National STONEWALL Veterans Association
=S.V.A. Supporters=
Mayor Rudolph William "Rudy" Giuliani
(107th Mayor of
New York City)
Elected NYC Mayor in 1993 and re-elected in 1997
S.V.A. Honorary Member since 1985 to present
2008 -- Rudy's Presidential Primary Election
On
"Super Tuesday" February 5,
2008, after the disappointing
(third place) primary vote tallies in Florida -- the home of hundreds
of thousands of prior New Yorkers -- former NYC Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani understandably announced the
following day that he
was withdrawing from the U.S. presidential race and that he was endorsing Senator John
McCain for president! Rudy had been undisputedly in first place in all of
the national polls. His New
York-based, credible, high-profile and popular candidacy spoke volumes
as to the significance of the great City of New York. How many
city mayors are ever in a position to run for the president of the
United States of America? Previously, Mayor John V. Lindsay was a
Republican-turned-Democrat presidential candidate in 1972.
Congratulations to Rudy Giuliani
-- you served us proud once again -- America's Mayor!
2007 -- Rudy's Presidential Nominee Candidacy
In New York City onthe 5th of
February 2007, Brooklyn-born "America's Mayor"
Rudolph W. "Rudy"
Giuliani ("RWG") announced that he took the next step --
Federal filing of official intent -- to his
2008 candidacy to be the President of the U.S.A.! On
Thursday, February 15th, RWG confirmed that he is, in fact,
a presidential candidate! By the end of that month, even Time magazine
called the STONEWALL Veterans' Association about Rudy! Particularly during the month of
March
while campaigning throughout America, Mayor Rudy restated again (and
again) his democratic (with a small "d") support for the rights of all
American citizens, i.e., G.L.B.T. people, and for Gay couple civil
unions.
2002
Letter from former NYC Mayor Rudy to the S.V.A.
2001
New Yorker-of-the-Year:
N.Y.C. Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani
New York Magazine's New Yorker-of-the-Year: Rudy
Giuliani
New York City 2001 Gay Pride
Parade with Mayor Rudy
It was less
than three months before the unknowing and horrific
September
11th, 2001,
terrorist attacks (that's two) on New York City, that N.Y.C. Mayor Rudy
Giuliani hosted his
"8th Annual Mayoral Gay Pride Celebration"
at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, New York. It was held on
Thursday, June 21, 2001, and for
the first time, at the perennial urging of S.V.A. President
Willson Lee Henderson, and a few others, it was held not as an
early morning breakfast but as an evening cocktail party.
On
Sunday, June 24, 2001, Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- and his
new and unusual political buddy, media mogul Michael
Reubens
Bloomberg, successor Republican candidate for
New York City Mayor --
joined the STONEWALL Veterans'
Association ("S.V.A.") and the classic and famous 1969 blue Cadillac convertible popularly known as the "Stonewall
Car"
in leading
the annual New York City Gay Pride Parade down Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan! Of course, Mayor Rudy's office called to strongly urge
and get the green
light
that the S.V.A. would have this highly successful media magnate, Mr.
Bloomberg. The S.V.A. did not know personally -- although we
have ebver since -- but only knew of, also now as our special guest.
Mayor Rudy's communications director and friend Cristyne F. Lategano made it clear that the
Mayor was asking this
favor and that he hoped that the S.V.A. -- of which he was and is an
Honorary Member -- trusted his judgment in this as we have in
many other matters. Guess what? In fact, Mayor Rudy
personally introduced mayoral candidate Michael to the S.V.A. President
Willson Henderson and other S.V.A. officials such as Jeremiah Newton, Leigh McManus, Cristina Hayworth, Bill Saltzman, Terri Van Dyke, Bert Coffman, Electra O'Mara, Mo Colarusso and Dave West. Subsequently, Willson and
Michael
Bloomberg hit it off immediately regarding "Stonewall"
right in the middle of the Fifth Avenue! Right was Rudy!!
After all was said and done -- and plenty was done and said
-- after being endorsed by and promoted by Rudy, media magnate
Michael R. Bloomberg became the next N.Y.C. Mayor! |
2001 - Person-of-the-Year:
Rudy W. Giuliani, America's Mayor
Time Magazine's Person-of-the-Year: NYC Mayor Rudy
Giuliani
2000
Mayor Rudy's Annual Letter of Praise to the STONEWALL V.A.
![[Rudolph W. Giuliani]](images/rudyjune00letter.jpg)
Note: Mayor RWG's letter reproduced in
lavender from the Stonewall NEWZLETTA
"New Millennium Gay Pride Edition" (2000) as this
letter was selected as one of "S.V.A.'s Top 5 Best Letters".
S.V.A. Post-GLBT Pride Parade 2000
Press Release
Press Release regarding Gay Pride Parade by S.V.A. Director Willson Henderson
N.Y.C. Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani hosts
2000 Gay Pride Celebration
Pictured above on the front cover of the Summer of 2000 issue of the STONEWALL Newzletta
are (l-2-r): STONEWALL Veterans' Association officers
Terri Van Dyke (Treasurer), Willson Henderson (President) and
Cristina Hayworth (Ambassadress) with host Mayor Rudy Giuliani
at fabled Gracie Mansion for the annual N.Y.C. GayPride Celebration.
2000 Mayoral Breakfast Invitation to
Gay Pride Month Celebration
1999
![[Rudolph W. Giuliani]](rgiuliani.gif)
Mayor Rudy Giuliani hosts 1999 Gay
Pride Celebration at Gracie Mansion
New York City Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani and
his staff hosted a tremendous celebration of Gay Pride at Gracie
Mansion. This year si very special as the twentieth anniversary
of the historic Stonewall Rebellion from which the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association emerged. or those Americans nationwide and non-American citizens
worldwide who may not know, this celebration is a tradition for New York City
mayors started by the internationally-known NYC Mayor Ed Koch.
Many NYC public officials such as the borough president, the
comptroller and the public advocatesponsor their own diverse Gay
Pride
celebrations. Our organization, the national S.V.A., received Gay Pride letters of congratulations and praise
from U.S.
Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D), Senator Alphonse M. D'Amato (R) and N.Y.S.
Governor George E. Pataki (R), besides former Mayor John Lindsay (L), among
dozens of other prominent public officals.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani with some S.V.A. Officers at Gracie Mansion
[Photo by Raymond McCaffrey]
Note: This
picture was so popular that the basically conservative New York Post
proudly printed it on the inside cover of a Sunday edition!
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Thursday, June 24, 1999 --
Happily pictured above are the STONEWALL
Rebellion Veterans
Association ("S.V.A.") Ambassadress Cristina Hayworth, up from Puerto
Rico, with a Cuban cigar gift for the Mayor (which the honorable mayor
had to
"by City law" refuse)
and bussing a very amused and fun-filled New York
City
Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani. The S.V.A. President Willson L. Henderson
is laughing big time and, in
the
rear, S.V.A.
Vice-President Jeremiah Newton is beaming. Literally to the far
left is
former Corresponding Secretary Harriet "Mo" Garblestein.
Other Stonewall veterans present but not shown were the
following: Molly Bennett Aitken, Tony Viera, Emile Griffith, Leigh P.
McManus, Dave West, Terri Van Dyke, Bert Coffman, Ramon
Bellido, Electra O'Mara, Joani C. Sobel, Ray McCaffrey, Thomas R.
Stevens, Rusty Rose, Brooke Lyn, et al.
The
Mayor was with the S.V.A just three days later leading the annual New
York City Gay Pride
Parade down famous Fifth Avenue for most of the parade route.
When Mayor Rudy
used to (past tense)
march with the blatantly Gay Log
Cabin Republican boys, the Mayor unfairly (due to association) received endless boos and
hisses from
many of the parade spectators. In sharp contrast, whenever Rudy
marched with the S.V.A. Stonewall veterans, including drag queens and dykes and the famous, blue, classic, eye-candy convertible
"Stonewall
Car", he received overwhelming shout-outs, cheers and kisses from
the crowds!!
And, so Mayor Rudy gladly observed and verbally commented on
the very welcomed change! The Stonewall Veterans with the Mayor
were filmed by all of the television stations and photographed by all
of the print press.
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1999 - N.Y.C. Mayor Rudy Giuliani's
Invitation for Gay Pride Celebration at Gracie Mansion
1998
Mayor
Rudy Giuliani's Congratulatory Letter to the S.V.A.'s Sister
Group, the Imperial QUEENS & Kings of Greater New York
1998
- Mayor Rudy Giuliani signs the New York City
Domestic Partnership Law benefiting Gay and Other Couples
The SVA's Willson L. Henderson gives friend New York City Mayor Rudy
W. Giuliani a big, hearty laugh. Standing proudly behind Willson
is openly-straight, Republican N.Y.C. Councilman Andrew Eristoff.
Sitting detached from the happiness around him and looking glum
is openly-Gay, Democrat N.Y.C. Councilmember Tom Duane (aka "Duanda").
All of the local television and radio stations -- plus all of the press -- covered the
historic event!
[Photograph by the Associated Press via the Staten Island Advance]
Willson Henderson with NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani at New York
City Hall for the historic 'Signing of the Domestic Partnership Law'
[Photo by Andrew Kirtzman of New York 1 T.V. News]
1997
1996
Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Annual Ace Letter to S.V.A.
1995
Mayor Rudy's Letter
to SVA Sister Group the Imperial Queens
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1994
Annual Letter to the S.V.A. from
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
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1993
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24 November
2020
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28th May
2020
Mayor Rudy's Birthday
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September 11th
2019
18th Tragic Anniversary of the Inhuman Islamic Terrorist AttackS!!!!
America's Mayor Giuliani was at the entire moving 4-hour tribute at World Trade Center site
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11th September
2018
17th Anniversary of the four (4) cowardly, radical, Islamic,
terrorist, sneak attackS against America in Washington, DC, Shanksville, PA,
and New York City, N.Y. (twice at the World Trade Center Twin Towers) when
Rudy Giuliani was the outstanding NYC mayor!
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September 11th
2017
Tragic 16th Anniversary of the Four Terrorist Sneak Attacks on America!
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11th September
2016
15th Anniversary of the Cowardly
September 11th, 2001 Islamic Attacks on America!.
Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani's September 11th tribute in N.Y.C., regarding the four terrorist attacks in 2001, was held at the site of the new World Trade Center including the 1,776-foot high Freedom Tower in New York City, America!
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4 February
2013
Former NYC Mayor Rudy was very
special guest
at former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's
Services
at Temple Emanu-El in
Manhattan, NY.
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