June 2024: Everything you need to know about Pride Month
June is celebrated as LGBT+ Pride Month, a public celebration that marks the first anniversary of the violent police raid at New York's Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in late June 1970.
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A series of protests and catalyzed movements for LGBTQ rights sparked on June 28, 1969 when people largely kept their identity or orientation quiet.
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The first pride week kicked off with marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
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In 1999, President Bill Clinton proclaimed June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
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Pride's rainbow-laden parades and festivals celebrate the progress of the LGBTQ civil rights movement.