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Gay Pride
A split image showing two women from behind near a lake labeled "1969," and two women smiling and embracing labeled "2024," connected by an arrow.
Why is Pride Month in June?
Common LGBTQ Laws by State A Guide to LGBTQ+ Pride Flags LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Timeline
What were the Stonewall riots?
Stonewall Inn Gay Pride: Amsterdam, 2008 Gay Pride: Romania, 2009
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How to preserve LGBTQ+ history in the face of hate
In a world where LGBTQ+ history is often overlooked, preserving it becomes a spectacular...
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Why is Pride Month in June?
Gay Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began on June 28, 1969, after police...
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What were the Stonewall riots?
Learn about the Stonewall uprising, the riots outside New York's Stonewall Inn that...
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What is the history of same-sex marriage?
The definition of marriage as a legal and social concept has a long and complex history.
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Gay Pride
Participants carrying a giant rainbow flag at a Gay Pride parade in Thessaloníki,...
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A Guide to LGBTQ+ Pride Flags
This infographic gives information about the various LGBTQ+ pride flags.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./ Alison Eldridge text, Patrick O'Neill Riley art
LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Timeline
This timeline shows when each of the LGBTQ+ pride flags was created and by whom.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./ Alison Eldridge text, Patrick O'Neill Riley art
Stonewall Inn
The Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New York City.
Travis Wise
Gay Pride: Amsterdam, 2008
A large crowd gathering along the Amsterdam canals to celebrate Gay Pride, August...
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Gay Pride: Romania, 2009
Participants celebrating at GayFest in Bucharest, Romania, May 23, 2009.
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Gay rights movement: demonstration
A gay rights demonstration at the Democratic National Convention, New York City,...
Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. ppmsca 09729)
Harvey Milk
Gay rights activist Harvey Milk in front of his camera shop in San Francisco, 1977.
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Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot, the first openly gay person to be elected mayor of Chicago, speaking...
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Iceland Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the world's first openly gay head...
Icelandic Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security
Gay rights movement: Proposition 8
Demonstrators protesting the passage of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage...
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Gay Pride: Rio de Janeiro, 2007
Several hundred thousand people celebrating Gay Pride in Rio de Janeiro, 2007.
© Luisa De Paola—AFP/Getty Images

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Common LGBTQ Laws by State
This map lists common examples of existing anti-LGBTQ and pro-LGBTQ laws in each...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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