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Elton John speaks at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Julia Nikhinson Elton John speaks as President Joe Biden listens at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ccfa6495f2b741aeb0a307f7fc356ae1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Elton John speaks as President Joe Biden listens at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Julia Nikhinson Elton John performs during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1b2c9d6a543147cda77a4be25fd8b492/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Elton John performs during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Marta Lavandier Robert Kesten, executive director of the Stonewall Museum, stands next to a juke box at the museum, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Stonewall Museum hosts a comprehensive archive on LGBTQ+ history and the largest library collection in the world. The museum is one of hundreds of art and culture groups in the state that are left scrambling to plug a large budget gap after Gov. Ron De Santis vetoed $32 million in arts funding. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/efe00fcf66db4919a29b78217d445bb0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Robert Kesten, executive director of the Stonewall Museum, stands next to a juke box at the museum, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Stonewall Museum hosts a comprehensive archive on LGBTQ+ history and the largest library collection in the world. The museum is one of hundreds of art and culture groups in the state that are left scrambling to plug a large budget gap after Gov. Ron De Santis vetoed $32 million in arts funding. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden, right, poses with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b9d082267002422eba7b93d99c41f31c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
President Joe Biden, right, poses with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Julia Nikhinson President Joe Biden speaks during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2f6824e9b09f4f8db962d590e17ee837/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
President Joe Biden speaks during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Julia Nikhinson Elton John performs during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f001683722dc45fdb7c85aefb00f350f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Elton John performs during the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Andres Kudacki Visitors chat inside the Stonewall National Monument's visitor center on Friday, June 21, 2024, in New York. The visitor center opens on Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States in the ensuing decades. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ce59888b028040c9a92ebacf9fa27baf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Visitors chat inside the Stonewall National Monument's visitor center on Friday, June 21, 2024, in New York. The visitor center opens on Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States in the ensuing decades. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
![Julia Nikhinson President Joe Biden, right, poses with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/66e4f2cffd114a0f9b092f4fdc2e2e52/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
President Joe Biden, right, poses with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden speaks at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b9d8eb63f429488ebaee0d18f0f9b3b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
President Joe Biden speaks at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Evan Vucci Elton John, right, prepares to speak as President Joe Biden looks on at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dfc4c55a1386451c9fb440d0c01f1527/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Elton John, right, prepares to speak as President Joe Biden looks on at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Julia Nikhinson President Joe Biden, right, hugs Elton John at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b0cafc42de744c6889a51bd56ac26c3a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
President Joe Biden, right, hugs Elton John at the grand opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
![Andres Kudacki Social activist Mark Segal holds a picture of him during a protest demanding gay rights, inside the Stonewall National Monument's visitor center Friday, June 21, 2024, in New York. The visitor center opens Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States in the ensuing decades. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/768898a14d744d28902840d3a93676e9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Social activist Mark Segal holds a picture of him during a protest demanding gay rights, inside the Stonewall National Monument's visitor center Friday, June 21, 2024, in New York. The visitor center opens Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States in the ensuing decades. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)