US President Barack Obama has created the first national monument to gay rights at the site of the Stonewall riots nearly five decades ago in Manhattan.
He said the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village would "tell the story of our struggle for LGBT rights".
"I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country: the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us," Mr Obama said in a video announcing the monument.
"That we are stronger together, that out of many, we are one."
A police raid at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 sparked nights of rioting and led to the modern gay rights movement.
In announcing the monument, the White House said this month's mass shooting at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, illustrated that LGBT people still "face acts of violence, discrimination and hate".
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined gay rights groups in praising the new monument, along with New York lawmakers.
The history-making police raid at the Stonewall Inn quickly spiralled out of control as officers were accused of assaulting lesbians during a frisk.
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