June 01, 2023
LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall uprising. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in NYC’s Greenwich Village, arresting patrons for, among other things, not wearing three articles of gender-appropriate clothing (as required by a local ordinance at the time). Patrons fought back, and the event became a watershed in gay history.
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