June is Pride Month, and while it continues to look different this year as the country emerges from the COVID-19 epidemic, that does not mean we forget about celebrating the work of LGBTQ activists who have changed the world. Pride Month is a month dedicated to raising the voice of LGBTQ, the celebration of LGBTQ culture, and the support of LGBTQ rights. Throughout June, nationwide, traditionally there have been protests, protests, drawbacks, theaters and memorials, and health celebrations for members of the public who have lost their lives to HIV / AIDS. It is part of political activism, which is part of the celebration of the entire LGBTQ community that has achieved over the years. You probably knew that the rainbow flag – created by singer Gilbert Baker in 1978 – was used as a symbol of LGBTQ pride, each color on the flag has its own meaning. In the flag of diffrent colors have different meaning, red symbolizes life, orange symbolizes air, yellow symbolizes sunlight, green is natural, blue symbolizes harmony and red is spirit. In the first eight-color flag, hot pink represents sex, and turquoise represents magic/art.
There was a lot of variation on the flag. By 2021, the flag has been aligned with Black Lives Matter protests, including blacks representing diversity, blacks representing a combination of blue and pink light, trans pride flag colors. We are celebrating in line with the promotion of the Gay Liberation Movement which was the Swallwall war. Early on the morning of June 28, 1969, police raided a popular gay barracks at NYC’s West Village, The Stonewall Inn. This was a normal place at the time, but on this night, the local authorities fought, starting the Stonewall Riots, which lasted for days. The Stonewall Inn was declared a historic site by New York City in 2015 and later named a national monument by President Barack Obama in 2016. This June marks the 51st anniversary of the first exhibition of pride, which took place in 1970, one year after the violence.
Marsha P. Johnson is often referred to as the first boxer to throw at Stonewall Inn (although there are many prominent people who are suspected of doing so). She was a black Trans woman celebrating her 25th birthday during the riots and tour de force in the gay community. He died at the young age of just 46 after police found his body in the Hudson River – his death was initially dismissed as suicide, though friends and loved ones insisted it would not be so. Sylvia Rivera also participated in the Stonewall Riots. He was fighting for transgender rights alongside Marsha P. Johnson, creating STA.A. to help homeless youth without LGBTQ. He advocated for transgender rights until his death in 2002.
Stormé DeLarverie was an activist and dragged an artist who was in Stonewall when he was attacked that night. Her friend, told The New York Times when she died in 2014, “No one knows who threw the first punch, but there are rumors that she did it, and said she did it. You told me you did. ”