History of LGBTQ+ Pride Month
History of LGBTQ+ Pride Month Why is Pride Month in June? Gay Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began on June 28 #pridemonth #truyenchu247 #faq -------------------------------- SPEAKER 1: Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the struggle for equal rights by members of the LGBTQ+ community and to highlight the progress made. One of the most important moments in the struggle occurred at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, in June of 1969. Homosexuality was a criminal offense in most of America. Police raids of gay bars were common. And there had been other uprisings across the country in response to the harassment. The rebellion at Stonewall was a much larger act of resistance, however. 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 March was held on the anniversary of the Stonewall riots to demonstrate the solidarity against discrimination and to co...