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To start, Pride Month began 54 years ago in June 1970 with Gay Pride Week, a celebration that marked the first anniversary of the violent raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City.
A 1970s gay liberation protest in Washington, D.C.. The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn. [3] The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights. [4]
The first Pride marches started the following year, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the multiday riots, and these one-day celebrations eventually evolved into a full month of LGBTQ pride ...
In the 2010s and 2020s, countless other musicians of various genres, such as Lil Nas X [10] [51] with country music, Lady Gaga, [52] Troye Sivan, [53] and Hayley Kiyoko [54] [10] with pop music, and girl in red [55] and Dodie [56] with indie music, have reached fame and had their songs reach new heights on Billboard.
June 21–23, Pride at the Beach, a "destination weekend" including Long Island Pride Parade. [37] June 23, Pride Luminaries Brunch, hosted by NYC Pride and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce at Magic Hour (Moxie Hotel). [38] June 23, "#howaboutlove: 50 Years of DIVAS" pays tribute to 50 years of divas who provided the soundtrack to the ...
Austin Pride: Celebrate Pride month in Austin at parties, bar crawls and family-friendly events 1970s: A movement is born Pride events in Texas date back to the 1970s, following the June 1969 ...
Some events fall outside of June: Tokyo’s Rainbow Pride was in April and Rio de Janeiro has a major event in November. In 1999, President Bill Clinton proclaimed June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. WHAT’S BEING CELEBRATED? Pride’s hallmark rainbow-laden parades and festivals celebrate the progress the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement has made.
Taylor Swift kicked off Pride Month with a celebratory message for her fans. As the European leg of the 34-year-old singer's Eras Tour rolls on, she offered a special shoutout during the Lover ...