Making A Difference: Special Guest Teen Activist Ewan Barker Plummer

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate Pride month with us! 📣 Who was Harvey Milk? 👏 Learn about activism past and present with special guest, 16 year old Ewan Barker Plummer. ✅ Test your flag knowledge in today’s Trivia on the Ten! 🧐 📧 Do you have something to tell us? Email us at: [email protected] 📝 Sign up for The Ten News-letter! 📸 Join us on Instagram 🌍 Visit our website for a list of sources used for this episode and a full episode transcript Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:05.0	I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News, where we get the lowdown on what's
0:12.0	up in the world.
0:13.0	It's Tuesday, June 1st.
0:15.0	June marks the start of LGBTQ Pride Month.
0:19.0	A month celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people all over the globe.
0:25.7	So let's kick it off and get to the 10.
0:36.0	This month, you might see an extra abundance of rainbow flags and an explosion of color everywhere,
0:43.7	from commercials on TV to incredible parades in the street.
0:47.4	Pride is here!
0:48.7	So what is it?
0:51.3	Pride began as a demonstration created to remember the events at the Stonewall Inn in 1969.
0:59.3	The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar in New York City, and during this time, gay people faced regular attacks and persecution.
1:07.6	The police regularly raided the Stonewall Inn, but this day, LGBTQ people there had enough
1:14.5	and fought back. Protest and violence continued for days afterwards, capturing national attention.
1:21.7	This event became a turning point, and it's credited with launching the modern gay rights movement,
1:27.3	which still continues to this day, as LGBTQ people, and it's credited with launching the modern gay rights movement,
1:32.9	which still continues to this day as LGBTQ people fight for equality.
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