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• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GAY PRI PARAS? IF THE PURPOSE IS CLEAR, IS PRODUCTIVE OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE?
• GAY PRI
• WHY PRI IS IMPORTANTTHE FIRST PRI PARA WAS HELD 1970 TO MEMORATE THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS. SCE THEN, PRI HAS BEE ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN STONEWALL. IT CELEBRAT AND HONORS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.HAVEN VPC·FOLLOWPUBLISHED AN INJTICE!·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2021--LISTENSHAREIMAGE BY DIANA DAVI VIA NBC.ACTIVISMOVER THE PAST 51 YEARS SCE THE FIRST PRI MARCH, MANY PARAS HAVE BEEN ED AS MEDIUMS FOR POLIL ACTIVISM. IN THE YEARS AFTER STONEWALL, PRI PARAS WERE ED TO HAVE FUN AND CREATE SPAC FOR ACTIVISM. IN THE 80S, PRI PARAS WERE OFTEN ED TO LL ATTENTN TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC THAT WAS CIMATG THE LGBTQ+ AND BEG IGNORED BY THE ERNMENT. THE PARAS, ALONG WH THE MANY MONSTRATNS THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TO RAISE AWARENS FOR HIV/AIDS HELPED PH DOCTORS AND THE ERNMENT TOWARDS REGNIZG THE DISEASE AND START WORKG TOWARDS A CURE. MANY ISSU FACED BY THE MUNY THE 90S WERE RELATED TO THE DISCRIMATN LAWS OR LACK-THERE-OF AT THE TIME. THIS CLUD “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”, MARRIAGE AND DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP EQUALY, AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN. THE TERM “WE ARE EVERYWHERE” WAS POPULARIZED TO POT OUT THE IRRATNALY OF KEEPG GAY PEOPLE OUT OF THE WORKPLACE, OR SOCIETY GENERAL.IMAGE VIA WASHGTONIAN.SCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY PRETTY MUCH, THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN FOCED ON MARRIAGE EQUALY. THROUGH THE LL FOR DOMTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND ULTIMATELY MARRIAGE, PRI PARAS HELPED TO GA SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM FOR THE MARRIAGE EQUALY MOVEMENT. SCE MARRIAGE EQUALY BEME A REALY THE U.S. 2015, ACTIVISM FOR THE MUNY IS LARGELY GEARED TOWARDS TRANSGENR AND GENR NON-NFORMG RIGHTS. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, MORE THAN 100 BILLS OF ANTI-TRANSGENR LEGISLATN HAVE BEEN TRODUCED. THE ACTIVISM OF TODAY FOC ON PROTECTG TRANSGENR RIGHTS AND REGNIZG TERSECTNS MORY MUNI. VIRTUAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM, PECIALLY DURG 2021 PRI HAS LARGELY REFLECTED THAT.PRITHIS MAY SEEM RNDANT, BUT PRI TEACH PEOPLE TO HAVE PRI AND TO BE THEMSELV. PRI IS AN EVENT EE OM JUDGEMENT AND HATE, A CELEBRATN OF A DIVERSE AND ACCEPTG MUNY. A LOT OF THE WORLD ISN’T AS CLIVE AS OUR MUNY IS, SO PRI IS A WAY TO SHOW HOW MUCH BETTER THE WORLD ULD BE WH A LTLE MORE LOVE FOR OTHERS AND FOR YOURSELF.IMAGE BY DELIA GIANI VIA UNSPLASH.INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA IS EXPERIENCED BY MUCH OF THE MUNY. IT’S A RULT OF OUR MUNY TERNALIZG AND BELIEVG THE HETERONORMATIVE IOLOGI SOCIETY GRAS . WHAT BETTER WAY TO AL WH TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA THAN THROUGH A CELEBRATN OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE AND BEG UNAPOLOGETILLY YOU? BEG PROUD OF WHO YOU MAKE YOU MORE NFINT AND ALLOWS YOU TO LOVE MORE ABOUT YOURSELF, SPE THE IGNORANT THGS OTHER PEOPLE SAY.HISTORYPRI ALSO HONORS THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. AFTER ALL, STARTED AS A MEMORATN OF THE STONEWALL RTS. PRI HONORS THE LIV AND SACRIFIC OF PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF OUR MUNY A TIME BEFORE ACCEPTANCE. PEOPLE WHO WENT TO JAIL FOR PROTTG, OPENLY GAY POLICIANS, AND PEOPLE WHO W EVERYDAY VICTORI, AGAST THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR BULLI.IN THE PAST 50 YEARS OF PRI, SO MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER FOR OUR MUNY, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. PRI ALLOWS TO REFLECT ON THE PAST AND LEARN OM HISTORY. AS MENTNED BEFORE, MUCH OF TODAY’S LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM THE U.S. IS FOCED ON THE PROTECTN OF TRANS RIGHTS, AND WE OWE THE START OF PRI TO A BLACK TRANSGENR WOMAN. CELEBRATG PRI HONORS HER MEMORY AND THE MEMORY OF OTHER TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS WHO STILL STGGLE TO THIS DAY.“GAY PRI WAS NOT BORN OUT OF A NEED TO CELEBRATE BEG GAY, BUT STEAD OUR RIGHT TO EXIST WHOUT PROSECUTN.”— LZ GRANRSONCOMMUNY
• GAY PRI PARAS: INTY, PROTT, AND TRADN

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GAY PRI PARAS? IF THE PURPOSE IS CLEAR, IS PRODUCTIVE OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE?

Origs of Pri MonthThe roots of the gay rights movement go back to the early 1900s, when a handful of dividuals North Ameri and Europe created gay and lbian anizatns such as the the Society for Human Rights, found by Henry Gerber Chigo the 1920s.

Followg World War II, a small number of groups like the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis published gay- and lbian-posive newsletters and grew more vol mandg regnn for, and prottg discrimatn agast, gays and lbians. In 1966, for example, members of the Mattache Society held a “sip-” prott at Juli, a bar New York Cy, where they mand drks after announcg that they were gay, vlatn of lol laws agast servg alhol to gays and lbians. Dpe some progrs the postwar era, basic civil rights were largely nied to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people—until one night June, 1969, when the gay rights movement took a fur step forward wh a seri of vlent rts New York Cy.

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Stonewall RtsAs was mon practice many ci, the New York Police Department would ocsnally raid bars and rtrants where gays and lbians were known to gather. By the time the Stonewall Rts end on July 2, 1969, the gay rights movement went om beg a ge issue largely ignored by policians and the media to ont-page news Gay Pri ParaOne year later, durg the anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, activists New York Cy marched through the streets of Manhattan memoratn of the uprisg.

The march, anized by the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) and the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Umbrella Commtee, was named the Christopher Street Liberatn Day time, that celebratn me to be simply known as the Gay Pri Para.

WHY PRI IS IMPORTANTTHE FIRST PRI PARA WAS HELD 1970 TO MEMORATE THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS. SCE THEN, PRI HAS BEE ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN STONEWALL. IT CELEBRAT AND HONORS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.HAVEN VPC·FOLLOWPUBLISHED AN INJTICE!·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2021--LISTENSHAREIMAGE BY DIANA DAVI VIA NBC.ACTIVISMOVER THE PAST 51 YEARS SCE THE FIRST PRI MARCH, MANY PARAS HAVE BEEN ED AS MEDIUMS FOR POLIL ACTIVISM. IN THE YEARS AFTER STONEWALL, PRI PARAS WERE ED TO HAVE FUN AND CREATE SPAC FOR ACTIVISM. IN THE 80S, PRI PARAS WERE OFTEN ED TO LL ATTENTN TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC THAT WAS CIMATG THE LGBTQ+ AND BEG IGNORED BY THE ERNMENT. THE PARAS, ALONG WH THE MANY MONSTRATNS THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TO RAISE AWARENS FOR HIV/AIDS HELPED PH DOCTORS AND THE ERNMENT TOWARDS REGNIZG THE DISEASE AND START WORKG TOWARDS A CURE. MANY ISSU FACED BY THE MUNY THE 90S WERE RELATED TO THE DISCRIMATN LAWS OR LACK-THERE-OF AT THE TIME. THIS CLUD “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”, MARRIAGE AND DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP EQUALY, AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN. THE TERM “WE ARE EVERYWHERE” WAS POPULARIZED TO POT OUT THE IRRATNALY OF KEEPG GAY PEOPLE OUT OF THE WORKPLACE, OR SOCIETY GENERAL.IMAGE VIA WASHGTONIAN.SCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY PRETTY MUCH, THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN FOCED ON MARRIAGE EQUALY. THROUGH THE LL FOR DOMTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND ULTIMATELY MARRIAGE, PRI PARAS HELPED TO GA SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM FOR THE MARRIAGE EQUALY MOVEMENT. SCE MARRIAGE EQUALY BEME A REALY THE U.S. 2015, ACTIVISM FOR THE MUNY IS LARGELY GEARED TOWARDS TRANSGENR AND GENR NON-NFORMG RIGHTS. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, MORE THAN 100 BILLS OF ANTI-TRANSGENR LEGISLATN HAVE BEEN TRODUCED. THE ACTIVISM OF TODAY FOC ON PROTECTG TRANSGENR RIGHTS AND REGNIZG TERSECTNS MORY MUNI. VIRTUAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM, PECIALLY DURG 2021 PRI HAS LARGELY REFLECTED THAT.PRITHIS MAY SEEM RNDANT, BUT PRI TEACH PEOPLE TO HAVE PRI AND TO BE THEMSELV. PRI IS AN EVENT EE OM JUDGEMENT AND HATE, A CELEBRATN OF A DIVERSE AND ACCEPTG MUNY. A LOT OF THE WORLD ISN’T AS CLIVE AS OUR MUNY IS, SO PRI IS A WAY TO SHOW HOW MUCH BETTER THE WORLD ULD BE WH A LTLE MORE LOVE FOR OTHERS AND FOR YOURSELF.IMAGE BY DELIA GIANI VIA UNSPLASH.INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA IS EXPERIENCED BY MUCH OF THE MUNY. IT’S A RULT OF OUR MUNY TERNALIZG AND BELIEVG THE HETERONORMATIVE IOLOGI SOCIETY GRAS . WHAT BETTER WAY TO AL WH TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA THAN THROUGH A CELEBRATN OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE AND BEG UNAPOLOGETILLY YOU? BEG PROUD OF WHO YOU MAKE YOU MORE NFINT AND ALLOWS YOU TO LOVE MORE ABOUT YOURSELF, SPE THE IGNORANT THGS OTHER PEOPLE SAY.HISTORYPRI ALSO HONORS THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. AFTER ALL, STARTED AS A MEMORATN OF THE STONEWALL RTS. PRI HONORS THE LIV AND SACRIFIC OF PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF OUR MUNY A TIME BEFORE ACCEPTANCE. PEOPLE WHO WENT TO JAIL FOR PROTTG, OPENLY GAY POLICIANS, AND PEOPLE WHO W EVERYDAY VICTORI, AGAST THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR BULLI.IN THE PAST 50 YEARS OF PRI, SO MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER FOR OUR MUNY, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. PRI ALLOWS TO REFLECT ON THE PAST AND LEARN OM HISTORY. AS MENTNED BEFORE, MUCH OF TODAY’S LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM THE U.S. IS FOCED ON THE PROTECTN OF TRANS RIGHTS, AND WE OWE THE START OF PRI TO A BLACK TRANSGENR WOMAN. CELEBRATG PRI HONORS HER MEMORY AND THE MEMORY OF OTHER TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS WHO STILL STGGLE TO THIS DAY.“GAY PRI WAS NOT BORN OUT OF A NEED TO CELEBRATE BEG GAY, BUT STEAD OUR RIGHT TO EXIST WHOUT PROSECUTN.”— LZ GRANRSONCOMMUNY

Acrdg to activist Craig Schoonmaker, “I thored the word ‘pri’ for gay pri … [my] first thought was ‘Gay Power.

”The march, which took place on June 28, 1970, is now nsired the untry’s first gay pri para. March and paras also took place that June Chigo, Los Angel and San the years, gay pri events have spread om large ci to smaller towns and villag worldwi—even plac where reprsn and vlence agast gays and lbians are monplace. The atmosphere at the events n range om r, rnivalque celebratns to strint polil prott to solemn memorials for those lost to AIDS or homophobic June 2000, Print Bill Clton officially signated June as Gay and Lbian Pri Month, regnn of the Stonewall Rts and gay activism throughout the years.

GAY PRI PARAS: INTY, PROTT, AND TRADN

A more-clive name was chosen 2009 by Print Barack Obama: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Pri origs of Gay Pri Month were also honored by Obama when, 2016, he created the Stonewall Natnal Monument, a 7.