2017 Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex Pri Month - U.S. Embassy & Consulate Greece

Contents:

• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER PRI MONTH
• 2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PRI MONTH
• 2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PRI MONTH
• PROCLAMATN 8387—LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PRI MONTH, 2009
• 2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER PRI MONTH

June is Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) Pri Month. 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 genr queer unted as disorrly nduct, effectively outlawg gay bars.

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. Pri Month had humble begngs: It ially began as Gay Pri Day, observed annually on the last Sunday June. In 1999, Print Bill Clton officially clared June as Gay and Lbian Pri Month, settg asi the month as a time to regnize the LGBTQ muny’s achievements and support the muny.

2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PRI MONTH

Created by Gilbert Baker, a renowned San Francis activist, the flag was flown for the first time at the 1978 San Francis Gay Freedom Day celebratn.

One of the largt celebratns happens  New York Cy, the birthplace of morn gay rights movement. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty ImagPeople celebrate the 48th annual Gay and Lbian Pri Para on June 25, 2017 Chigo, Illois.

GLAAD, a non-ernment agency found to promote LGBTQ acceptance along wh intifyg and preventg discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer, a work of stunts, fai and tn advot workg to facilate LGBTQ safety and support Equaly Feratn is a LGBTQ advocy group workg to help advance the rights of LGBTQ Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, an advocy group dited to advancg eedom, jtice and equaly for LGBTQ Library of Congrs, for history on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Pri Anti-Defamatn League, an anti-hate anizatn dited to fightg bias, extremism, discrimatn or Amerin Civil Liberti Unn, works to prerve and fend the rights and liberti of U. SUBJ/2017 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) PRIDE MONTH//. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Pri Month is celebrated each year durg the month of June.

2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PRI MONTH

Navy, Milk beme a civil rights pneer and activist and 1977, beme one of the first openly gay elected officials the U. Anthony Lover had been an Air Force staff sergeant for seven years when he was discharged unr the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy after tellg his manr that he was gay 2008. In May 2012, he reentered the Air Force as a staff sergeant, beg the send person and first gay Airman to return to active duty sce DADT was repealed.

Army Map Service and banned om feral employment 1957 bee he was gay. He beme the central figure nontg the ernment's polici agast the employment of gays and lbians, particularly posns lked to natnal secury.

His llectn of thoands of pag of letters, ernment rrponnce, ttimony, photographs, and other memorabilia is perhaps the most plete rerd of the gay-rights movement Ameri. New York's gay muny had spected the police were targetg gay clubs for a while, and broke out to a vlent rt when the police began arrtg employe as well as patrons. Through her promotn, she beme the first gay general the U.

PROCLAMATN 8387—LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PRI MONTH, 2009

The directive stated that applints would "not be asked or required to reveal whether they are homosexual, " but still forba applints om engagg homosexual acts or makg a statement that they were homosexual. Senate nfirmed Eric Fanng as Secretary of the Army 2016, he beme the first openly gay person to lead a ary service. In 1966, gay rights activists held a "sip-" at the Juli Bar Greenwich Village.

2017 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH

The New York Liquor Authory prohibed servg gay patrons, claimg that homosexuals were disorrly. The activists announced their homosexualy and were refed service.

No laws were overturned, but the New York Cy Commissn on Human Rights clared that homosexuals have the right to be served alhol. Cy to extend domtic partnership benefs to lbian and gay employe. In 1975, Air Force Sergeant Leonard Matlovich was discharged om the service after he appeared uniform on the ver of Time magaze along wh the headle "I am a Homosexual.