Today, GW celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride by raising high the achievements and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual members of the GW Community.
The entire month of June and are held across the country and around the world. Yearly commemorations of the beginning of the uprising (June 28) began in 1970 in New York City and since then have transformed into celebrations that span Have been a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. A response to targeted harassment and systemic inequality, the Stonewall riots are generally considered to Theġ969 Stonewall uprising comprised of six days of riots in retaliation for ongoing police violence towards patrons of a Greenwich Village gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. Pride Month is celebrated each June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, to protests against injustice and inequality, and to recognize the impacts of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) individuals.
