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Gay Pride, also called LGBT Pride or LGBTQ Pride, byname Pride, annual celebration, usually in June in the United States and sometimes at other times in other countries, of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identity. Gay Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raided the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighbourhood. Gay Pride typically involves a series of events and is often capped by a parade involving marchers and colourful floats from the LGBTQ community and its supporters. Before the Stonewall riots, LGBTQ individuals
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birthplace of pride right outside the historic stonewall inn, nbc s joshua john. does this year s pride feel different? reporter: it feels a lot like years past in some ways, depending on what your perspective is, if covid had never happened, this is pretty much what it would feel like. over my right shoulder that is the stonewall inn. it happened not just because of that raid but because of an event the year after in 1970. before there was gay pride day, it was gay liberation day. and the events of that raid at the stonewall inn are the reason that this happened. thankfully the pandemic eased enough for organizers not to hold the regular parade they normally hold. that s still postponed again until next year. but there were other festivities both in person and virtual around manhattan. there was also another march, a