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Wrapped in multicolored flags and protest signs waving, the Juerguistas worldwide have gathered throughout June For pride events – A one -month celebration of the LGBTQ community that also symbolizes a fight in progress by equal rights and inclusion.
The roots of the pride month date back to June 28, 1969, when a police raid in New York City Stonewall Inna gay bar, led to several nights of clashes with LGBTQ clients of the bar and others, which were known as Stonewall disturbances or the Stonewall uprising, a demonstration that is now considered the beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement. Marches took place in Manhattan, Chicago and San Francisco to commemorate Stonewall’s anniversary the next June and, over time, became an annual event in more and more cities. The month of pride won the federal recognition for the first time in 1999 of then President Bill Clinton.
Pride Marches and festivals have been carried out throughout the month in different parts of the United States and worldwide, and New York 2025 Pride MarchHonoring Stonewall’s legacy, is scheduled for Sunday. Here is a look at some of the events of Washington, DCto Katmandú and beyond.
People leave in the pride parade of the Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times through Getty Images The 25th anniversary of the Kentuckian Pride Festival parade was held on June 21, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. / Getty images A heart -shaped sign with the colors of the pride flag is seen near the Pike Place market in Seattle, Washington, on June 25, 2025. Juan Mabromata/News through Getty Images Bella Bautista, a trans woman, attends the world pride parade on June 7, 2025 in Washington, DC Jacquelyn Martin / AP Participants travel in motorcycles during the 2025 pride parade on June 8, 2025 in Los Angeles. / Getty images The activists and allies marched for equality in the City Pride Parade engine on June 8, 2025. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group through Getty Images The spectators along Clarendon Street Watch The Boston Pride Parade on June 14, 2025. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe through Getty Images People leave for Boylston Street in Boston’s pride parade on June 14, 2025. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe through Getty Images A motorcyclist and zoom passengers through the streets of Solvang, California, for the 2025 pride parade of the city. George Rose/Getty Images The activists and supporters of the LGBTQ community participate in a pride walk in Kolkata, India, on June 22, 2025. DAS / AP BIKAS The Colosseum in Rome during the city’s pride parade on June 14, 2025. Antonio Masiello / Getty Images A protester has a sign that says “to make love, not war” in the march of equality in kyiv, Ukraine, on June 14, 2025, where participants advocated LGBTQ rights in the country. It was kyiv’s first pride march from the Russian invasion. Andrew Kravchenko/Global Images Ukraine through Getty Images People greet to form a monumental rainbow color flag in Zocalo Square while participating in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Mexico City, on June 22, 2025. Mariana Hernandez Ampudia / Reuters The protesters carry rainbow flags in the Kentuckian pride parade in Waterfront Park on June 21, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. Sarah Anne Cohen/Wireimage/Getty Images The annual pride parade in Athens, Greece, on June 14, 2025. Aris Messinis/News through Getty Images In Athens, an assistant to the 2025 pride parade carries a signal that says “Trans rights are human rights.” Antonis Zouridakis/Nurphoto through Getty Images A 2025 pride procession passes the Santa Cross church in Warsaw, Poland. The march brought together thousands of defenders of LGBTQ rights in a country where the marked intolerance towards the community is greatly attributed to the cultural influence of the Church. Aleksei Fokin/Soup images/lightrocket through Getty Images In Bosnia, the LGBTQ community and the allies greet the flags and the signaling of Sarajevo’s pride on June 14, 2024. Elvis Barukcic/News through Getty Images At the seventh wave of Nepal’s pride parade carry a flag of the rainbow while marching through Katmandu, Nepal, on June 14, 2025. Shrestha/Nurphoto ups through Getty Images A view of the streets of Zocalo of Mexico City, where it is projected that rainbow laser lights commemorate the international pride month and day. The objective is to combat and eradicate discrimination, racism, classism, homophobia, transphobia and violence in all their forms that these groups face daily, in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 27, 2025. Gerardo Vieyra/Nurphoto through Getty Images People bind to the pride parade in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on June 28, 2025. Jam Sta Rosa/News through Getty Images
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Emily Mae Czachor
Emily Mae Czachor is a news editor at News. Usually, it covers last minute news, extreme climate and problems related to social and criminal justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for media such as Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed and Newsweek.
