Pride Month

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LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride. Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for LGBT rights and celebrates LGBT culture.

LGBT Pride Month
A 2018 pride parade in San Francisco, California
Type Cultural
Observances Celebration of LGBT pride, rights, and culture
Date June
Frequency Annual
First time 1970; 53 years ago

The rainbow flag has become a symbol of LGBT culture

Some have criticized how many companies release Pride Month-themed products, likening it to the concept of slacktivism, as the companies are perceived to be using the topic of LGBT rights as a means of profit, without contributing to the movement in a meaningful way. Others have criticized the seemingly hypocritical nature of companies making social media profiles evoke the rainbow pride flag while refusing to alter the profile pictures in areas without broad LGBT acceptance.

Variants

In 2018, an internet meme circulated surrounding the concept of a "wrath month", a play on pride and wrath both being part of the seven deadly sins of Christianity, to take place in July following the end of Pride Month.

Calendar

Day Of The Month Identity Other Events
1 Gay Belgium Marriage Equality Day
2 Lesbian International Sex Workers' Day
3 Bisexual
4 Polysexual
5 Pansexual HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
6 Omnisexual
7 Ceterosexual
8 Demisexual Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
9 Gray Ace
10 Asexual National Peru HIV Testing Day
11 Polyamorous
12 Intersex Pulse Night Of Remembrance
13 Transfeminine West Asian & North African Lesbian & Queer Women's Pride Day
14 Transmasculine
15 Agender Denmark Marriage Equality Day
16 Genderfluid
17 Bigender
18 Trigender
19 Pangender
20 Genderqueer Estonia Marriage Equality Day
21 Demigirl
22 Demiboy
23 Androgyne Alan Turing Day
24 Intergender UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack Remembrance Day
25 Non-binary 2022 Oslo Pride Shooting Remembrance Day
26 Questioning US Marriage Equality Day
27 Homoromantic International HIV Testing Day & Iceland Marriage Equality Day
28 Biromantic Anniversary Of Stonewall Riots
29 Panromantic
30 Aromantic Queer Youth Day