He International LGBT+ Pride Day is celebrated every June 28th around the world. The aim is to make visible the diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, promoting respect and equality. This day is celebrated marches, events, parades, recitals and shows in multiple cities, looking for end prejudice and discrimination that still persist.
The date was selected in commemoration of the riots that occurred on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York. This pub, iconic for the LGBT community, was the scene of a police raid which sparked a series of demonstrations. Marking the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement and the first pride march.
The LGBT+ acronym They encompass a wide range of identities: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer, among other. Over time, these acronyms have expanded to include greater diversity, also represented by the symbol “+”.
One of the most recognized symbols of this community is the rainbow flagdesigned in 1978 by activist Gilbert Baker. However, there are other flags that represent different identities within the community, such as the flag lesbianthe bisexualthe transthe asexualthe pansexualthe demisexual and of non-binary gender.
In 1990the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its classification of mental illnesses, and in 2018 did the same with transsexuality. These advances represent important milestones in the fight for equality and recognition of the rights of the LGBT+ community.
