What is LGBTQ Pride Month?
[[File:Up North Pride 2017, Traverse City, MI, USA - June 25 2017.jpg|thumb|A Pride event]] '''Pride Month''' is a thematic month where special attention is paid to the [[emancipation]] and acceptance of [[gay]], [[lesbian]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]], ''[[queer]]'', or [[Questioning (sexuality and gender)|questioning]] ([[LGBTQ]]) people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About {{!}} Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month {{!}} Library of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/|access-date=2022-06-12|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=US Census Bureau|title=LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June 2022|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/lgbt-pride-month.html|access-date=2022-06-12|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Pride Month? Everything you need to know about the observance|url=https://www.today.com/life/holidays/pride-month-meaning-facts-rcna29427|access-date=2022-06-13|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref> == History == In the United States, [[June]] is ''LGBTQI+ Pride Month'', given the [[Stonewall riots]] that took place in [[New York City]] in late June 1969, which was a huge boost to the LGBTI+ civil and liberation movements. LGBTQ+ marches and [[Pride parade|parades]] have taken place in many American cities since the 1970s, which were followed in many Western countries, although not always in late June.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why Is Pride Month Celebrated in June? {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-pride-month-celebrated-in-june|access-date=2022-06-12|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> Since 2012, the [[Google Search]] has displayed a rainbow-colored decor that changes annually for LGBT-related searches during Pride Month.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-02|title=Gilbert Baker Google doodle celebrates LGBT-rights activists & creator of the iconic rainbow flag|url=https://searchengineland.com/gilbert-baker-google-doodle-celebrates-lgbt-rights-activists-creator-iconic-rainbow