10 Gay Pri History Facts Everyone Should Hear About - Society19

Contents:

• GAY PRI
• 20 FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI PARA
• 14 ESSENTIAL FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GAY PRI
• 10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• 5 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI
• WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

GAY PRI

Sce 1970, the LGBTQ muny has marked June as Pri Month—a time to celebrate what means to be lbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgenr while mandg equaly and liberatn om cis and heteronormative nstrats. Pri paras and march, which are tradnally held on the last weekend June, memorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, a watershed moment LGBTQ history when patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Manhattan that is now a natnal monument, fought back agast a police year marks the 52nd anniversary of the first gay Pri march, which was held on the first anniversary of the Stonewall rts. In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found the Society for Human Rights Chigo; was the first group to mpaign for gay rights the Uned Stat.

S., held “annual remrs” at Philalphia’s Inpennce Hall every Fourth of July, where they advoted for lbian and gay Stonewall Inn. While the Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day March New York Cy is wily nsired to be the first Pri para, actually occurred one day after Chigo held s first march, which technilly mak Chigo the birthplace of the first Pri para may have been Chigo, the mantle of “Mother of Pri” belongs to a lifelong New Yorker: Brenda Howard.

20 FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI PARA

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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. 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.

14 ESSENTIAL FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GAY PRI

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.

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. 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). 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.

10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT

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. ” The succs of the CSLD March spired lol anizers across the Uned Stat and around the globe to start their own LGBT the 1973 CSLD march, transgenr activist Sylvia Rivera lled out transphobia an epic speech, provg that transgenr people have been part of our muny's activism an say for The Village Voice, Fred Sargeant reunted his experience at the CSLD March: "This was long before anyone had heard of a “Gay Pri March.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month, we celebrate the proud legacy LGBT dividuals have woven to the fabric of our Natn, we honor those who have fought to perfect our Unn, and we ntue our work to build a society where every child grows up knowg that their untry supports them, is proud of them, and has a place for them exactly as they are. Gay members of the ary talked about the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” and the importance of beg able to discs their fai and loved on wh fellow servicemen and women.

5 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI

ETSource: Getty ImagAn archival photo of an LGBT para gog through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971. The holiday honors the 1969 Stonewall Getty ImagA banner readg “We Are Everywhere” at a Gay Pri march on Fifth Avenue New York Cy, USA, July 1979. On June 28, 1969, when police officers raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street, Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

Acrdg to History, was mon at the time for police to raid bars whout liquor licens — which, not cintally, were oftentim gay bars, as New York’s liquor thory tend to reject liquor license applitns om gay bars, as per NYCdata. The Stonewall Uprisg helped lnch the gay rights people see the Stonewall Rts and protts as the event that lnched the gay rights movement.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

For the reasons, activists see Pri as a prott, not a Getty ImagAn archival photo of an LGBT para gog through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971.

Acrdg to the Library of Congrs, origal fliers promotg the very first Pri March stated that the march aimed to "memorate the Christopher Street Uprisgs of last summer which thoands of homosexuals went to the streets to monstrate agast centuri of abe... On 25th Street and 5th Avenue Manhattan to beg the fd out when your cy’s Pri ftivi are this year, check out IGLTA’s Internatnal LGBTQ+/Gay Pri Calendar.

In this article, we will explore 20 fascatg facts about the Gay Pri Para, sheddg light on s history, signifince, and cultural impact. The Gay Pri Para, also known as Pri March, origated as a memoratn of the Stonewall Rts, a pivotal event the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Through lorful displays of solidary, vibrant stum, and energetic celebratns, the Gay Pri Para serv as a remr that love is love and that everyone serv to be treated wh rpect and digny. By embracg diversy and spreadg a msage of acceptance, the Gay Pri Para stands as a bean of hope for a more clive and equal future for all. The Gay Pri Para serv as a celebratn of the LGBTQ+ muny and s acplishments, while also advotg for equal rights and acceptance.

The Gay Pri Para is open to anyone who supports and believ the prcipl of equaly, cln, and acceptance for the LGBTQ+ muny. Gay Pri as we know today is a memoratn of the historic Stonewall rts, which began on June 28, 1969 and lasted until July 3, 1969.