Most events do have a parade as the centerpiece of the celebration, commemorating the first ever Pride parade in 1970. Sydney Pride in Australia, also called Sydney Mardi Gras is held in February, which is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.Īs a member of the LGBTQIA community myself, I have had the pleasure of taking part in Pride events in London, Vancouver, Toronto (where I shook hands with Justin Trudeau!) and now for the past five years singing with my choir on our float at LA Pride (see photo above). Most are held during the summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Some of the biggest pride events are as follows:Īlthough June 28 is officially Pride Day and June is officially Pride month, not all Pride events are held in June. It has been estimated that there are now around 300 separate Pride events and marches held in cities all over the word. It was held on Jand covered the 51 blocks from Christopher Street to Central Park in Manhattan. Christopher Street Liberation Day was the first ever Gay Pride march in history. This riot and the further protests which followed are watershed moments in the modern American and global LGBTQIA rights movement and along with the first Pride March in 1970 served as the impetus for the setting up of future annual LGBT Pride marches in the US and all around the globe. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people rioted following a police raid at the Stonewall Inn at 53 Christopher Street. The Stonewall Riots occurred on June 28, 1969. Pride Day is officially celebrated on June 28 every year and the entire month of June is also designated as Pride Month.
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Pride has given its name to LGBTQIA-themed organizations, institutes, foundations, book titles, periodicals, a cable TV station and the Pride Library. Pride, as opposed to social stigma and shame, is the overriding outlook that bolsters most LGBTQIA rights movements. Pride is the promotion and self-affirmation, equality, dignity and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex and asexual or allied (LGBTQIA) people as a social community.