Pride Month has officially started as of June 1 and there’s a lot to celebrate.
Throughout history, people who identify with the LGBTQ+ community have struggled to gain equal rights within and to overcome adversity and discrimination.
But what is Pride Month exactly? Here's a look at the history of how it came to be and how it is celebrated.
Rainbow flag meaning:A brief history lesson on how the Pride flag came to be.
The Stonewall Uprising began on June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a prominent gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The protests that followed are credited with a shift in LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S.
The following year saw some of the first Pride parades in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Despite the pivotal role transgender people and women of color played in the riots, including trans activist Marsha P. Johnson, they were largely excluded from early Pride celebrations.
Eric Garner’s dying declaration, “I can’t breathe,” was repeated 11 times on a Staten Island sidewalk....
Tulsa race massacre survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, made her first public appearance since the Oklahoma...
A veteran of the first world war has become the first person identified from graves filled...
The Biden administration, on Friday, announced an 18 months extension —and redesignation- to temporary protected status...
