Today, LGBTQI+ PRIDE Month celebrates our nation’s diverse populations including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning one’s sexual or gender identity), Intersex, and other sexual orientations besides heterosexual.
This observance began after the 1969 Stonewall Uprising—a series of violent events between police and LGBTQI+ protesters that stretched over six days. On June 28, 1970 (exactly one year after the riots) the first PRIDE March commenced in New York City.
According to a new Gallup poll, the LGBTQ+ identification continues to grow in the U.S. The number of U.S. adults who currently identify as LGBTQ+ has more than doubled in 12 years (with more than one in five Gen Z adults identifying as LGBTQ+).
It’s important for our nation to recognize that LGBTQI+ communities are incredibly diverse, including people of all races, abilities, religions and countries of origin. Blacks and other people of color have always been at the center of this fight. Although progress has been made since the 1970s, many LGBTQI+ people still face discrimination and violence, especially transgender and non-binary people and LGBTQI+ people of color.
The transgender flag is an important symbol for the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies, and without transgender people, there would be no PRIDE.
To strive for transgender rights is to strive for human rights.
“To see the transgender flag displayed at NIH on Transgender Day of Visibility reminded me that despite all the anti-trans rhetoric in recent years, there is a powerful movement underway to recognize and celebrate difference as a core principle by which we must all continue to aspire,” stated Courtney White, Senior Administrative Officer, National Institute of Mental Health.
Today, the Intersex-Inclusive Progress PRIDE Flag designed by Valentino Vecchietti adds the intersex community to the Progress PRIDE Flag. This 2021 update serves as the most current LGBTQI+ flag.
Learn more about the flag’s variations>>
Proclamations /
Seattle Pride 50th /
Human Rights Campaign /
UW Medicine, Right as Rain /
Books, Magazines, News & Blogs /
Center of Excellence LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity / PRIDE Month Podcast Series
MOHAI and Seattle Pride are excited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Pride parade in Seattle. We invite the LQBTQIA+ community to help us expand the story through our Objects of Pride digital showcase by submitting photos or videos of objects that reflect an important part of your LGBTQIA+ identity!
Learn more & share your Objects of Pride >>
Source: UW Medicine, Public Health – Seattle & King County, and them.us.