The streets of Midtown Atlanta were packed Sunday morng as thoands me out to celebrate Atlanta Gay Pri.
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LARGE CROWD ATTENDS FIRST ATLANTA GAY PRI PARA TWO YEARS
June is Natnal Gay Pri Month. There are events takg place around the untry, cludg metro Atlanta: * atlanta ga gay pride 2022 *
The first Atlanta Pri was held Piedmont Park 50 years ago to memorate the one-year anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg, which took place after police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club Greenwich Village. In the summer of 1970, few were willg to march on a public siwalk holdg aloft an “Equal Rights for Gays” sign, as homosexualy was both illegal and grounds for termatn om most jobs.
The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn wouldn’t remove homosexualy om s talogue of psychiatric disorrs until 1973. (CBS46) - June is Natnal Gay Pri Month.
Atlanta is often referred to as the gay pal of the South due to s progrsive reputatn, highly visible and robt LGBT muny, vibrant LGBT nightlife culture, and a growg number of LGBT people relotg to the cy. In 2010, The Advote named Atlanta the "gayt cy Ameri. Natnal Comg Out Day is October, which celebrat the anniversary of the Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.