Pride Month

Pride Month is about celebrating the lives and activism of LGBTQ people around the world. It started as a way of remembering the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York in the USA. During Pride Month, communities have festivals, parades and marches. Some organize events in places where LGBTQ people face discrimination to help fight for equal rights. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways.