Washington Blade reports.The inn, site of the 1969 uprising that helped launch the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, was shut down for a time due to the global pandemic and has recently begun serving customers outside, but it has still been in danger of permanent closure because of lost revenue.
There are two ongoing crowdfunding campaigns for the bar, one to pay its staff and the other to meet ongoing expenses such as rent, insurance, and utilities.
The Gill Foundation’s pledge will be earmarked for the latter.“Stonewall is a cornerstone of LGBTQ history and it must be protected,” Gill and Scott Miller, who cochair the foundation, said in a Facebook statement. “Queer people of color — including trans women of color like Marsha P.