United States: Marchers participate in the LGBTQ Pride March on Sunday June 30, 2019. People participate in the LBGTQ Pride march Sunday, June 30, 2019, in New York. These joyous and colorful images from Pride Month celebrations held around the world highlight the power of the LGBTQ movement and its progress over the last 50 years.
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, World Pride - a series of events celebrating LQBTQ Pride that underscore community's ongoing struggle on a global level - is being held in the United States for the first time, hosted in New York City. New York City also renamed Gay Street to Acceptance Street. Read More: NYC Pride Marchers Tell Us What They Want Our Generation to Fight ForĬities are also honoring the special milestone in their own unique ways, with Paris renaming one street and three squares after LGBTQ icons. Increasing tensions with the LGBTQ community at the time, the raid incited riots, which lasted six days and became a catalyst for the LGBTQ rights movement in the United States and beyond. The police aggressively handled patrons at the then-illegal bar, and arrested cross-dressers. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, when police stormed a gay club in Greenwich Village called the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. And despite tension, the LGBTQ community in the nation of Georgia hosted its first pride march to date. Ukraine held its largest LQBTQ Pride march ever in Kiev, untouched by violence, unlike previous years. Bhutan’s lower house of parliament recently passed a bill to do the same, marking a big step toward decriminalization of same-sex relation in the region.Īlso this month, Ecuador joined the list of 28 other countries that have legalized same-sex marriage. Botswana achieved a major milestone earlier this month when the High Court overturned laws criminalizing gay sex, declaring them discriminatory and unconstitutional.