#LoveYourPride
Karine Jean-Pierre
Makes History
JUNE 2022
In the wake of the pandemic, the Global Pride event kicked off celebrations with a 24-hour livestream, the first worldwide LGBTQ event, with the Black Lives Matter movement at its forefront. Todrick Hall hosted the stream consisting of music, performances, speeches and messages of support.
Karine Jean-Pierre is the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to serve as White House press secretary. She is also the daughter of Haitian immigrants.
NYC Pride has unveiled its theme as “The Fight Continues,” reflecting the multiple battles both the city and the country is fighting right now.
The original and iconic LA Pride Parade is on, back in Hollywood, where it all began! This year’s theme is #LoveYourPride and GumGum is excited to be walking in this historic event with friends & family!
For more than 20 years before her death in 2006, she fought tirelessly for gay rights and linked the civil rights movement with the LGBT rights movement, believing all the while that her work was a faithful expression of the inclusive dream shared by her husband.
London Nail Bombings
The attack killed three and wounded at least 70. Following the attack, a large open air meeting took place in Soho Square and thousands attended. The Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner delivered a speech at the event, marking a turning point in the relationship between the LGBT community and the Metropolitan Police.
Terry Higgins dies of AIDS
In 1974, artist and drag queen Gilbert Baker met Harvey Milk, an influential gay leader, who three years later challenged Baker to come up with a symbol of pride for the gay community.
Terry Higgins was one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness. He died aged 37, on 4 July 1982 at St Thomas' Hospital, London. By naming the trust after Terry, the founder members – his partner and friends – hoped to personalise and humanise AIDS in a very public way.
First PRIDE Parade
The idea that LGBTQ+ people would march through the streets of New York City, proudly declaring their existence, their pride and their love was truly revolutionary.
On Sunday, June 28, 1970, at around noon, in New York gay activist groups held their own pride parade, known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day, to recall the events of Stonewall one year earlier.
May 2022
LGBT themes in comics
October 2021
Comedian, writer and funny-woman Lena Waithe graced the 2018 Met Gala in a cape adorned with the colors of the Pride flag.
Queer representation in comic books exploded this year, with comics reinventing character fan favorites — including Robin, Batwoman and the Flash — as part of the LGBTQ community.
Team LGBTQ earns 32 medals
The US Supreme Court finally and officially declared same-sex marriage a Constitutional right nationwide, meaning all states must allow Americans to get married, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.
Team LGBTQ earns 32 medals at Tokyo Olympics, with five who nabbed gold for Team USA women’s basketball alone.
August 2021
WHO launches the first World AIDS Day to bring awareness of the spreading pandemic
May 2019
Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish didn't set out to make headlines when they got married on May 17, 2004.
The World Health Organization (WHO) no longer categorizes being transgender as a “mental disorder”, after a major resolution to amend its health guidelines was approved.
Civil Partnership Act passes
The Act gave same-sex couples the same rights as married opposite-sex couples. Years later in 2013, the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act was passed, legalising same-sex marriages. The Gender Recognition Act also passed in 2004, giving trans people full legal recognition in their appropriate gender. Right now, gender options are still limited to ‘male’ and ‘female’, so non-binary and gender-fluid people are not currently recognised under the Act.
December 2004
April 1999
July 1982
June 1970
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of riots in New York City from 28 June to 6 July in 1969. They happened after the police raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ+ safe bar in Greenwich.
June 1969
The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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