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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]
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.
According to a search of Newspapers.com, an online archive of more than 26,000 newspapers, the first mention of “Pride Month” was in a June 5, 1972, issue of Pennsylvania’s Delaware County ...
Taking place every June, Pride Month celebrates the self-affirmation, dignity, equality and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The month-long celebration was ...
Pride’s hallmark rainbow-laden parades and festivals celebrate the progress the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement has made. In the U.S. in April, a federal appeals court ruled North Carolina and West Virginia’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory.
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 ...
Daniel Quasar is an American artist and graphic designer, known for their [a] design of the Progress Pride flag, a variation of the rainbow pride flag that incorporates additional colors to explicitly represent trans people and LGBTQ+ people of color.
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 ...