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Participants at the Gay Fest Parade in Bucharest hold large rainbow pride flags, with a crowd of people and city buildings in the background. A large crowd fills Atlantica Avenue in Rio de Janeiro, with a giant rainbow flag stretching through the center during the 2007 Gay Pride parade. Infographic displaying a variety of LGBTQ+ pride flags, grouped by category. The top section features rainbow-based LGBTQ+ flags, including the original rainbow, Philadelphia, and Progress pride flags. The middle section shows gender pride flags such as transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, intersex, and agender, each with distinct color patterns. The bottom section presents sexual orientation flags, including bisexual, polysexual, pansexual, lesbian, gay (male), asexual, and aromant Infographic showing a timeline of LGBTQ+ pride flags from 1978 to 2019, with each flag's design, year of introduction, and creator's name branching from a central rainbow ribbon on a black background.
Who created Transgender Day of Visibility?
A double-decker bus decorated with a large rainbow flag carries people in pink outfits waving to crowds during the London Pride Parade, with city buildings and onlookers in the background.
Why is Pride Month in June?
The Stonewall Inn's exterior at night, featuring a red neon sign reading "The Stonewall Inn" in the window, with string lights and posters visible inside.
Rainbow pride flags against a blue sky.
A group of people march in the Seattle Pride Parade holding a large banner reading Rainbow Families of Puget Sound with a rainbow graphic, surrounded by adults and children.

Pride Month: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: NHS - James Paget University Hospitals - Celebrating Pride (PDF). Sep 21, 2026
Add new Web site: NBC News - It's officially Pride Month: Here's everything you should know about the global LGBTQ celebration. Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Word of the Week: How 'pride' shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment. Dec 19, 2025
Article revised. Jun 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Rise of Pride in Gay Parade (PDF). May 23, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN Health - It's Pride Month. Here's What You Need to Know. Jan 15, 2025
Add new Web site: NHS - James Paget University Hospitals - Celebrating Pride (PDF). Nov 19, 2024
Media added. May 07, 2024
Media added. May 25, 2023
Media added. Mar 16, 2023
Media added. Mar 15, 2023
Changed "LGBT" to "LGBTQ" throughout article. Jun 21, 2019
Article revised and updated. Jul 23, 2015
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - History of the Gay Pride / Rainbow Flag. Jun 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month. Jun 05, 2015
Added several images of Gay Pride festivals and celebrations from around the world. Jun 15, 2009
New article added. Jun 03, 2009
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