From the Stonewall Riots to how you can celebrate amid the coronavirus pandemic, here's what you need to know about Pride Month
What Is the Pride Symbol?— is used as a symbol of LGBTQ pride, but did you know that each color on the flag has its own meaning? In the widely known six-color flag, red is symbolic of life, orange is symbolic of spirit, yellow is sunshine, green is nature, blue represents harmony and purple is spirit. In the original eight-color flag, hot pink was included to represent sex and turquoise to represent magic/art.
There have been many variations on the flag. This year, the flag has been altered in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests, including black to represent diversity, brown to represent inclusivity and light blue and pink, the colors of the trans pride flag.We celebrate in June to coincide with the catalyst of the Gay Liberation Movement that was the Stonewall Uprising. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided a popular gay bar in N.Y.C.'s West Village,.
The Stonewall Inn was declared a historic landmark by the city of New York in 2015 and later named a national monument by President Barack Obama in 2016.Who Were the Major Figures Involved?is often credited with throwing the first punch at the Stonewall Inn . She was a black trans woman celebrating her 25th birthday at the time of the riots and a tour de force in the gay community.
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