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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 ...
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 5:00 AM.
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)
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]
In 2024, it will be celebrated the week of December 2nd. [96] LGBT History Month: October: 1994: It was declared a national history month by President Barack Obama in 2009. The month was created with the intent to encourage openness and education about LGBT history and rights. LGBT Pride Month: June [97] [98] [99]
Three presidents of the United States have officially declared a pride month. First, President Bill Clinton declared June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month" in 1999 [44] and 2000. [45] Then from 2009 to 2016, each year he was in office, President Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month. [46]
Why Pride Month Is in June. Solcyré Burga. June 3, 2024 at 4:14 PM. Clockwise from top-left: Crowd attempts to impede police arrests outside the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969; the Gay Activists ...
[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 ]