LGBT charity Stonewall has disavowed all violence – despite taking its name from a famous riot.
The UK-based charity was founded in 1989 by actors Sir Ian McKellen and Lord Cashman together with LGBT activist Lisa Power and others.
It took its name from the famous riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, when the LGBT community rose up against police oppression across several nights of violent protest.

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Protesters from Stonewall in 1996 (Photo by Steve Eason/Getty Images)


The Stonewall riots are often considered the birthplace of the LGBT rights movement, which is why Stonewall adopted its name.
But many were baffled over the weekend when the charity published a cryptic statement online disavowing ‘all violence’ in the name of LGBT rights.
The message, posted to social media with no context, says simply: “There is no place for violence in our movement, as a form of attack or retaliation. There is no resolution that will be achieved through violence or language inciting violence.
“Dehumanising discussion and actions hurt us all, divide us, and stokes that division.
“Stonewall has always achieved change through consensus building. We will find a way to that consensus, but it is clear that the current toxic discussion, and now violence, is not the way.
“We must find a way to achieve and maintain equality for trans communities that does not cause emotional damage and that makes people allies, not enemies.”
Social media users were taken aback by the statement, with many suggesting that Stonewall should change its name entirely.
Fonte. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/home/