Pride is celebrated in June to coincide with the month in which the Stonewall Riots occurred.
New York's LGBTQ community swarmed to the bar to help with the fight, launching bottles, cans, loose change and other objects at the police.' Marie-Amélie George, an expert in LGBTQ+ history, explains that when Stonewall occurred, the LGBTQ+ community had 'had enough of being harassed, arrested and prosecuted simply for being who they were. LGBTQ+ people had for many years faced social discrimination and legal harassment for their sexual orientation, which had been criminalized on the pretexts of religion and morality.
GIORGIO VIERA Why Is Pride Celebrated in June and What Are Its Origins?
A couple kiss at a Pride parade in Miami.
