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The History of Pride - Library of Congress

Thousands of LGBT+ people gathered to commemorate Stonewall and demonstrate for equal rights. The events of Stonewall and the liberation movements that followed ...

Pride (LGBTQ culture) - Wikipedia

Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQ rights movements. Pride has lent its name to LGBTQ-themed ...

About the Pride Movement - Pride St. Louis

For over thirty years, Pride St. Louis, Inc. has been working to raise understanding and acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) ...

The history of Pride Month - Joint Base Andrews

Angered by police harassment and social discrimination, the events of June 28th sparked six days of protests and galvanized the gay rights movement. America's ...

Gay Pride | History, Flag, & Facts - Britannica

Gay Pride, annual celebration, usually in June in the United States and sometimes at other times in other countries, of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ...

The First Pride Was a Riot: The Origins of Pride Month

June is Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall uprising, which began on June 28, 1969. Though the first Gay Pride Liberation March took ...

LGBTQ Pride Month: Everything you should know about its history

Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. It traces its roots back to the 1969 Stonewall ...

Pride Month 2024: Origins, Parades & Dates | HISTORY

The roots of the gay rights movement go back to the early 1900s, when a handful of individuals in North America and Europe created gay and ...

How LGBTQ+ Pride Went Global - Council on Foreign Relations

From the first gay liberation marches in the United States in 1970 to today's array of diverse and unique celebrations around the world, ...

Pride: What is it and why do people celebrate it? - BBC Newsround

The Stonewall riots were important protests that took place in 1969 in the US, that changed gay rights for a lot of people in America and around ...

Birth of the Pride March - Google Arts & Culture

Marching for visibility and in protest ... The first of what we now know as the Pride march or parade was held on June 28, 1970 on the anniversary of the ...

Our history - NYC Pride

A year after Stonewall, the first Gay Pride March was held by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee to commemorate the riots. The New York Times ...

About | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month

The concept behind the initial Pride march came from members of the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO), who had been organizing an ...

11 Facts About Pride and the LGBTQIA+ Movement

There are so many reasons to celebrate Pride.

PRIDE Values - UCSF LGBT Resource Center

The word 'pride' is an integral cultural concept within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI) community, representing solidarity, ...

What's The Real Meaning of Pride and Why do LGBTQ+ Events ...

Participating in Pride is more than an acknowledgement of our own belonging in the public sphere, it is a communal response to the idea that our ...

What Is Pride Month and the History of Pride? - Them.us

They have a variety of names, such as Alternative Pride or Queer Liberation March or Reclaim Pride. Those events take the form of raucous ...

Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement - PBS

Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement · December 10, 1924. The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. · 1948. Biologist and ...

Pride Month - Wikipedia

Pride Month, sometimes specified as LGBTQ Pride Month, is a monthlong observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ pride, commemorating the ...

History of LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Britannica

Over five nights of protests by thousands of people, the struggle for gay rights coalesced into a modern political movement. One year later, the first Pride ...