June Pride 2019: Twitterati Celebrate LGBT Pride Month by Showing Their Love, Support Through Quotes and Images
LGBT community has strived towards their inclusion in the society for the past 50 years and continues to urge for the same.
It's June Pride, the month that honours and celebrates the LGBTQ community that has been striving for acceptance since decades. The umbrella term LGBTQ is for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and for those who identify themselves as queer. The community has strived towards their inclusion in the society for the past 50 years and continues to urge for the same. June is observed as Pride month and is celebrated with various parades marking the community's struggle and achievements. And as people across countries celebrate June Pride 2019, many have taken to social media with quotes and images showcasing their support to the community. June LGBT Pride Month 2019 Marks Stonewall 50th Anniversary: History, Events, Parades And Celebrations Related to the Revolutionary Month of the Year.
From doodle, artworks, pictures, quotes and GIF images, Twitter is filled with colourful tweets celebrating the LGBTQ community. Google on Tuesday celebrated 50 years of Pride with a doodle on Tuesday. Portraying the history of the LGBTQ community and their fights for equality, the doodle traces the journey in a brilliant way. People took to social media celebrating the month with words of encouragement and support.
Check tweets celebrating the Pride Month below:
Celebrating Love
Madonna celebrates Pride Month!
Flag of inclusivity!
A stroke of the rainbow!
Waving with Pride!
Reading with Pride!
Colours of support and inclusivity
Rock it with Pride!
The Pride Month originated after a movement that dates back to 1969 in New York people of the LGBTQ community clashed with police during a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar at Christopher Street. This riot gave birth to different LGBT pride marches. Following which, on November 2, 1969, Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, and Linda Rhodes proposed the first pride march to be held in New York City by way of a resolution at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organisations (ERCHO) meeting in Philadelphia. Various parades and protests followed the Pride movement and were soon celebrated in different countries. To commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969, June is considered as 'LGBT Pride Month'.
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