The uprising happened June 28, 1969, when the police arrived and the bar patrons, who were fed up with the discrimination, fought back as police hauled people out of the bar. “Were you around for Stonewall?” Folmar asked.Ĭolorado moves to fund “culturally responsive” health care training. In the early 2000s, Michelle Folmar, a lesbian Denver police officer, traveled to New York with a friend, and while staying at the Chelsea Hotel an older woman invited them into her apartment-style room, where she regaled them with stories about her life as an entertainer and drag artist.įolmar noticed a picture of a young black woman punching a police officer. Martinez expressed that the hatred his Chicano family received when they moved to Colorado from New Mexico in the 1950s, resembles the hatred that he sees in the world today. However, not all of his family accept his sexuality and those that he’s still close with don’t talk about it with him. Martinez came out to his mother at 15 years old and she told him that she had known since he was a child. Martinez has marched in the Denver Pride Parade with his sign every year since 1976. Kelsey Brunner, The Denver PostDonaciano Martinez, 72, stands in his front yard with his homemade sign at his home in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
