Pride Month

{{Further information|Gay liberation}}

File:Nu gay lib demo 03.jpg protest in Washington, D.C.]]

The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn.{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Cady |date=June 2, 2022 |title=What is the history behind Pride Month? How the LGBTQ celebration came to be |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/02/pride-month-history-lgbtq-celebrations-june/9626504002/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092124/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/02/pride-month-history-lgbtq-celebrations-june/9626504002/ |archive-date=2022-06-02 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |language=en-GB}} The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights.{{Cite web |last=Sommerlad |first=Joe |date=July 2, 2022 |title=Pride 2022: How was the annual LGBT+ celebration founded and when and where are events taking place? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pride-events-london-2022-route-history-b2114295.html |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004182825/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pride-events-london-2022-route-history-b2114295.html |archive-date=2022-10-04 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}} An organizer of some of the first marches named Fred Sargeant stated the goal was to commemorate the Stonewall riots and further push for liberation. He noted that while the first marches were more akin to a protest than a celebration, they helped to remind people of LGBT communities and how they may include one's family and friends.{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=German |date=June 8, 2014 |title=LGBTQ Pride Month, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/6/8/5786368/lgbt-gay-pride-month-2019 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025025443/https://www.vox.com/2014/6/8/5786368/lgbt-gay-pride-month-2019 |url-status=live }} Transgender women and people of color, including Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stormé DeLarverie, were largely excluded or silenced during the early marches, despite their prominent participation in the initial riots.{{Cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=David |last2=Ali |first2=Rasha |date=June 28, 2019 |title=Why we owe Pride to black transgender women who threw bricks at cops |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/24/pride-month-black-transgender-women-stonewall-marsha-p-johnson/1478200001/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |language=en-US |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025015559/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/24/pride-month-black-transgender-women-stonewall-marsha-p-johnson/1478200001/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Abad-Santos |first=Alex |date=June 25, 2018 |title=How LGBTQ Pride Month became a branded holiday |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/6/25/17476850/pride-month-lgbtq-corporate-explained |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025025442/https://www.vox.com/2018/6/25/17476850/pride-month-lgbtq-corporate-explained |url-status=live }}

{{Also|Christopher Street Day}}

File:East Central Minnesota Pride 2021, Pine City, MN-01-Martina Marraccino.jpg are increasingly celebrating Pride Month.{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Erica Pearson Star |title='A total unicorn': How Pine City, Minn., became a pioneer in rural Pride |url=https://www.startribune.com/lgbtq-pride-pine-city-rural-gay-festival/600369820/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Star Tribune |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603041643/https://www.startribune.com/lgbtq-pride-pine-city-rural-gay-festival/600369820/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Rural Pride Campaign |url=https://www.nclrights.org/our-work/legislation-policy/lgbt-rural-pride-campaign/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=National Center for Lesbian Rights |language=en-US |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603041643/https://www.nclrights.org/our-work/legislation-policy/lgbt-rural-pride-campaign/ |url-status=live }}]]

Following the Stonewall riots and the first pride marches, the number of LGBT groups rapidly increased,{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D4XdvkOQpYC&pg=PT400 |title=Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution |date=May 25, 2010 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |isbn=978-0-312-67193-8 |language=en |quote=As Frank Kameny stated, 'By the time of Stonewall, we had fifty to sixty gay groups in the country. A year later there was at least fifteen hundred. By two years later, to the extent that a count could be made, it was twenty-five hundred.' |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001010614/https://books.google.com/books?id=_D4XdvkOQpYC&pg=PT400#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }} and the pride movement spread across the United States after a few years. While many Pride celebrations around the world are held in June, some cities vary the observation at different times, partially due to local weather conditions.{{cite web |last1=Baume |first1=Matt |author1-link=Matt Baume |date=June 25, 2020 |title=What Is Pride Month and the History of Pride? |url=https://www.them.us/story/the-complete-history-of-pride |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Them |publisher=Condé Nast Publications |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026144314/https://www.them.us/story/the-complete-history-of-pride |url-status=live }}

Polyamory Pride Day is celebrated every year on a day in Pride Month.{{Cite web|url=http://polyadvocacy.ca/polyamory-day-faq/|title=Polyamory Day - Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association|access-date=December 26, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122225910/http://polyadvocacy.ca/polyamory-day-faq/|url-status=live}}

File:Pride Month - MTA.jpg recognizes Pride Month annually.]]

June became recognized as Pride Month in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising.  President Bill Clinton officially declared in a presidential proclamation that June would be "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" in 1999.{{cite web |last1=Clinton |first1=William J. |date=June 11, 1999 |title=Proclamation 7203—Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, 1999 |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-7203-gay-and-lesbian-pride-month-1999 |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2019 |website=The American Presidency Project |language=en |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222103537/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-7203-gay-and-lesbian-pride-month-1999 }} Barack Obama expanded the official Pride Month recognition in 2011, including the whole of the LGBT community.{{Cite web |last=Cho |first=Diane J. |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Notable Figures & Moments in Pride Month History to Honor This Week, from Gilbert Baker to Alan Turing |url=https://people.com/human-interest/pride-month-history-facts-june-1-to-7/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=People |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025033650/https://people.com/human-interest/pride-month-history-facts-june-1-to-7/ |url-status=live }} Donald Trump declined to offer federal recognition of Pride Month in 2017,{{Cite news |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=June 27, 2017 |title=Last year, June was National Pride Month. This year, it isn't. |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/27/last-year-june-was-national-pride-month-this-year-it-isnt/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2022-10-25 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816002026/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/27/last-year-june-was-national-pride-month-this-year-it-isnt/ |url-status=live }} though he issued supportive public statements in a series of Tweets in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Did Trump Officially Recognize Pride Month During His Presidency? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-pride-month/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Snopes |language=en-US |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817022051/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-pride-month/ |url-status=live }} Joe Biden recognized Pride Month after taking office in 2021, and vowed to push for LGBT rights in the United States,{{Cite news |last=Karni |first=Annie |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Biden Recognizes Pride Month, Vowing to Fight for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/biden-pride-lgbtq.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602031322/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/biden-pride-lgbtq.html |archive-date=2021-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}} despite previously voting against same-sex marriage and school education of LGBT topics in the Senate.{{Cite news |last1=Nagourney |first1=Adam |last2=Kaplan |first2=Thomas |date=June 21, 2020 |title=Behind Joe Biden's Evolution on L.G.B.T.Q. Rights |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/biden-gay-rights-lgbt.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601215617/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/biden-gay-rights-lgbt.html |archive-date=2021-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}} Pride Month has since grown into a global celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and identity.{{Cite web |title=How LGBTQ+ Pride Went Global |url=https://www.cfr.org/article/how-lgbtq-pride-went-global |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=www.cfr.org |language=en}}

Pride Month is often observed by several LGBTQ-affirming religious groups.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In February 2025, Google announced that Pride Month would no longer be highlighted by default on Google Calendar, arguing that it was no longer "scalable or sustainable" to continue adding the growing number of national and international "cultural moments" manually to its calendars.{{cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays|title=Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn't 'sustainable'|last=Peters|first=Jay|date=11 February 2025|work=The Verge|accessdate=11 February 2025}}

{{Distinguish|WorldPride}}

File:International LGBT Pride Day.png, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Israel]]

International LGBT Pride Day is a day dedicated to LGBT pride, held on June 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots,{{Cite web |title=International LGBT+ Pride Day – UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice |url=https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/international-lgbt-pride-day/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423105359/https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/international-lgbt-pride-day/ |url-status=live }} prior to the entire month becoming associated with LGBT Pride.

The San Francisco Pride march was promoted as the International Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day Parade from 1981 to 1994, likely the origin of an international pride day.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-16 |title=KQED {{!}} LGBT Pride: SF Historical Timeline |url=http://www.kqed.org/topics/history/heritage/lgbt/timeline.jsp |access-date=2024-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716153659/http://www.kqed.org/topics/history/heritage/lgbt/timeline.jsp |archive-date=July 16, 2008 }}

Serbian group Arkadija commemorated International Pride Day in 1991 with a forum concerning queer activism and art at Belgrade Youth Center.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2013-02-22 |title=LGBT aktivizam u Srbiji |url=https://lgbti.ba/lgbt-aktivizam-u-srbiji/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=LGBTI.ba |language=bs-BA |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319190924/https://lgbti.ba/lgbt-aktivizam-u-srbiji/ |url-status=live }} Nicaragua's first public pride festival was also held on this day 1991 to commemorate the Stonewall Riots.{{Cite web |date=2007-08-14 |title=glbtq >> social sciences >> Nicaragua |url=https://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/nicaragua.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814045734/https://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/nicaragua.html |archive-date=August 14, 2007 }}{{Cite web |title=Revista Envío - NICARAGUA BRIEFS |url=https://www.revistaenvio.org/articulo/2901 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.revistaenvio.org |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001010614/https://www.revistaenvio.org/articulo/2901 |url-status=live }} Serbia also marked International Pride Day in between 2013 and 2015 with Hate-Free Zone actions, organized by GSA, Women in Black and other NGOs.{{Cite web |title=Gay Straight Alliance {{!}} GSA {{!}} International Pride Day marked by the action 'Hate-Free Zone' |url=https://en.gsa.org.rs/2015/06/international-pride-day-marked-by-the-action-hate-free-zone/ |access-date=2024-03-19}}

There is confusion about who "threw" the first brick at stonewall, the fact is no one knows, it was a riot that started a modern gay liberation movement, that Pride Month now commemorates.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jnzOMxb14 | title=The Stonewall You Know is a Myth. And That's O.K. | NYT Celebrating Pride | website=YouTube | date=May 31, 2019 }}

{{further|Rainbow capitalism|religion and LGBTQ people}}

Some have criticized how many companies release Pride Month-themed products, likening it to the concept of slacktivism, as the companies are perceived to be using the topic of LGBT rights as a means of profit, without contributing to the movement in a meaningful way. Others have criticized the seemingly hypocritical nature of companies making social media profiles evoke the rainbow pride flag while refusing to alter the profile pictures in areas without broad LGBT acceptance.{{Cite web |last=Daisley |first=Stephen |date=June 3, 2022 |title=When will companies end their embarrassing Pride hypocrisy? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-companies-end-their-embarrassing-pride-hypocrisy- |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=The Spectator |publisher=Press Holdings |language=en-GB |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025050628/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/when-will-companies-end-their-embarrassing-pride-hypocrisy- |url-status=live }}

Some religious and cultural groups oppose Pride Month on ideological grounds. They view LGBTQ+ identities and relationships as contrary to their beliefs and traditions. These objections often lead to tensions and conflicts during Pride Month.{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Religious beliefs and views of homosexuality |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/06/06/section-3-religious-belief-and-views-of-homosexuality/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=The Spectator |publisher=Pew Research Center|author= |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422070350/www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/06/06/section-3-religious-belief-and-views-of-homosexuality/ |url-status=live }}

Pride month is celebrated at different times throughout New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Sinead |date=23 March 2022 |title='People are proud throughout the year': When is New Zealand's real Pride month? |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127796445/people-are-proud-throughout-the-year-when-is-new-zealands-real-pride-month |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=Stuff |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001010541/https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127796445/people-are-proud-throughout-the-year-when-is-new-zealands-real-pride-month |url-status=live }} In Auckland, it is celebrated in February,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-01 |title=What's on: A guide to Pride 2024, from collaborative crafts to unmissable events |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/culture/whats-on-a-guide-to-auckland-pride-festival-2024/P6KIKSUWAZCHVAOLJPQYCZFO4I/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320113319/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/culture/whats-on-a-guide-to-auckland-pride-festival-2024/P6KIKSUWAZCHVAOLJPQYCZFO4I/ |url-status=live }} and in Christchurch and Wellington Pride Month is in March.

In Canada, rather than Pride Month, celebrations are held from June to September in what is known as Pride Season.

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