A once in a lifetime event

Invite Stonewall Riot Activist Martin Boyce (Feb 2023 and April 2023)

Martin Boyce is one of a handful surviving Stonewall Riot activist, sharing the story of one of the most pivotal queer/trans action in history.

The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Patrons of the Stonewall, other Village 2SLGBTQIA+ bars, and neighbourhood street people fought back when the police became violent. The riots are widely considered a watershed event that transformed the gay liberation movement and the twentieth-century fight for LGBT rights in Canada and the United States.

Invite Martin Boyce to speak at your school or organization

Following an incredible Western Tour (May 2022), Martin will be coming back to Canada. He will be in Alberta in 18-22 February, 2023, and Eastern Canada in April/May 2023.

He is available to speak at your school or organization for FREE. If you are interested in booking him, please click here to request him via our Speakers’ Bureau. This program is generously funded by the Embassy of the United States and donors like you.

Stonewall Across Canada Western Tour (May 2022)

From May 3-May 20, Stonewall Activist Martin Boyce shared the stories of North America's most significant queer & trans moment in history: the Stonewall Riots across Western Canada.

During his Western Canadian tour, Martin travelled to: Winnipeg, Niverville,, Vancouver, Burnaby, Delta, Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Edmonton, Cold Lake, and Sudbury.

Martin spoke at online events for folks in: Mississauga, Sault Ste Marie, Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, Brampton, Halton, and Ottawa.

Martin spoke to 8545 in person and, 19,920 virtually. Martin participated in youth/community 32 events, 8 public talks, and 29 media interviews over the 16 days.

Curriculum Resources:

• Read Martin’s New York Times Interview

• Read Martin’s interview in USA today

• Read the PBS interview with Martin

• Read Martin’s interview in Teen Vogue here

• Listen to Martin’s story on Making Gay History’s podcast

• Watch the LGBTCentre of NYC documentary of Stonewall with Martin

• Watch the New York Times Documentary here

• Watch Martin in the documentary (wiki page) here for free with your local library card

• Watch Martin in the news clip from WCBS

• Watch Martin in the mini-documentary from The Moth.

This program is generously funded by the Embassy of the United States and donors like you.