Today in History: Stonewall

There have been many remarkable changes in this country and the world over the past 40 years– an African American president, the woman's right movement, the end of the Soviet Union and South Africa's apartheid, to name a few. But as a person who has lived most of those 40 years in New York City's West Village, another shift I have witnessed is the change in attitudes about homosexuality.  I am sure it is not fast enough or sweeping enough for many people. But remember, it was not that long ago t