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    For the Activist: 6 Ways to Resist at WorldPride

    Alexander Kacala

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    Alexander Kacala
    06/25/19

    For the Activist: 6 Ways to Resist at WorldPride

    Activist Pride

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    While Pride can seem too corporate at times, there are a slew of events -- official and unofficial -- that attempt to maintain the spirit of the original Stonewall riots, an activist uprising that sparked the modern day LGBTQ civil rights movement.

    But with so much happening this WorldPride, it can be difficult to figure out what's best for you to commit to. So we've rounded-up our picks for you, from museum exhibitions to marches in the street. Here are seven things you can do to resist at this year's WorldPride in New York City.

    Photo: Scott Lynch @scoboco

    6. Criminal Queerness Festival - Through July 7

    6. Criminal Queerness Festival - Through July 7
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    The Criminal Queerness Festival takes place through July 7 at the IRT Theater. The inaugural festival explores the criminalization of LGBTQ communities in the 70 countries where it is still illegal to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender.

    "The Criminal Queerness Festival is the first program of its kind, promoting the stories of LGBTQ playwrights from countries that criminalize same-sex relations," said National Queer Theater founder and Artistic Director Adam Odsess-Rubin in a statement. "Around the world, we lose so many stories to censorship, violence, and fear. WorldPride is the perfect platform to showcase these artists' work for a global audience and raise awareness of human rights and freedom of expression."

    This year, the Criminal Queerness Festival will feature the work of four LGBTQ playwrights originating from Egypt, China, Tanzania and Pakistan. Together, these pieces represent the common cause of equality shared by all LGBTQ people, wherever they may reside in the world.

    Photo courtesy National Queer Theater

    4. Stonewall 50 at New-York Historical Society - Through September 22

    4. Stonewall 50 at New-York Historical Society - Through September 22
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    The New York Historical Society is celebrating Stonewall 50 with three socially aware exhibitions. Letting Loose and Fighting Back: LGBTQ Nightlife Before and After Stonewall highlights the ways in which queer nightlife has been critical in shaping LGBTQ identity, building community and developing political awareness. Serving as oases of expression, resilience, and resistance, the exhibition begins with gay bars in the 1950s and continues through the rise of the gay liberation movement and the emergence of LGBTQ clubs as places of community activism.

    By the Force of Our Presence: Highlights from the Lesbian Herstory Archives, curated by the Lesbian Herstory Archives Graphics Committee, highlights community-building, organization, and networking within the LGBTQ movement with a focus on the contributions of lesbians and queer women. In addition, a special installation, Say It Loud, Out and Proud: Fifty Years of Pride, features imagery from New York City Pride marches and other LGBTQ protests from the 1960s to the present day, as well as a timeline of milestones and objects from LGBTQ history.

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