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Pride Month 2025 Launches Nationwide Celebrations Rooted in Stonewall Uprising

This June occasion commemorates the 1969 riots with presidential proclamations that have formalized federal acknowledgment since 1999.

FILE - Participants hold a rainbow flag during the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, file)
Guests enjoying the music on the main stage during UK Black Pride 2024: Freedom & Justice at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Aug. 11, 2024 in London.
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The New Queens Pride (Courtesy of LGBT Network)

Overview

  • Pride Month 2025 officially begins on June 1 with month-long parades, marches and events celebrating LGBTQ achievements and resilience nationwide.
  • The observance pays tribute to the Stonewall Riots of June 1969, when five days of resistance against NYPD raids and harassment tactics like the ‘three-article rule’ ignited a national civil rights movement.
  • On June 28, 1970, the first Pride marches in New York City expanded to simultaneous protests in Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, establishing the annual tradition.
  • Federal recognition of Pride Month began with President Bill Clinton’s 1999 proclamation and continued with declarations from President Barack Obama in 2011 and President Joe Biden in 2024.
  • Advocates and scholars stress that true allyship comes through education on LGBTQ history and culture, recommending resources from digital exhibits to seminal queer studies texts.