Why Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June Bebeto Matthews/AP In this Monday, June 3, 2019, photo, pride flags and pride colors display on the Stonewall Inn bar, marking the site of 1969 riots that followed a police raid of the bar's gay patrons, in New York. Some of the coverage of rioting was itself a source of the fury that led Stonewall to become a synonym for the fight for gay rights.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) and last updated 2021-06-01 15:59:06-04 Pride Month is celebrated in June because it has to do with commemorating the 1969 riots near the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City.