Pride Was A Riot — And LGBTQ Demonstrators Around The World Are Still Fighting For Equality

Posted on AllSides June 11th, 2021
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The first Pride marches were held in 1970, a year after the Stonewall riots in New York City. Over the last 50 years, Pride has turned from a solemn response to police brutality and discrimination against the LGBTQ community into a celebration of what it means to be queer.

Rights for the LGBTQ community in the United States have come a long way — but that isn't the case everywhere in the world.

People's rights are still quashed by anti-LGBTQ governments, and in countries like Iran, Myanmar, and Uganda, being...

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