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A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
Through the efforts, the LGBTQ muny and s alli also aim to crease awarens for ongog issu of equaly as well as memorate the liv lost to hate crim and the AIDS crisis.Why is Pri Month June?Pri Month is observed June to honor the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, a touchstone event LGBTQ history.In the late 1960s, beg openly gay was largely prohibed most plac.
New York, particular, had a le that the simple prence of someone gay or genrqueer unted as disorrly nduct, effectively outlawg gay bars.On June 28, 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a popular bar wh a diverse LGBTQ clientele, stood their ground after police raid the tablishment. The rultg clash led to days of rts and protts, known as the Stonewall Uprisg.One year later, on the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, thoands of people flood the streets of Manhattan the Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day March, regard as the first gay pri event ever. The Stonewall Inn was named a natnal monument by Print Barack Obama 2016.NY Daily News via Getty ImagHow did Pri Month beg?Pri Month had humble begngs: It ially began as Gay Pri Day, observed annually on the last Sunday June.