Chair Farías: Stonewall history and LGBTQ+ housing connection
Chair Farías introduces the hearing on LGBTQ+ housing instability, connecting Pride Month to the Stonewall riots and the origins of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement among housing-insecure people.
Good morning, everyone.
I'm Councilmember Amanda Farias, Chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity.
I'm excited to be joined by the Chair of the Committee on General Welfare, Councilmember Crystal Hudson, for today's hearing on housing instability among LGBTQ plus individuals in New York City.
As we celebrate Pride Month here in New York, it is important to recognize the reality of the LGBT plus community's ongoing struggles, one of them being that in the United States,
LGBTQ plus individuals are more likely to face housing insecurity than non-LGBTQ plus people.
When we look back at the origins of pride at the 1969 Stonewall riots, we are reminded that the modern LGBTQ plus liberation movement was largely formed by housing insecure people.
The Stonewall Bar was a haven for young LGBTQ plus individuals who had nowhere else to go.
Housing injustice and LGBTQ plus rights have been intertwined since the beginning.