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Contents:

• GAY PRI
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

GAY PRI

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.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

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.

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.

Gay Pri, also lled LGBT Pri or LGBTQ Pri, byname Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts, which began the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raid the Stonewall Inn bar New York Cy’s Greenwich Village neighbourhood.

Gay Pri typilly volv a seri of events and is often pped by a para volvg marchers and lourful floats om the LGBTQ muny and s the Stonewall rts, LGBTQ dividuals had generally not broadst their sexual orientatn or inty, but the event galvanized the gay muny and sparked greater polil activism (see gay rights movement).

In 1970, on the first anniversary of the rts, several hundred monstrators marched along Greenwich Village’s Christopher Street, which ns past the Stonewall, what many nsir the first Gay Pri march (though other memoratns were also held that year).

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Early Gay Pri events (often lled Freedom Day or Gay Liberatn Day) were often sparsely attend and enuntered protts, particularly bee of the outlandish stum that some marchers wore. As acceptance of the LGBTQ muny creased among the straight muny, policians sympathetic to the views of the LGBTQ muny and gay-iendly bs and rporatns began participatg the march.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

The total number of people participatg—both gay and straight—mhroomed, and Pri events were held many part of the globe, cludg ci where they sometim enuntered stiff ristance (e. Jam Lewis Stoll’s Birthday - January 18thDolly Parton’s Birthday - January 19thCelebrate this ally’s birthday by readg Dolly Parton’s most spirg quot — cludg about human rights and the LGBTQ+ munyTrans Prisoner Day of Actn and Solidary - January 22ndBrazilian Natnal Day of Transgenr Visibily - January 29thWeeks & MonthsNatnal Blood Donor MonthUse this day to advote for the rights of gay men to be able to donate bloodNo Name-Callg Week - Every third week of January‍‍FebaryHolidaysAnniversary of the Appotment of the First Openly Gay Uned Stat Feral Judge, Joseph Gale - Febary 6thNatnal Black HIV/AIDS Awarens Day - Febary 7thNatnal Freedom to Marry Day - Febary 12thAudre Lor’s Birthday - Febary 18thChosen Fay Day - Febary 22ndWeeks & MonthsAromantic Spectm Awarens Week - Week after Febary 14th‍‍MarchHolidaysZero Discrimatn Day - March 1stInternatnal Women’s Day - March 8thJa Mock’s Birthday - March 10thBayard Rt’s Birthday - March 17thInternatnal Day for the Elimatn of Racial Discrimatn - March 21stTwo-Spir and Indigeno LGBTQ+ Awarens to Celebratn Day - March 21stInternatnal Transgenr Day of Visibily - March 31stRead and share the ultimate gui on how to celebrate Transgenr Day of VisibilyWeeks & MonthsWomen’s History MonthRead and share our gui to celebratg Women’s History MonthBisexual Health Awarens MonthNatnal LGBTQ+ Health Awarens Week - Every last week of March‍‍AprilHolidaysGLSEN Day of Silence - April, Day VariNatnal Youth HIV & AIDS Awarens Day - April 10thNatnal Transgenr HIV Ttg Day - April 18thNonbary Parents Day - Every third Sunday AprilPhill Wilson’s Birthday - April 22ndLbian Visibily Day - April 26thWeeks & MonthsLbian Visibily Week - Full week after April 26thNatnal Deaf LGBTQ+ Awarens Week - Week Vari‍‍MayHolidaysInternatnal Fay Equaly Day - Every 1st Sunday of MayNatnal Honor Our LGBT Elrs Day - May 16thInternatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia - May 17thWorld AIDS Vacce Day - May 18thRead about the potential good news about an AIDS vacceAgenr Pri Day - May 19thWorld Day of Cultural Diversy for Dialogue and Development - May 21stHarvey Milk Day - May 22ndRead the bt quot om Harvey MilkPansexual and Panromantic Visibily Day - May 24thMeet the celebri you may not know are pansexualLaverne Cox’s Birthday - May 29thWeeks & MonthsMental Health Awarens MonthRead about how to celebrate Mental Health Awarens Month so you n better support the LGBTQ+ munyQueer and Transgenr Asian Amerin/Pacific Islanr Week - Every last week of May‍‍JuneHolidaysBrandi Carlile’s Birthday - June 1stTroye Sivan’s Birthday - June 5thRead about Troye Sivan’s actg but a film that fights HIV/AIDS stigmaHIV Long-Term Survivors Day - June 5thPulse Night of Remembrance - June 12thWorld Refugee Day - June 20thLearn about the anizatn Rabow Railroad is helpg LGBTQ+ refuge and this gui on how to celebrate World Refugee DayLarry Kramer’s Birthday - June 25thFirst Use of LGBTQ+ Pri Flag - June 25thLearn about the meang of the first Pri flag — and every LGBTQ+ Pri flag that’s e sceLGBTQ+ Equaly Day - June 26thLearn about the meang of LGBTQIA+ and other acronymsAnniversary of the Legalizatn of Same-Sex Marriage the U.

Johnson and dive to her bt quotWomen’s Equaly Day - Augt 26thWeeks & MonthsGay Uncle’s Day / Guncle’s Day - Every send Sunday Augt‍‍SeptemberHolidays​​Natnal HIV/AIDS and Agg Awarens Day - September 18th10th Anniversary of U. Repeal of ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ - September 20thAnniversary of the Foundg of It Gets Better Project - September 21stCelebrate Bisexualy Day / Bi Visibily Day - September 23rdNatnal Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awarens Day - Last Friday of SeptemberWeeks & MonthsBisexual Awarens Week - Starts on the Sunday before September 23rdAlly Week - Last week of SeptemberBanned Books WeekSupport LGBTQ+ thors wh our gui to how to fight book bansNatnal Suici Preventn WeekRead the bt quot about suici preventnNatnal Suici Preventn Awarens MonthRead and share this gui on how to take actn durg Suici Preventn Month — and read about how suici rat dropped when gay marriage was legalized‍‍OctoberHolidaysDan Savage’s Birthday - October 2ndInternatnal Lbian Day - October 8thNatnal Comg Out Day - October 11thMatthew Shepard Death Anniversary - October 12thInternatnal Pronouns Day - October 17thSpir Day for LGBTQ+ Youth - October 19thLearn how to support LGBTQ+ youth and take actnLGBT Center Awarens Day - October 19thIntersex Awarens Day - October 26thNatnal Transgenr Children Day - October 26thWeeks & MonthsLGBTQ+ History MonthRead about LGBTQ+ history om before StonewallNatnal Bullyg Preventn MonthAsexual Awarens Week (Ace Week) - Last full week of October‍‍NovemberHolidaysIntersex Day of Remembrance - November 8thRuPl’s Birthday - November 18thInternatnal Transgenr Day of Remembrance - November 20thInternatnal Day for the Elimatn of Vlence Agast Women - November 25thGivg Tuday - First Tuday after ThanksgivgLearn how to volunteer wh or donate to LGBTQ+ anizatns for Givg Tuday (and explore more ias to make a difference)Weeks & MonthsTransgenr Awarens Week - First two full weeks of NovemberNatnal Homels Youth Awarens Month‍‍DecemberHolidaysWorld AIDS Day - December 1stExplore good news about the fight agast HIV/AIDS the U.

Origs of Pri MonthThe roots of the gay rights movement go back to the early 1900s, when a handful of dividuals North Ameri and Europe created gay and lbian anizatns such as the the Society for Human Rights, found by Henry Gerber Chigo the 1920s. Followg World War II, a small number of groups like the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis published gay- and lbian-posive newsletters and grew more vol mandg regnn for, and prottg discrimatn agast, gays and lbians. In 1966, for example, members of the Mattache Society held a “sip-” prott at Juli, a bar New York Cy, where they mand drks after announcg that they were gay, vlatn of lol laws agast servg alhol to gays and lbians.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Dpe some progrs the postwar era, basic civil rights were largely nied to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people—until one night June, 1969, when the gay rights movement took a fur step forward wh a seri of vlent rts New York Cy.

By the time the Stonewall Rts end on July 2, 1969, the gay rights movement went om beg a ge issue largely ignored by policians and the media to ont-page news Gay Pri ParaOne year later, durg the anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, activists New York Cy marched through the streets of Manhattan memoratn of the uprisg. The march, anized by the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) and the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Umbrella Commtee, was named the Christopher Street Liberatn Day time, that celebratn me to be simply known as the Gay Pri Para. March and paras also took place that June Chigo, Los Angel and San the years, gay pri events have spread om large ci to smaller towns and villag worldwi—even plac where reprsn and vlence agast gays and lbians are monplace.

The atmosphere at the events n range om r, rnivalque celebratns to strint polil prott to solemn memorials for those lost to AIDS or homophobic June 2000, Print Bill Clton officially signated June as Gay and Lbian Pri Month, regnn of the Stonewall Rts and gay activism throughout the years. A more-clive name was chosen 2009 by Print Barack Obama: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Pri origs of Gay Pri Month were also honored by Obama when, 2016, he created the Stonewall Natnal Monument, a 7. 7-acre around the Stonewall Inn where the morn gay rights movement, Gay Pri paras many ci are enormo celebratns: The events Sao Plo, Sydney, New York Cy, Madrid, Taipei and Toronto routely attract up to 5 ln Pri Month has grown populary across the globe, cricism of the events has grown, too.