A crowdfunding campaign has saved the Stonewall Inn from closure on the 51st anniversary of the riots that made it famous around the world.
The New York bar looks on to the Stonewall National Monument – but it doesn’t get any federal funding. And with the coronavirus temporarily closing all venues, its future was in jeopardy.
The bar’s rent alone is over $40,000 a month, while it also faces insurance and other operating costs. So the ‘struggling’ inn launched a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe with a goal to raise $100,000.
This, co-owner Stacy Lentz told CNN was just enough to get the business out of the red. But now generous donors have donated $129,000 and counting. The Stonewall Inn’s history and future This Sunday 28 June will mark the