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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 case you missed it, June is Pride Month − a time to celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community. As Texans partake in the festivities, some may remember key moments in the state's queer history.
The children's book Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag was released by Penguin Random House in April 2018. [20] Baker was one of the inaugural fifty American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument (SNM) in June 2019.
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.
June 21, The Library After Hours: Pride, Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50, including Drag Queen Story Hour, at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. [36] June 21, Cosplay & Pride, cosplay party hosted by NYC Pride with Geeks OUT. [34] June 21–23, Pride at the Beach, a "destination weekend" including Long Island Pride Parade. [37]
Pride in Pitman, June 8 Join the PRIDE Alliance of Pitman from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a day packed with pride. At this fourth annual event, take part in live music, food, drag queen story time, a ...