| STONEWALL | The ___ Inn (New York City gay-rights landmark) |
| SELMA | Civil rights landmark city |
| GRAPES | Lovers of the fruit of the vine are keen on these hostelries: The ___ Inn, Halton Road, Runcorn, and the Fox and ___, in Hawarden, Deeside (6) |
| TABARD | The ____, inn from which the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales went (6) |
| SPOUTER | "The ___-Inn" (Chapter 3 of "Moby-Dick") |
| INVERARY | Theatre Baddeck's "Murder at the ___ Inn" |
| MARSHAPJOHNSON | Prominent figure of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, this New York drag queen was an advocate for gay rights. |
| PONY | The Prancing ___, inn in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| MILK | The story of a gay rights activist portrayed by Sean Penn (2008) |
| OLDSHIP | A mannequin of a sailor adorns the roof of The ___ ___ Inn, a Macclesfield pub in the style of a Tudor roadhouse (3,4) |
| HARVEYMILK | San Francisco gay rights martyr who was an inaugural honoree on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor: 2 wds. |
| BEFREE | Garth Brooks' pro-gay rights song "We Shall ___" |
| GLIB | Plausible leader of gay rights movement (4) |
| IANMCKELLEN | British actor knighted in 1991, a leading spokesman for gay rights |
| SAMELOVE | 2012 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song about gay rights: 2 wds. |
| PANTI | Gay rights activist Rory O'Neill's stage name |
| ALLY | Straight supporter of gay rights |
| GIDE | Early gay rights advocate Andre |
| CAUSE | Gay rights or climate change |
| TRANSICON | Gay rights pioneer Marsha P. Johnson, for one |