Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.
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History of Pri MonthOn a hot summer’s night New York on June 28, 1969, police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club Greenwich Village, which rulted bar patrons, staff, and neighborhood rints rtg onto Christopher Street outsi. Speakg of the rabow flag, was actually gay polician Harvey Milk who asked a talented signer iend, Gilbert Baker, to sign an all-enpassg symbol to take to San Francis’s Pri March 1978. In May 2019, Donald Tmp regnized Pri Month wh a tweet announcg that his admistratn had lnched a global mpaign to crimalize homosexualy, although crics have noted that actns speak lour than New York Pri Para is one of the largt and most well-known paras to take place, wh over 2 ln people timated to have taken part Month timele1946The First LGBT OrganizatnThe Netherlands Center for Culture adopts a vague name to mask s then taboo 28, 1969The Stonewall RtsNYC police raid the Stonewall Inn, stigatg the Stonewall 28, 1970First Official Pri ParaOrganized by pneerg bisexual activist Brenda Howard and a mtee she put together, the para se supporters march om Greenwich Village to Central 25, 1978The Rabow Flag Fli HighGilbert Baker's origal sign of the rabow gay pri flag is flown at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day 26, 2015Same Sex Marriage RightsThe U.
BerlThe German pal’s Pri — technilly lled Christopher Street Day to pay homage to the Stonewall Rts and New York Cy’s key role the gay rights movement — attracts up to half a ln people.
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It also giv you the chance to meet new like-md people, knowg that this is a celebratn of acceptance and sh a light on LGBTQ+ issuThe emphasis may be on fun, but 's also the perfect time to thk about and discs issu related to the gay rights movement, pecially as gets more attentn om the media durg this time — om gay marriage and adoptn to transgenr rights. The uprisg beme a talyst for an emergg gay rights movement as anizatns such as the Gay Liberatn Front and the Gay Activists Alliance were formed, moled after the civil rights movement and the women’s rights movement.
In 1978, artist and signer Gilbert Baker was missned by San Francis cy supervisor Harvey Milk – one of the first openly gay elected officials the US – to make a flag for the cy’s upg Pri celebratns.
Baker, a proment gay rights activist, gave a nod to the strip of the Amerin flag but drew spiratn om the rabow to reflect the many groups wh the gay muny.