Pride Month

Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June. The last Sunday in June is celebrated as Gay Pride Day in many cities in America. On June 2, 2000, President Bill Clinton declared June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month". U.S. President Barack Obama declared June 2011 to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, stating, “I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

The month was chosen to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village that sparked the modern LGBT liberation movement in the United States.

Pride month is meant to recognize the impact gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people have had on the world. GLBT groups celebrate with pride parades, picnics, parties, memorials for those lost from hate crimes, and other group gathering events that attract thousands upon thousands of individuals. InterPride, the International Association of Pride Organizers, was founded in 1982 and has grown to encompass pride events throughout the year around the world. Although June remains the primary month for pride events, the annual calendar shows events in most months in nations around the world.