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JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
Y. A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24. * gay fact of the day *
Reprentativ of the Buffalo Radil Lbians take part an LGBT para through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971.
GAY PRI
* gay fact of the day *
On 28 June 1969, police raid New York’s Stonewall Inn, a proment and popular gay bar the cy.
The Pri flag was vented by Gilbert Baker and was first exhibed at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para 1978. In the 1950s and 1960s, homosexualy was nsired a mental illns, and some LGBTQ+ people were still unrgog psdoscientific “nversn” practic om psychiatrists. That, upled wh the fact that homosexualy was crimalised most plac, meant that queer people were phed to the margs and ma to feel like their inty was somethg to be ashamed of.
Members of the Gay Liberatn Front prottg agast the Indtrial Relatns Bill to ll for an end to society’s opprsn of homosexuals, London, UK, 13th January 1971. The followg year, even more ci started holdg gay rights march that would form the basis of the morn Pri movement.
GAY FUN FACTS
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. * gay fact of the day *
For example, San Francis only changed s name om Gay Freedom Day Para to Gay Pri Day Para 1994. People hold a banner readg “We are Fay” while wavg rabow flags as they take part the Gay Pri para Entebbe on Augt 8, 2015. But that’s not the se everywhere – homosexualy is still crimalised numero untri all around the world, and queer people are neher accepted nor tolerated many other plac.
A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24, “How have recent bat about state laws rtrictg the rights of LGBTQ young people impacted your mental health?