Gay and lesbian month
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month @ Students' Union at Bournemouth University
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.
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LGBT History Month
Presidential Proclamation -- LGBT Pride Month, | www.change-avmsd.eu
Description:In this context American homophile organizations such as the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society coordinated some of the earliest demonstrations of the modern LGBT rights movement. These two organizations in particular carried out pickets called " Annual Reminders " to inform and remind Americans that LGBT people did not receive basic civil rights protections. Inspired by Stokely Carmichael 's " Black is Beautiful ", Gay civil rights pioneer and participant in the Annual Reminders Frank Kameny originated the slogan "Gay is Good" in [2] to counter social stigma and personal feelings of guilt and shame.
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