However, still today there are places where LGBTQI+ communities are oppressed and discriminated against. In the UK, LGBTQI+ citizens have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQI+.
Pride month is not to be confused with LGBT History month which is held in February. The 2021 London Pride will be held in September this year. London Pride, one the biggest pride parades in the UK, attracts around 1.5 million spectators. Although June is officially pride month, celebrations and marches are held around the year in the UK.
Today, we continue to mark the month as a celebration of LGBTQ+ rights and a call for further rights globally. The protests sparked a gay rights uprising.
June is celebrated as Pride month around the world to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising which took place in New York at a popular gar bar called Stonewall Inn, on June 28, 1969.
