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SVA's color
theme for the month of October is appropriately orange for festive holiday Halloween!
"S.V.A. Events"
is updated daily (except Sundays and holidays):
21 October 2019 @ 9 a.m. (EST)
Saturday, October 26, 2019 -- STONEWALL REBELLION VETERANS
ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING HOSTED
by WILLSON HENDERSON
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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
Christopher Street!
The SVA's get2gether introduces a
U.S. Congressional Candidate
for a prominent district
in Manhattan and some crucial sections of
Brooklyn! She participated in the New York City G.L.B.T.
Pride
Parade in June, and, unlike the exclusionary incumbent, the
challenger's campaign was in triple communication (phone, email
and text) with the S.V.A. for "Stonewall-50"!
All of the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association members
and thousands of other citizens in this congressional
district want to
be rid
of the current, arrogant and over-done inhabitant.
The diss-respectful office holder rudely failed to contact,
much less support, the legendary S.V.A.
with commendations for its 50th anniversary!
That's ignorant! Yet, the shameful hypocrite had the
chutzpah to participate in our Gay Pride Parade! The members
and sponsors of the politically savvy S.V.A. --
unlike the
local G.L.B.T. political clubs such as SDC and LID -- typically
has
the winner! What a recurring coincidence! It
helps when your history of prominent supporters is literally a "who's who"
and your hugely popular website has millions of (verified) 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 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 housed in The Bromley's garage. (You won't read any of those facts in the Schleps-owned NYC Gayragpaper!)
On the occasion of Halloween, the S.V.A. will provide special culinary
"treats"
-- and no "tricks" (e.g., the forbidden fruit Gayragpaper)!
Divine meeting is at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Founders' Conference Room at 83
Christopher Street just off Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village in
Manhattan, NYC. 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), happens at Rosso's @ 4 p.m. You
won't read about this interesting G.L.B.T. history and realities
(not the current revisionism) of Gay life spanning a half century in
the NYC Gayragpaper.
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 honoray 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, there is a
special yuuge birthday cake presentation for Dyane! Event lights
up @ 6:30 p.m. and parties with disc-jockeyed music 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.
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
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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.
Premiere of the much-anticipated and timely "Inside STONEWALL!"
is re-scheduled for this evening! (Details to be announced when triple confirmed.) 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, Berti, Rusty, David S., Tony V., et al.) and
three original 'Stonewall cops' (Frank, 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 'not-the-same' 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
cops -- 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, The Shlub or Reuben Jr.) 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 drinx 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!
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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 S. 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 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 --
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. 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: HALF-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY of 1969
G.L.B.T. STONEWALL REBELLION
Updated:
4 March
2019
