The month of June is celebrated as Pride Month. Later in 2016, President Barack Obama designated the site of a watershed event in the history of US gay rights, the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, as a national monument, the first one to honor the contributions of gay Americans. History of Pride month and how it started: The …
In the last more than 50 years since the first Pride Month was celebrated in the United States, the month-long celebration of love, acceptance, diversity, and self-pride has become a global phenomenon. Come June, proud voices retell stories of courageous people for it is Pride Month, the month that became a thriving memorial of struggles and victories of the LGBTQ+ …
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 …
A part-time judge who accused Stonewall of misrepresenting the law is in the running to work on the country's equalities watchdog. Akua Reindorf, who accused the LGBTQ+ charity of failing to uphold free speech when the University of Essex dropped two speakers accused of transphobia, has been asked to sit on the board of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. …
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