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Why is Pride Month celebrated in June? Before Pride Month, there was Gay Pride Day, which was first celebrated on June 28, 1970. ... who declared June “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” in 1999 ...
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 1999, President Bill Clinton declared June as "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month." The name became more inclusive in 2009 under President Barack Obama who referred to it as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ...
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]
In June 2009, Obama became the first president to declare the month of June to be LGBT pride month; President Clinton had declared June Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. [107] [108] Obama did so again in June 2010, [109] June 2011, [110] June 2012, [111] June 2013, [112] June 2014, [113] and June 2015. [114]
First, President Bill Clinton declared June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month" in 1999 [44] and 2000. [45] Then from 2009 to 2016, each year he was in office, President Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month. [46] Later, President Joe Biden declared June LGBTQ+ Pride Month in 2021. [47]
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to fly the Progress Pride flag at county offices this June in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings in ...
Other partner 2024 LA Pride events included LGBTQ Night at Dodger Stadium [24] on June 14, 2024, Pride is Universal, [25] the after-hours exclusive theme park party at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 15, 2024, LA Pride Night in partnership with Cinespia, which screened the LGBTQ+ cult classic, D.E.B.S. at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on June ...