Where gay pride began 50 years ago
5 years, 6 months ago

Where gay pride began 50 years ago

BBC  

Where gay pride began 50 years ago 50 years ago, this fiery riot birthed the gay rights movement On 28 June 1969, events at New York City’s Stonewall Inn sparked a multi-day riot that birthed the modern gay rights movement and the inaugural pride parade in 1970. Fifty years ago, in the early-morning hours of 28 June 1969, a police raid at a Mafia-run dive bar in New York City changed the course of history. Instead of accompanying officers to the police station, Marsha Johnson, an African-American trans woman, fired the first shot – literally: she picked up a shot glass, threw it through a mirror and sparked a multi-day riot that birthed the modern gay rights movement and the inaugural pride parade in 1970. In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, BBC's The Travel Show returns to The Stonewall Inn to meet Mark Segal, who was just 18 years old when police confronted him inside the bar and had no idea that the world would still be feeling the effects of that steamy summer night 50 years later.

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month culminates with parades in New York, San Francisco and beyond
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month culminates with parades in New York, San Francisco and beyond

LA Times  

Christy Gorbet dances in front of the main stage Saturday, the first of two days of Pride Celebration at Civic Center in San Francisco. The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. “It feels like …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
7 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

LA Times  

Revelers participate in a previous NYC Pride March. Pride Month started Saturday across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. In the U.S. in April, a federal appeals court …

Gay rights in the 1970s: Reagan, the first rainbow flag, and rural voters.
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Gay rights in the 1970s: Reagan, the first rainbow flag, and rural voters.

Slate  

As Election Day approached, the campaign to defeat Proposition 6 faced formidable odds. “Briggs Debates Gay Teacher,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 26, 1978. “Gay Teacher in the Eye of Proposition 6 Storm,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, 1978. “‘Gay rights’ misnamed,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 1978. QueerCore: One Woman vs The World – The Lgbtq+ Rainbow Flag Origin Story, …

How Capital Pride went from a block party in 1975 to welcoming the vice president
1 year, 6 months ago

How Capital Pride went from a block party in 1975 to welcoming the vice president

The Independent  

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Daily Quiz | On the Pride month
1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Quiz | On the Pride month

The Hindu  

Daily Quiz | On the Pride month Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /5 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The watershed moment for the LGBTQI rights movement in the world happened in 1969 as a result of police raids on an inn in a New York City neighbourhood. YES NO Answer : …

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties
1 year, 7 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. “What we’re seeing right now is probably the worst that it’s been since the early days, …

Pride 2022 London: What is the history of the annual parade?
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Pride 2022 London: What is the history of the annual parade?

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A queer history of literature and science
2 years, 6 months ago

A queer history of literature and science

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST More than 50 years since the watershed Stonewall uprising in New York, the gay rights movement has come a long way in the US and across the globe. In 1969, there was a series of protests by members of the gay community at the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village following …

Ahead of Pride Month, 3 LGBTQ influencers to follow
2 years, 7 months ago

Ahead of Pride Month, 3 LGBTQ influencers to follow

Live Mint  

Pride Month in many parts of the world is celebrated through the month of June. In 1970, the first gay pride march was organised to mark one year of the Stonewall Uprising — various other cities in the US followed and organised marches at the same time. In the following years, this snowballed into marches in various other cities, with …

New York's Pride parade held virtually for second consecutive year, amid in-person parties, marches
3 years, 6 months ago

New York's Pride parade held virtually for second consecutive year, amid in-person parties, marches

Firstpost  

For people looking to march for LGBTQ rights, the Reclaim Pride Coalition held its third Queer Liberation March from Bryant Park to the Stonewall National Monument and into Washington Square Park. New York: New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride parade was held virtually for the second year in a row on 27 June due to the pandemic, but that didn’t …

With virtual and in-person events, NYC commemorates Pride
3 years, 6 months ago

With virtual and in-person events, NYC commemorates Pride

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York City's annual LGBTQ …

Pride flag receives an even more inclusive redesign
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Pride flag receives an even more inclusive redesign

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NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers ‘disheartened’
3 years, 7 months ago

NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers ‘disheartened’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will In their statement, NYC Pride urged members of law enforcement to “acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward.” “The sense of safety that law enforcement …

'It’s the one day we’re not outcasts': Hundreds parade through London for first ever Trans Pride march
5 years, 3 months ago

'It’s the one day we’re not outcasts': Hundreds parade through London for first ever Trans Pride march

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 1,500 people filled London’s streets with colour for …

50 years of LGBTQ pride showcased in protests and parades
5 years, 6 months ago

50 years of LGBTQ pride showcased in protests and parades

LA Times  

People participate in the New York Pride March on Sunday in New York City. Crowds gathered outside New York’s historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. I’m just like everybody else.” Alyssa Christianson, 29, of New York City, said she …

50 years of Stonewall Inn: A raid that exposed the colours of Pride
5 years, 6 months ago

50 years of Stonewall Inn: A raid that exposed the colours of Pride

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Today is the day that marks 50 years since the start of riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York, where a police raid led to a backlash that fuelled the modern-day gay rights movement. But June has been the month of LGBTQ pride marches and celebrations in commemoration of the Stonewall Inn riots since 1970, the year after …

1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today’s Pride celebrations
5 years, 6 months ago

1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today’s Pride celebrations

CNN  

CNN — Pride these days is synonymous with rainbow-saturated celebrations of the LGBTQ community. It’s easy to forget its solemn origins as a march that commemorated clashes between police and protesters outside a New York gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. To get around state regulations that prohibited gay people from being served alcoholic beverages, mafioso “Fat Tony” Lauria operated the …

New York's huge Gay Pride fest launches with...
5 years, 6 months ago

New York's huge Gay Pride fest launches with...

Daily Mail  

Hundreds turned out for the launch of New York's World Pride festivities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which are credited with setting in motion campaigns for gay rights across the world. This year's celebrations mark 50 years since the Stonewall riots, which are credited with setting in motion campaigns for gay rights across the world US …

Cities across the world to deck up for the 50th anniversary years of Stonewall Uprising
5 years, 6 months ago

Cities across the world to deck up for the 50th anniversary years of Stonewall Uprising

The Hindu  

Pride flags flutter outside The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The Stonewall Uprising led to the gay rights movement and eventually pride parades around the globe. The other events — such as the NYC Pride March, Stonewall50 Commemoration Rally, Youth Pride — lined up till the Closing Ceremony at Times Square on June 30, will have performances by Princess …

From gay bashing to AIDS to same-sex marriage, L.A. pride parade reflects hopes, dreams and despairs
5 years, 7 months ago

From gay bashing to AIDS to same-sex marriage, L.A. pride parade reflects hopes, dreams and despairs

LA Times  

The pride parade in West Hollywood has served as a spectacle, talent show, celebration, political movement and memorial. 1999: Booming but unequal In 1999, The Times looked at how West Hollywood — known as America’s first “gay city” — was doing 15 years after cityhood. Fifteen years ago, West Hollywood residents voted to make their unincorporated niche the 84th city …

A list of Pride events marking Stonewall’s 50th anniversary
5 years, 7 months ago

A list of Pride events marking Stonewall’s 50th anniversary

Associated Press  

This year’s Pride Month is filled with parades, movie screenings, walking tours, art exhibits, and more, many of which commemorate the 50th anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall uprising that fueled the fire for a global LGBTQ movement. Some of what’s on offer: EXHIBITS “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” Brooklyn Museum; “PRIDE: Photographs of Stonewall and …

Exhibits, panels, opera, more for Stonewall 50th anniversary
5 years, 7 months ago

Exhibits, panels, opera, more for Stonewall 50th anniversary

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — If it’s Pride Month, there’s gotta be a parade. That history is all over the events that a wide range of institutions are hosting in June, from an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum called “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” to an opera by British composer Iain Bell commissioned by the New York City …

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