Even places where we may not be welcome or have to fear persecution have a little rainbow marker, showing someone, at some point, was (probably out and) proud. The places can be anywhere and remember anything, as long as they mark a cherished moment – be it somewhere you felt proud, loved or just clocked a triumph.įrom first kisses and meeting your life partner in Kolkata to proposals in Paris and heaps of coming out stories all over the world, users have already started tagging their memorable places.Īccording to the map, even Antarctica is a little gay, as someone set a rainbow marker to commemorate meeting their boyfriend on a trip to the South Pole.Īnd the Places of Pride project really drives home one point: the LGBTI community is everywhere. Launched during Fair Day at Sydney Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras, the map looks to celebrate the LGBTI community while also creating a collection of happy memories from around the world. ‘And the places where these significant moments occurs become cherished for the memories that they hold.’ ‘Everyday people around the world fall in love, share a kiss, or come out of the closet,’ Patrick Hofmann, member of Google Maps’ Sydney team, said in a blog post about the project. To show this reach, and to give people the courage to be themselves and not feel alone, Google Australia has launched Places of Pride, an interactive map for the LGBTI community.īut the focus isn’t on highlighting cozy bars or the best club night – no, this one is personal (but in all the best ways).
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Some people may be confident when coming out of the closet, while others feel they’re alone in a sea of straight people.īut often, the community is there, even in the most rural of areas.
Window.FB.Event.subscribe('xfbml.render', function() (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')) The New York Pride Parade is one of the largest and most well-known parades to take place, with over 2 million people estimated to have taken part in 2019. In May 2019, Donald Trump recognized Pride Month with a tweet announcing that his administration had launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality, although critics have noted that actions speak louder than words. Then, from 2009 to 2016, Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month. In 2017, Google also included rainbow coloured streets on Google Maps to display Gay Pride marches occurring across the world. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall. Many pride events are held during this month to recognise the impact LGBT people have had world over. President to officially recognize Pride Month in 19. June is considered as 'LGBT Pride Month' to commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969. Sadly, Harvey Milk was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone on November 23, 1978, in San Francisco City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor who was angry at Milk for lobbying against having him reappointed on the Board of Supervisors.īill Clinton was the first U.S.
Speaking of the rainbow flag, it was actually gay politician Harvey Milk who asked a talented designer friend, Gilbert Baker, to design an all-encompassing symbol to take to San Francisco’s Pride March in 1978. This eventually morphed into what we now know as the New York City Pride March and was the catalyst for the formation of similar parades and marches across the world. Known as ‘The Mother of Pride,’ Brenda organized Gay Pride Week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade a year after the Stonewall Riots. Pride Month is largely credited as being started by bisexual activist Brenda Howard. The message was clear - protestors demanded the establishment of places where LGBT+ people could go and be open about their sexual orientation without fear of arrest. Johnson, leading the movement to continue over six days with protests and clashes. Among the many leaders of the riots was a black, trans, bisexual woman, Marsha P. On a hot summer’s night in New York on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village, which resulted in bar patrons, staff, and neighborhood residents rioting onto Christopher Street outside.