Pride Month

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It’s Pride Month, an annual observance in June that honors the Stonewall uprising of 1969 and advances LGBTQ+ visibility, dignity, and rights. It combines celebration with edu...

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PRIDE MONTH traces its start to the immediate aftermath of the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the early morning of June 28, 1969, and the sustained protests and marches tha...

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Pride Month exists to commemorate the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, celebrate identities long marginalized, and renew commitments to equity and visibility. Originating from early act...

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Supporting Pride Month is both a symbolic gesture and a set of tangible commitments that can extend well beyond June. At its core, showing support means centering LGBTQ+ voices,...

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June is observed as Pride Month to honor the history of LGBTQ+ activism and the ongoing work for dignity and legal equality. The creation of Pride Month stems from a deliberate...

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When Pride Month started is commonly traced to June 1969, when the Stonewall Uprising in New York City galvanized LGBTQ+ communities to organize sustained public advocacy. The f...

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In June 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s West Village. In response, LGBTQ+ patrons and community members resisted arrest, sparking several n...

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Questions about who created Pride Month are common, but the history is more textured than a single person or event. Pride Month traces from the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New Yo...

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In most of the United States and many other places, Pride Month is observed in June, so if this month is June, the practical status is widely recognized; if this month is anothe...

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Pride Month is an annual observance in June that honors the LGBTQ+ community’s history, identities, and ongoing civil rights efforts. It originated to commemorate the 1969 Sto...