BREAKING NEWS: Elton John Warns LGBTQ+ Misinformation Will 'Turn Back The Clock'

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On Friday, Elton John delivered remarks at the opening ceremony for the Stonewall Inn Memorial Visitors Center in NYC.

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00:00Hello Greenwich Village. Thank you Mr President and Dr Biden for your kind introduction for

00:29declaring Stonewall to be a national monument, and for your empowering words for our LGBTQ

00:35plus brothers and sisters, those here with us today, and those listening across America

00:40and around the world. I can say as a proud English gay man that this is one of the biggest

00:46honours of my life to be here today, having watched what took place 55 years ago. Thank

00:57you too for celebrating our place as equal and valued members of society, and for taking

01:02concrete action to make our lives better. Today, we join forces to celebrate the progress

01:10we have made together, and to remember that the fight for freedom and equality is an ongoing

01:15one. 55 years ago, in this sacred spot of the Stonewall uprising, gay activists stood

01:21strong and ignited a movement that has changed history for the better. I am grateful to be

01:27here today with my husband David, sending love to our two beautiful sons, in part because

01:32the Christopher Street community rose up and took that bold stand. Thank you.

01:51Now thanks to the vision of Pride Live and the queer women of colour behind Pride Live,

01:57Diana Rodriguez and Anne-Marie Gotthard, Stonewall serves as a national monument where

02:03generations to come will learn the important lessons of this essential history, so that

02:08we do not repeat it, because the job isn't done. Over 540 anti-LGBTQ plus bills were

02:17introduced in state legislatures across America this year. Disgraceful. And discrimination

02:24and criminalisation threaten the lives of our LGBTQ plus family from Kingston to Kampala.

02:32The Ellen Jones Foundation, along with our partners and allies, we fight these human

02:35rights abuses around the world every day, as we seek to open hearts and minds and find

02:40innovative ways to move forward. And as President Biden has reminded us, today too, we face

02:47one of those seminal moments. Do we stand up for our vision and our values, or let misinformation

02:53and senseless scapegoating turn back the clock? No fucking way. No. In this moment

03:19take pride and fight on. So let us honour LGBTQ plus people everywhere who have journeyed

03:26for justice and commit, as I do, as long as I am still standing, to continue to stand

03:32with you as we together create a better, fairer and more just world for us all. Thank you.

03:38Have a great and happy Pride. Bless you.

BREAKING NEWS: Elton John Warns LGBTQ+ Misinformation Will 'Turn Back The Clock'

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