Usually, major UK cities hold their own parades in places like London and Manchester, although these have understandably been cancelled this year. 1 Jun 2020 1 June 2020. Every summer in the United States, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community comes together for a monthlong celebration of love, diversity, acceptance and unashamed self-pride. Pride is … The uproar also paved the way for the modern fight for LGBT rights. This year, Pride 2020, will look a little different. Moreover, trans people also continue to find themselves under attack from governments that seek to strip away their rights, and from transphobes who threaten them with harassment, violence, and all too often, death. "We’ll be centering and lifting up the voices of queer people of color, whose struggles are shared by the entire LGBTQ community," Ellis said. It is a movement that celebrates sexual diversity. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. Pride Month 2020 June 1 - June 30 An Annual LGBT Pride Celebration Every year, during the month of June, the LGBT community celebrates in a number of different ways. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, and began hauling customers outside. The uprising became a catalyst for an emerging gay rights movement as organizations such as the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance were formed, modeled after the civil rights movement and the women's rights movement. “It was just this emotional, adrenaline-crazed moment, completely irrational,” Bryan said. Sarah Kate Ellis, president of Los Angeles-based LGBT advocacy group GLAAD, told "Good Morning America" that it's important to remember the 1969 Stonewall riots were spearheaded by many people of color. Pride month 2020 is a time for queer celebration, visibility, and above all else, protest. But in the early hours of June 28, the hottest night of the summer, six officers walked into the Stonewall Inn with no such notice. Swindon's Pride Month 2020. Getty Images. It's credited to Brenda Howard, a bisexual New York activist nicknamed the "Mother of Pride," who organized the first Pride parade to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The New York Pride Parade is one of the largest and most well known parades to take place, with an estimated 500,000 people participating in it by the time it had reached its 25th anniversary. Drag Queen Vincent Leggett warms up the crowd at the first annual Pride In The Park kick-off party, hosted by Mayors Office of LGBTQ Affairs, at LOVE park, in Philadelphia, June 6, 2019. Baker, a prominent gay rights activist, gave a nod to the stripes of the American flag but drew inspiration from the rainbow to reflect the many groups within the gay community. Segal added: “It’s probably the happiest riot there ever was and the reason it was happy is very simple. Newsquest Digital Content Team. Milk was assassinated later that year.