JOY IN THE STREETS: What It Looks Like Outside Stonewall

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JOY IN THE STREETS: The Scene Outside Stonewall
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          Jun 25, 2011
          
        
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Revelers exploded in celebration in front of the historic Stonewall gay bar after passage of a bill legalizing gay marriage in New York. Here's what it looked like. Photos by Spencer Platt of Getty.

        
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