June Is “Pride Month”

June 1, 2025 7:46 am

(AP) – Pride Month, a global celebration of LGBTQ+ people, is starting this weekend in many places. It’s always a mixture of party and protest. Some of the celebrations this year will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage nationally. A lot of the protest in the U.S. are expected to be against President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose restrictions across several fronts on transgender people. The event emerged in 1970 as a response to the violent police raid of New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969.  (Photo:  AP)