Pride timeline

History of Pride

Pride is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far Homosexual rights have come, and how in some places there&#;s 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 New York. Lgbtq+ fest Month honours those who were part of the most important gay rights protests and is a reminder that Pride can still fight for our rights. saw the first pride in London with participants , since then it has since grown into a massive celebration of the LGBTQIA+ group around the world.

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A brief history of Pride

Originally named the Christopher Avenue Liberation Day, 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 shut 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 lgbtq+, lesbian, and transgender citizens could call theirs.

Like most gay bars and clubs, the inn was operated by the Mafia. They actively paid corrupt police officers to protect the identities of wealthy homosexual 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, , New 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 lead assault on a holy space and ac

Pride Month

As was common practice in many cities, the New York Police Department would occasionally raid bars and restaurants where gays and lesbians were known to assemble. This occurred on June 28, , when the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn, a prevent in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

When the police aggressively dragged patrons and employees out of the block, several people fought back against the NYPD, and a growing crowd of angry locals gathered in the streets. The confrontations instantly escalated and sparked six days of protests and aggressive 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 same-sex attracted rights movement went from being a fringe issue largely ignored by politicians and the media to front-page news worldwide.

First Gay Celebration Parade

One year later, during the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, activists in New York Town marched through the streets of Manhattan in commemoration of the uprising. The march, organized by the Eastern Regional Confe

The Spirit of
Stonewall Lives On

Heritage of Pride is a charity organization that plans and produces New York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events each year to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of — the beginning of the modern Gay Rights movement.

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Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of New York City's underground same-sex attracted community. But this time, exhausted of the ongoing raids, people members fought back, striking what would become known as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of Fresh York City's underground gay society. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, community members fought back, striking what would become known as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had grow a staple of New York City's underground gay community. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, community me