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Celebrate Pride Month 2024: History, events & fun facts. Gannett. APP.com Digital Desk. May 28, 2024 at 10:24 AM. June is a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community around the world. It's a month ...
When is LGBTQ Pride Month? Here's a list of the calendar of events, plus details on its history and why we celebrate in June in the first place. Everything to know about Pride Month 2024
Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Its roots trace back to the 1969 Stonewall riots. ... June 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM.
LGBTQ History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. [1] It was founded in 1994 by Missouri high-school history teacher Rodney Wilson. [ 2 ]
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]
The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes gay pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day.
The Pittsburgh Pride Parade 2024 makes it way across the Andy Warhol Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
[7] [8] While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024. [ 9 ]