This year, people are also hopeful to see the return of festivals and music events.įor those that want to enjoy pride from the comfort of their own homes, there are plenty of virtual pride parties happening too - from online comedy shows to virtual dance parties. Most people traditionally celebrate it with colourful marches and parades that we often see in major cities and towns across the UK. People do pride in many different ways all across the world. The Stonewall Inn is now a designated US national monument and the US police have since issued an official apology statement for their actions at Stonewall in 1969. Its kinda like why theres a Black History month around the time of MLKs Birthday. The police conflict in 1969 sparked an uprising in the gay community that grew year on year and became a global event - recognised and celebrated by people from all walks of life. Pride Month should frankly stand as an anniversarry of the time the LGBTQ after being fucking tortured & beaten for centuries finally got a lick of acceptance in the world after the most powerful country in the world decided that gay people should have rights. Protests broke out after the police raided an iconic gay bar called the Stonewall Inn - and the marches escalated from there.
Pride month started as an extension of a famous gay protest that began in New York in 1969.
