Pride timeline
Pride Month
As was frequent practice in many cities, the New York Police Department would occasionally raid bars and restaurants where gays and lesbians were known to gather. This occurred on June 28, , when the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
When the police aggressively dragged patrons and employees out of the lock, several people fought help against the NYPD, and a growing crowd of angry locals gathered in the streets. The confrontations quickly escalated and sparked six days of protests and violent clashes with the NYPD outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street and throughout the neighborhood.
By the time the Stonewall Riots ended on July 2, , the gay rights movement went from being a fringe issue largely ignored by politicians and the media to front-page news worldwide.
First Gay Pride Parade
One year later, during the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, activists in New York City marched through the streets of Manhattan in commemoration of the uprising. The march, organized by the Eastern Regional Confe
History of Lgbtq+ fest
Pride is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far LGBTQ+ rights have come, and how in some places theres still work to be done.
Pride started as a protest called the Stonewall Riots which happened because Police tried to raid the Stonewall Inn in Novel York. Pride Month honours those who were part of the most significant gay rights protests and is a reminder that Event can still clash for our rights. saw the first pride in London with participants , since then it has since grown into a huge celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community around the world.
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A brief history of Pride
Originally named the Christopher Street Liberation Morning, the first Pride parade was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of In the s, homosexual acts were widely illegal throughout most of the United States. Bars and restaurants could be seal down for having gay employees or serving gay patrons, so they turned many people away. However, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village was a little-known institution that New York City’s gay, lesbian, and transgender citizens could call theirs.
Like most male lover bars and clubs, the inn was operated by the Mafia. They actively paid corrupt police officers to protect the identities of wealthy gay patrons and ignore others at the inn — including the drag queens and runaway LGBTQIA+ youth who were turned away from other bars.
On June 28, , Recent York City police raided the Stonewall Inn unexpectedly. The officers had arrived with a warrant for bootlegged alcohol, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.
The raid was a breaking point. The event was a direct assault on a sacred space and ac The Spirit of
Stonewall Lives On