't Hurry Love" (MW),
"Jimmy Mack" (MRV),
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (MW), "My Baby Loves Me" (MRV), "Reflections"
(MW), "Honey Chile" (MRV) and "Someday We'll Be Together" (MW)!
The
S.V.A.
has an attending contingency including Willson L. Henderson, AnDre M. Christie and Baron Morris, Jr. with their supreme guests NYS Senator Dyane J. Savino, NYS Assemblywoman Nicole C. Malliotakis and Staten Island borough president candidate Leticia M. Remauro and her stunning daughter Jennifer
in the special "presidential pit" right in front of the stage!
The concert
happens at the historic St. George Theatre in Staten Island @ 8 p.m.
We arrive @ 7 p.m. for excitement, reunions and cocktails!
For more 411, visit: www.SGTR.org.
Tuesday, May 7 -- SVA's GENERAL MANAGER REACTS to 'SICKO' DRUNCAN's TRASH
The STONEWALL Veterans' Association and its over 10,000 subscribers and many others are sick of this damn menace Duncan Osborne
better known as 'Druncan Ozburn'!
For Stonewall 50, Ozburn attacks the Stonewall Uprising vets!
Who's crazy? Druncan has been sued for slander and
libel before in court by the S.V.A. and the liar still hasn't
learned! Unethical Gay City News aka the GayRagPaper published by Schneps Communications, Inc.
is the sole enabler
for his sleaze. Now devious Druncan is trying to cause
trouble between S.V.A. and
Heritage of Pride parade organizers. Fortunately, both
groups are wise to him and his sleazey tactics. Fact: HOP
presented
SVA with a deserved honorarium just ten months ago! Did you read
that in Druncan's lies? No! Last year the S.V.A. with
the blue
1969 convertible led (along with the march marshals) the New York City
GLBT Pride Parade! Druncan is a
nasty, miserable, self-hating
gay man full of toxic sh*t! Regarding Willson Henderson, the only
gay leader I've known, besides the late SVAer Storme DeLarverie,
I'm not running down any list of
accomplishments but WLH, as just one example, takes
over a few hundred calls a year for FREE with the welcoming to all and
the patience of a saint from school educators, teachers and
students as
young as ten writing letters, telephoning and emailing about the Stonewall life, Stonewall club and Stonewall uprising
events.
If you want to know about 'Stonewall', you don't call the
GayRagPaper! That loser Druncan needs to shut the 'F' up and that
slanderous queer ragpaper needs
to be sued in f'ing court again and asap! AnDre M. Christie,
S.V.A.
General Manager. www.StonewallVets.org/AnDreChristie.htm
'Monday, Monday', May 6 -- GAYRAGPAPER's DRUNCAN OZBURN IS at IT AGAIN: SLANDER!
The STONEWALL Veterans' Association firmly believes that when you win a game anywhere else, you win! But not always in the underbelly of the partially jaded NYC Gay diss-community. Sometimes "You Just Can't Win" (song from "The Wiz"). Or can U?
The S.V.A. thinks so. Several years ago the S.V.A. and its
founder had to sue the Gaypaper's predecessor (same three gay white men
key staff) ragpaper LGNY New York.
The court nutshell declared: The Stonewall veterans of the S.V.A.
are analogous to The Suffragets and its leader fighting for GLBT rights
Willson Henderson is the 'Gay
Rosa Parks' and "...he continues to fight for gay rights"! WLH
was not awarded money ionly because he was deemed a "NYC public
figure". Nice compliment but it was news to him. On
the eve of "STONEWALL-50", the demented brain and poison pen of 'Druncan Ozburn'
(aka Duncan Osborne) scribbles more of his potentially
damaging dribble. That is self-hating Druncan's intent: to harm!
The legal action will undoubtedly name former defamation defendant and so-called writer 'Druncan Ozburn' aka Duncan Osborne. Sadly, some in the local
gay political
clubs are complicit in these smear attacks by their silence!
That's not the "Spirit of Stonewall"!
Tuesday, April 30 -- SVA's WILLSON INTERVIEWED by GAY CITY NEWS re: "S/W-50" GAY PRIDE MARCHES!!
Although it surprised everybody that successful G.L.B.T. activist Willson Henderson ("WLH") agreed to do an 'interview' with Gay City News (GCN), after they contacted him, particularly with the inteviewer being devious Duncan Osborne! For your information, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association and WLH had to sue the defunct predecessor (same three white gay men key staff) of the GCN known as LGBT New York,
previously for slander, defamation and libel by this same writer.
The LGBT ragpaper went out-of-business filing
bankruptcies subsequent to the lawsuit's 7-page decision and the
backlash against the ragpaper and Duncan Osborne a.k.a. Druncan Ozburn! Some now think maybe
he wants to redeem himself. The SVA's Willson was
contacted by email and then telphone by Duncan. The topic was
stated as the Heritage of Pride thoughtlessly and rudely not selecting
the Veterans of the Stonewall Rebellion as thee
grand marshall of the "Stonewall 50 March"! Many SVA-ers who were
informed of the planned interview had 'reservations' because the
questionable questioner was Duncan. However, this shows
the type of person WLH is: trusting and nice! Lettuce see if the Duncan can
be likewise? Many stated that they: "Don't trust Druncan"!
Sunday, April 28 -- REMEMBERING
STONEWALL VET DAVID R. ALI, DIED in 1986 MOTORCYCLE CRASH
Saturday, April 27,
2019 -- STONEWALL VETERANS
ASSOCIATION
MONTHLY MEETING
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans
Association members
and supporters mark the countdown of
exactly two months until the 50th anniversary of the historic 1969
Stonewall Uprising... June 27, 1969! This S.V.A.
gathering focuses
on strategizing and planning for "STONEWALL-50"!
Get2gether is hosted by S.V.A. director Willson L. Henderson.
Reports
from S.V.A. Executive Committee members (all Stonewall veterans) such
as Bert Coffman, Rusty B. Rose, A. Tony Viera, Joani C. Sobel, Ramon Bellido, Keith Lonesome and David Leong. Documentarians
will
be present. So will members of the press including the Associated
Press, National Public Radio and Reuters News Service. "Miss
April" guest speaker is: Kelsie
Jones,
a prominent, national Transgender all-media investigator. Like
endless
other persons in the G.L.B.T. community, she is concerned about the
mistreatment of the legendary Stonewall veterans
vis-a-vis "Stonewall-50". KJ: "It's disrespectful that
this is an issue. Worsening the offensiveness is that all of
the
iconic Stonewall vets are now senior citizens! That's how the
G.L.B.T. community treats its elders? Sad. Too many
Gay groups
for
self-promotion are hijacking 'Stonewall' from the Stonewall
veterans"! Today: Stonewall
Veterans tell about how they first learned of the original
Stonewall Club
(nobody called it an "Inn"). Attendees are greeted by the SVA's
handsome general manager AnDre M.
Christie. Meeting at the Manhattan LGBT Centre starts
promptly @
3:15 p.m.
Thursday, April 24 -- STONEWALL JUKEBOX STAR BIRTHDAY:
BARBRA STREISAND
Geographically, Barbra 'Birthday
Girl' Streisand
had the closest proximity to the original STONEWALL Club, not only
because of her not-so-far-away Broadway musicals "I Can Get It For You
Wholesale" and "Funny Girl", but because Babs used to perform
down-the-block and around-the-corner at The Bon Soir Club. In the
Stonewall Jukebox, there was always a Barbra song whether a
ballard like "My Man" or fast like "Don't Rain On My
Parade", a custom-fit G.L.B.T. song for Gay Pride parades!
Monday, April 22 -- BROADWAY CARES
PRESENTS "33rd ANNUAL EASTER BONNET COMPETITION"
Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
("BC/EFA") is known for decades for producing some of the most
professional, talented and fascinating shows on- or off-Broadway!
This is the incredible thirty-third incarnation of the
awesome "Easter Bonnet Competition"
-- a fund-raiser for BC/EFA.
Tom A. Viola is the
incredible hands-on/feet-on executive producer! Once again, the
production is held at the legendary Minskoff
Theatre at 200 West 45th Street at the famed Shubert Alley in the Times
Square area of Manhattan, NY. Showtime is @ 8 p.m. For
more 411:
www.BroadwayCares.org.
Sunday,
April 21 (Easter) -- "MOTOWN
60" TELEVISION SPECIAL STARRING
DIANA ROSS
This "Motown 60" television special
celebrates the
remarkable 60th anniversary of Motown
Records founded by the musically
and business brilliant Berry Gordy,
Jr. Original legendary Motown singing
artists who perform include: Diana Ross,
Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Thelma Houston, Boyz-2-Men and Brenda Holloway!
Expect
to hear several "Songs of The Stonewall Club Jukebox" (1966-1969)
during the height of the Motown Era! (Willson Henderson, the
SVA's music expert, will let you know which songs to be posted
here.)
Confirmed hit songs performed by Miss Ross are "Do You Know Where You're
Going To" from her movie "Mahogany" and "My Man" from her #1 film "Lady
Sings The Blues". There
are 'In Memoriam' tributes to: Michael Jackson, Mary Wells,
Marvin Gaye, Tammi
Terrell, Levi Stubbs (of The Four Tops), Gladys
Horton (of
The
Marvelettes), Jimmy Ruffin, Barbara Randolph,
Shorty Long and
Florence Ballard (of The Supremes), plus from
The Temptations: Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin and Paul
Williams.
Ironically, it
was fifty years ago during the Stonewall Era when Diana Ross & The
Supremes (Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong) with The
Temptations
(Dennis, Eddie, Paul, Melvin and Otis) had their second successful
national television special "Get It
Together (GIT) on Broadway"! Showtime tonight is @ 8 p.m. to 10
p.m. on CBS-TV.
Read more about the show: www.PRNewswire.com/News/Motown-60-a-Grammy-Celebration-a-Diamond-Jubilee.html
Post-Event
Updates -- "Songs
of The Original Stonewall Club Jukebox" performed on the show include:
"You
Can't Hurry Love", "My Guy", "Ain't Nothing Like The Real
Thing", "I Can't Get Next To
U" and the 1969 re-released "Dancing In The Street"!
Saturday, April 20 -- FILMING for "STONEWALL-50
DOCUMENTARY: 'AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING'"
The Stonewall veterans
scheduled for this "STONEWALL-50 Film" segment,
including Willson Henderson, Tony Viera and Leigh McManus, have been notified as
to location and time. One "S/W-Vet" who is so anxious for
their close-up is the 1969 "Stonewall Car"! Theme song by
Motown's legendary duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
Thursday, April 11 -- S.V.A. STONEWALL VETERAN MICHAEL C. FESCO DIES @ 83
Michael C. Fesco,
like the very recently passed Ray McCaffrey, was an active member of
the S.V.A. Executive Committee. 'Captain' Michael was the
creative and energetic person behind the creation of "Sea Tea: New
York City's Gay Party Cruise". He was co-producer of the
first 'Black and White' parties, the Flamingo, the Ice Palace in Cherry
Grove and many other nightlife ventures. Michael and his
work redefined the way we experience G.L.B.T. nightlife
today! Weather-permitting, he used to ride his bike (wearing a
helmet) to S.V.A. monthly meetings. Sad to report that the
G.L.B.T. conmmuity at large and the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association,
in particular, lost two worthwhile and dedicated "S/W vets" who lived full lives -- Fesco (83) and McCaffrey (87) -- within
three days! And the apathetic Gay community band played on!
Monday, April 8 --
TRANSITION:
S.V.A. BOARDMEMBER RAY J. McMCAFFREY DIED at HOME in NJ at 87
Besides
being a charter member and boardmember of the
STONEWALL Veterans' Association and a longtime official of the
Imperial QUEENS & Kings of Greater New York, Raymond James McCaffrey was also a
military veteran of the Korean War! For more info on "Ray-Jay",
visit his webfile at the S.V.A.: www.StonewallVets.org/RayMcCaffrey.htm.
Friday, April 5 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: QUEEN
ALLYSON ANN ALLANTE
Saturday, March 30 --
MONTHLY MEETING of the STONEWALL
VETERANS @ 3:15 p.m.
This
is the three-month marker
before "STONEWALL-50"
with the SVA's conference, the G.L.B.T.
festivities involving S.V.A. and the two simultaneous Gay Pride
parades/marches in New York City!! Discussing and planning for
those happenings is the main topic for today's
meeting. Some national media "S/W-50" project planners have
confirmed. Commandeering the meeting is the SVA's director Willson
Henderson.
Communications with public officials are reported by Bert
Coffman. Updates on
the Reclaim New York City G.L.B.T. Pride March are delivered by
S.V.A.
boardmember Ramon Bellido,
who
bi-weekly attends their weekly meetings. Leigh McManus
tells one-way conveyances with the main NYC Pubic Library in
Manhattan regarding their
overtly exclusionary and grossly lacking 'Stonewall' history
display. Rusty Rose
updates outreach with other G.L.B.T. organizations including the
diss-respectful 'Heritage of Shame'! Joani C.
Sobel reports on the SVA's next
streetfair and the SVA-won battle with
Community Bored #2. Stonewall vet David Scott fills us in on the SVA's
"S/W-50" committee news. Members
and guests are greeted at the door by the SVA's general
manager AnDre M. Christie.
S.V.A. dues and sponsorships are payable by check or money
order. Meeting at the Manhattan LGBT Centre begins
sharply @ 3:15 p.m.
Friday, March 29 -- JAMES E. "JED" DAVIS, FORMER NYC
COUNCILMAN, TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
In their new
television news series "Only In New York", local tv
station PIX-11 presents a documentary on former NYCPD police officer
and NYC Councilman James E. (Jed)
Davis. Interviewing Jed's dedicated mother Thelma Davis
and his virtually lifelong little brother Geoffrey A. Davis are crucial.
Interviewing Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams,
also a former NYCPD police officer and Jed friend, makes total
sense.
Getting comments from Al 'Sharp-tongue' is a disconnect. Jed
referred
to him as "a former hairdresser"! Jed was a known active and
ardent supporter of the STONEWALL Veterans Association. In fact,
he was an honorary member. Since PIX-11's junior creative
producer Heath Benfield failed to contact several key people, we
are
presuming that the Jed documentary will not be a 'complete'
retrospective of Jed's real life. The project shows signs of
straight-washing! We doubt, in advance, they know
his non-family nickname was "Jed". Nonetheless, the S.V.A. is
glad that Jed is getting attention
he deserves. The half-hour show airs on
Channel 11 locally in the NY Tri-State area on Friday evening,
March
29th @ 10:30 p.m. (EST).
www.KingsCountyPolitics.com/PIX-11-documentary-on-late-City-Council-Member-James-E-Davis-Politics
Thursday, March 28 -- NYC GAYRAGPAPER HAS GALL to HOST GAY "IMAGE" AWARDS
Considering that the New York Gay City News aka Gayragpaper
has one of the -- if not thee -- worst 'image' in the G.L.B.T.
community and beyond, this hee-haw event is the height of
ludicrousness! Besides their discrimination practices, their
radical political ideologies and bankruptcies, the Gayragpaper has been
sued -- more than once -- for libel, defamation, slander and deliberate
interference with non-profit businesses! While it's no surprise
that the Gay group GOAL's
head, a consumed self-promoter, was a willing sucker to this sham,
it is surprising that a legitimate business such as T/D Bank would contribute to such a farce. Their Gay representative Steven Garibell, also known as "Gay Claribell", incredibly stated: "I
am so honored to have been part of such an amazing event being with
such a talented group of impactful individuals". Honored?
If Claribell thinks that the Gayragpaper's sham was 'amazing'
(ha-ha), he ought to attend the SVA's annual conference! T/D's
Steve G. attends anything and everything with the word "Pride" --
except the originators of the 'Pride', the legendary STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association!
Of course, all of this insultingly flies in the face of the
heroic Stonewall veterans who have been maliciously slandered by the
duo of lying creeps at the Gayragpaper. Ironically, the S.V.A.
has its account with T/D! Claribell's disgrace deepens.
Look for the Gayragpaper's bad image to be furthered with
another lawsuit for... libel, defamation and slander! What
else?
Thursday, March 28 --
FORMER NYC NYC COUNCILMEMBER
and NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER HENRY J. STERN DIES at 83
Pictured: SVA's Willson
Henderson, Commissioner Henry J. Stern and Mayor Ed Koch
Henry Jerome Stern,
a legendary New York City figure for four decades, served as the very
successful, entertaining and unique NYC Parks Commissioner under
three mayors: Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.
At a ceremony, including dinner, at the Central Park Arsenal
around the turn-of-the-century, Commissioner Stern publicly
presented Willson Henderson's
park name as, of course, "Stonewall"! HJS's park name is
"StarQuest". After
government service, "S/Q" founded the
popular New York Civic government group with its outstanding and
introspective newsletters on current policy issues and
government-related happenings plus political personalities (good and
bad).
"Henry J" (like the
vintage car) was a solid and proud supporter
of the S.V.A. for over forty years! He was a keynote
speaker a decade ago at an S.V.A. conference at the Manhattan Gay
Centre. An interesting obituary on Mr. Stern is in the New
York Post. It shows a picture of StarQuest with a future
president, a trim Donald J. Trump in Central Park! NYPost.com/2019/03/28/Henry-Stern-City-Parks-Commisioner-dead-at-83
Wednesday, March 27 --
NEW YORK CITY G.L.B.T. PRIDE PARADE/MARCH TOWN HALL
This G.L.B.T.
town hall is sponsored by the Reclaim
GLBT Pride Coalition ("RPC").
The well-planned G.L.B.T.
community forum is to openly discuss and plan the "Spirit of Stonewall
March - STONEWALL-50" aka "the alternate GLBT march"! Thus, this
get2gether welcomes
community input. The actual milestone marches, three months away,
happen on the last Sunday in June on the 30th. This
march blasts-off
appropriately in Greenwich Village, NYC, in the the Stonewall National
Monument area at Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street at high noon!
The march proceeds up a major avenue and into Central Park on The
Great Lawn for the largest G.L.B.T. rally in history!
Tonight's event is co-hosted by Ann Northrop and Colin P. Ashley.
Forum is held at the charming Church In The
Village at the
corner of Seventh Avenue and West 13th Street. Ignite time
is @ 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. For more 411, visit: www.ReclaimPrideNYC.com.
Tuesday, March 26 -- DIANA ROSS: #1 STONEWALL
JUKEBOX SINGER and WORLD SUPERSTAR BIRTHDAY
To commemorate Miss Diana Ross's
birthday, among many other tributes, there are commemorations on
"Entertainment Tonight", "Extra", "Inside Edition" and even "Nightline"! A
documentray on "Diana Ross" will be released in nearly 1,000 movie
theatres across America. It
includes the remastered "Diana Ross Central Park Concert".
Wednesday, March 20
-- S.V.A. DINNER MEETING
with REPS of the NYS GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO @ 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16 --
NEW
YORK CITY 258th ANNUAL ST. PATRICK's DAY PARADE on FIFTH AVENUE
Contrary to
misinformation, the New York City
St. Patrick's Parade
has always had Gay people in it as participants and, of course, at it
as
spectators! Currently, the G.L.B.T. Lavender
& Green Alliance is the official Gay Irish group in the St.
Pat's Parade. Special luminary marchers include NYS Governor
Andrew Cuomo.
The parade line-up is on Fifth
Avenue at 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Parade proceeds
up Fifth Avenue to East 80th Street. Note: Although
St. Pat's Day is on the 17th, the parade is 'never on a Sunday'!
Parade launches @ 11 a.m.
Wednesday, March 13
-- S.V.A. DINNER
MEETING with "S/W-50" PROJECT PRODUCERS @ 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 13
-- SVA's SENIOR LEGAL
COUNSEL HALLY WEINER's 84th BIRTHDAY!
Monday, March 11 -- BROADWAY CARES PRESENTS
GENDER-BENDER MUSICAL "BROADWAY BACKWARDS"
Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
produces this exciting and highly-talented "Broadway
Backwards" musical and theatrical event every year.
Executive (and hands-on) producer is Tom A. Viola.
Venue is the New Amsterdam Theatre at 214 West 42nd Street
in Times Square in Manhattan. Showtime @ 8 p.m. For
more 411, please visit: www.BroadwayCares.org.
Sunday, March 10 -- ARETHA FRANKLIN MUSICAL TRIBUTE on
TELEVISION SPECIAL
The "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin,
who
passed a half-year ago, was also the soul queen at the original
Stonewall Club in NYC! Watching this super special will acquaint
you with
many songs by Aretha in the 1967 to 1969 Stonewall Jukebox. They
include:
"I Ain't Never Loved A Man The Way I Love U", "Respect", "Dr.
Feelgood", "Baby I Love U", "A Natural
Woman", "Chain Of Fools", "Since You've Been
Gone", "Think", "The House That Jack Built", "See-Saw" and
"Share Your Love With Me"! Performers featured singing Aretha
songs are Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia
Keyes, Kelly Clarkson, Smokey Robinson, Belinda Carlisle, John Legend
and many
other singers. Showtime on CBS-TV is @ 9
p.m. until 11 p.m.
Saturday, March 9 -- CONGRESSMAN JOE CROWLEY'S ANNUAL
ST. PAT'S PARTY in QUEENS
Among the
confirmed guest speakers are Queens Borough President and Queens
Borough District Attorney candidate Melinda
R. Katz and former NYC Councilwoman and current Queens
Borough President candidate Elizabeth
Crowley.
The party venue is The Globe Tavern, a popular Irish
drinkery and eatery, at 4910 Skillman Acenue in Sunnyside, Queens.
Blast-off is @ 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 7 -- S.V.A. STAFF BIRTHDAY: RAINBOW
MELLIQUE, YOUTH-4-SVA ORGANIZER
Wednesday, March 6 --
STONEWALL JUKEBOX SINGER
BIRTHDAY: MARY WILSON of THE SUPREMES
Monday March 3 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY:
SVA's V.P. BERT COFFMAN from MANHATTAN
Friday, March 1 -- S.V.A. SOCIAL COMMITTEE SUPPER
MEETING at ROSSO'S RESTAURANT
Co-chairing the
S.V.A Social Committee's dinner
meeting are the SVA's director
Willson Henderson, S.V.A.
vice-president Bert Coffman
and SVA's general
manager AnDre M. Christie,
pulling up next to the eatery in his big BMW sedan. This
open-ended get2gether, with an
expansive agenda, will be approximately three hours complete with
Lambrusco and a four-course dinner! Glasses clang @ 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 26 -- SPECIAL ELECTION: N.Y.C. PUBLIC
ADVOCATE
Saturday, February 24
-- 91st ANNUAL ACADEMY
AWARDS a.k.a. THE OSCARS
Unquestionably, the gayest show on
television virtually every year is the Academy
Awards
or, as Bette Davis named it, The Oscars -- Hollywood's biggest night!
It is the gayest show
because of all the Gay talent, grand attire and over-the-top fanfare!
Gay favorite Barbra Streisand
presents the 'Best Picture' award. Glenn Close,
on her seventh nomination for same, should
win her well-deserved 'Best Actress' award for "The Wife" and
her outstanding four-decade career! Bette Midler sings "The Place That
Lost Things Go" from the movie "Mary Poppins Returns". Glamorous Jennifer Lopez appears with her
dapper husband Alex Rodriguez!
"Dreamgirls" winner Jennifer
Hudson belts out "I'll Fight" from the film "RBG (Ruth Bader
Ginsberg)". La Gaga
performs "Shallow" from (the fourth remake of) "A Star Is Born"!
Showtime is @ 8 p.m. on ABC-TV until 11 p.m. or so!
Saturday, February 23, 2019 -- STONEWALL VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
Attendees can expect an
informative and exciting meeting at the S.V.A.
There is a diverse assemblage planned with Brooklyn Borough
President Eric Lee Adams,
several Stonewall veterans confirmed
including Berti Coffman, Leigh McManus, Ramon Bellido and Joni Sobel, representatives from Reclaim LGBTQ Pride March,
two producers from a national television network, a professor of Gay
studies at Columbia University, and a few public advocate candidates
confirmed including Jared Rich, Esq. activist Tony Herbert and Dr. David Eisenbach! The SVA's
general manager AnDre Christie
provides a unique retrospective of the S.V.A. since he became a young
staffer in 2003 including WLH being declared the 'Gay Rosa Parks' by
the Civil Court of N.Y.C. and the pivotol Stonewall vets who the
G.L.B.T. community lost over that period such as Storme DeLarverie,
Emile Griffith, John-Paul Ranieri,
Electra O'Mara, Charles Snyder and Dave West. The S.V.A. meeting
starts promptly @
3:15 p.m. captained by Willson
Henderson.
SVA's February
2019 Monthly Meeting with a Surprise Brooklyn Male Public Official
Guest!
There will also be a handful of 'select' (it means not all) N.Y.C.
Public Advocate candidates.
Wednesday, February
20 -- S.V.A. BUSINESS
SPONSOR PARTY in SOHO, MANHATTAN @ 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 19
-- NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC
ADVOCATE FORUM
This important
forum, exactly one week before the special election of a new N.Y.C. Public Advocate, is
sponsored by the Manhattan
Black Bar Association ("MBBA").
Confirmed candidates include Jared M. Rich, Esq., Dawn Smalls, Esq. and Michael A. Blake.
Currently, the public advocate position is vacant. The
impressive venue is in the state-of-the-art auditorium of the
Fordham Law School at 150 West 62nd Street opposite Lincoln Center in
Manhattan, NY. Program commences @ 6:30 p.m. followed by a
catered reception!
Monday, February 18
-- SUPPER MEETING with a NEW
YORK CITY PUBLIC OFFICIAL @ 5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5 -- PUBLIC ADVOCATE DEBATE at MEDGAR
EVERS COLLEGE @ 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5 -- LONGTIME GAY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
JAMES R. "JIM" McMANUS DIES at 84
Tuesday, February 5 -- S.V.A. BOARDMEMBER BIRTHDAY:
SANJAY PETERSEN of BROOKLYN, NY
Saturday, January 26, 2019 -- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION
MONTHLY MEETING
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association does not meet on holidays or
holiday weekends. The SVA's
next monthly meeting is on 'the last Saturday of the month',
January 26th, 2019 @ 3:15 until 5 p.m.
There is a surprise New York 'elected' guest speaker!
This meeting features 'select' candidates for the next
NYC
Public Advocate (P/A). Candidates must
schedule a specific time with S.V.A. The P/A
election is Tuesday, February 23th!
Post-Event Update: The special public official guest
speaker was New York State Senator Dyane
J. Savino!
Saturday, January 19 -- STONEWALL VET BIRTHDAY: LEIGH P.
McMANUS of HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND
Wednesday, January 16 -- NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE CANDIDATES'
FORUM at GLBT CENTRE @7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 2 -- S.V.A. FORMER STAFFER
BIRTHDAY: DONALD RAY WILLIAMS of LONG BEACH, LI
2019: "STONEWALL
50": HALF-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY of 1969
G.L.B.T. STONEWALL REBELLION in GREENWICH VILLAGE in MANHATTAN, NEW
YORK CITY and the 50-YEAR FOUNDING of the STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS
ASSOCIATION (S.V.A.)!
Updated:
1 November
2019