Stonewall Generation and Millennial activists conversation

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To mark the Stonewall anniversary, TIME invited a group to participate in an intergenerational conversation about the nature of this milestone, the work they’re doing and the lessons that can be learned from their experiences. The group included three individuals who were either involved directly with the Stonewall uprising or other early gay liberation initiatives, and four younger people who are working to improve their respective communities today.

Of the Stonewall generation is author and retired professor Karla Jay, an early member of the Women’s Liberation Movement and Gay Liberation Front (GLF) who was present at the second night of Stonewall; Ellen Broidy, another member of the GLF and the co-founder of the first annual Gay Pride March in 1970; and Mark Segal, a journalist and activist who was a GLF member, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News and currently an advocate for affordable senior housing.

Representing the younger activists is Junior Mintt, a Brooklyn drag artist who makes trans-centric and people-of-color-focused work; Jose Alvarez, a queer filmmaker; Stephanie Garces, an organizer of the New York City Dyke March; and Gedalia “Geddy” Penner, a musician and advocate who does work to support Jewish queer youth in New York City.