What is Pride Month?
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated each June in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Pride Month recognizes the impact that the LGBTQ community has had and continues to have on our society. Celebrations and events typically include parades, picnics, parties, workshops, conferences and more, which attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are also held for those who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS.
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Learn About the Stonewall Uprising
The Stonewall Uprising (or Stonewall Riots) consisted of a series of spontaneous demonstrations that occurred after a violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay tavern in New York City, on June 28, 1969. This uprising is considered a pivotal event which led to the Gay Liberation Movement.
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Stonewall Riots
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This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Publication Date: 2019 -
Gay Power!
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In this riveting story, we'll explore the decades of discrimination and abuse that gay people endured in earlier eras. We'll also learn how gay people continue to fight for equal rights and recognition.
Publication Date: 2011 -
The Stonewall Reader
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For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it.
Publication Date: 2019
