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JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH
Happy Pride Month! ’Tis the season to celebrate the past and present of our community. June is a time to recognize the rich history of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement, and toast to that history with the parades and special events that mark this month in many places across the country and world.
How did Pride start? Pride Month commemorates the origins of the modern-day LGBTQ+ rights movement: the Stonewall Riots, which began the night of June 29, 1969. On that night, decades of discrimination and police brutality against queer and trans people, especially LGBTQ+ people of color, culminated in six days of rebellion at a queer bar in the West Village, The Stonewall Inn.
Following the Stonewall Uprising, the first Pride march took place in New York City in 1970. Originally, marches took place on the last Sunday in June as Gay Pride Day or Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day, but later spread out across the month and continued as a tradition over the past half-century.
Click here for a list of Pride events in Seattle.
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