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Contents:

• GAY AND LBIAN PRI MONTH
• IS THE FOURTH OF JULY A GAY HOLIDAY?
• CY HOLDS JUEENTH AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS AFTER NCELG JULY FOURTH CELEBRATN

GAY AND LBIAN PRI MONTH

Gay Pri Rabow Male Romper.

When is Gay and Lbian Pri Month? June is Gay and Lbian Pri Month. Until fairly recently, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr (GLBT) dividuals did not have a specific month durg which to celebrate and memorate Pri Days the Uned Stat.

On June 11, 1999 Print Clton issued a proclamatn signatg June as Gay and Lbian Pri Month. In the spir of honorg equaly and eedom, the print said, "I enurage all Amerins to observe this month wh appropriate programs, ceremoni, and activi that celebrate our diversy, and to remember throughout the year the gay and lbian Amerins whose many and varied ntributns have enriched our natnal life.

IS THE FOURTH OF JULY A GAY HOLIDAY?

History of Gay and Lbian Pri Month. The origs of Gay and Lbian Pri month n be traced back to a turbulent weekend New York Cy June of 1969.

On the eveng of June 27th, the ual crowd gathered at the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar New York Cy's Greenwich Village.

On that night, lbians and gay men spontaneoly fought back agast police harassment for the first time. Word spread quickly about the nontatn and large, outraged crowds gathered on ensug nights to prott the mistreatment historilly flicted on the gay muny.

CY HOLDS JUEENTH AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS AFTER NCELG JULY FOURTH CELEBRATN

This uprisg was the talyst for the morn polil movement for gay and lbian liberatn, llg for gay pri and actn to secure their basic civil rights. The Stonewall Inn was clared a natnal historil landmark March 2000, ced as the birthplace of the morn gay and lbian civil rights movement. Now, Gay and Lbian Pri events and paras are planned annually the month of June all over the untry as well as ternatnally.

The eastern half of Duval Street, the town’s ma rridor, is the gay district.