Pride Month happens every June, celebrating the LGBQTIA+ movement and its members. It is considered to have its origins in the Stonewall riots in New York City in 1969.
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The Stonewall Riots in New York City are considered the spark that set off the LGBTQ+ movement. This book discusses American gay history leading up to the Riots, the Riots themselves, and the aftermath.
President Obama hosts a reception at the White House to observe LGBT Pride Month, speaking for fourteen minutes to the gathered activists, organizers, families, and friends.
Before Stonewall: the making of a gay and lesbian community
A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from a secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group.
"An unblinking behind-the-scenes story of fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created 'voguing' and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of fierce personal pride"--Container.
Host Vincent C. Flewellen and moderator Igho Ekakitie discuss the threats to the LGBTQ community during Pride Month (June) with special guests LadyAshley Gregory, a community organizer and reiki master; Maxi Glamour, a multi-disciplinary performance artist and activist; and Shira Berkowitz, senior director of public policy and advocacy of PROMO Missouri.
Campus Pride represents the leading national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students.
The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.