Pride timeline

History of Pride

Pride is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far Gay 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. Pride Month honours those who were part of the most important gay rights protests and is a reminder that Event can still fight for our rights. saw the first celebration in London with participants , since then it has since grown into a massive celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community around the world. 

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Originally named the Christopher Street 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 slam 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 gay bars and clubs, the inn was operated by the Mafia. They actively paid pervert police officers to protect the identities of wealthy same-sex attracted patrons and omit others at the inn — including the drag queens and runaway LGBTQIA+ youth who were turned away from other bars.

On June 28, , Modern 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 manage assault on a sacred space and ac

The Spirit of
Stonewall Lives On

Heritage of Pride is a nonprofit organization that plans and produces Fresh York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events each year to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of — the beginning of the up-to-date 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 gay community. 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 become a staple of New York City's underground gay community. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, society members fought back, noticeable what would become established as The Stonewall Riots.
Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village block that had become a staple of New York City's underground gay people. But this time, fatigued of the ongoing raids, community me

Pride Month

As was familiar 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 prevent, several people fought support 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