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The Spirit of
Stonewall Lives On

Heritage of Pride is a nonprofit organization that plans and produces New York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Event events each year to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of — the commencing of the current Gay Rights movement.

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Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village prevent that had develop a staple of New York City's underground gay group. But this period, tired of the ongoing raids, group members fought assist, striking what would become known as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of New York City's underground male lover community. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, community members fought back, striking what would become famous as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of Modern York City's underground gay community. But this time, weary of the continuing raids, community me

The history of Queer Pride at Hyde Park, London

When asked how it felt to receive involved with GLF, Simon replies: ‘shattering’. ‘For a young person’, he explains, ‘you saw hundreds and hundreds of people appreciate you in one cosmos. It wasn’t just one little group – for the first time, you felt just like everyone else. It was very important, as it gave individuals a sense of their own dignity and an active sense of belonging to a social constituency.’

Simon took part in the first Pride parade on 1st July Recalling the mood, he describes a mix of defiance and festivity: ‘It was political, but also playfulness – there was at least one band playing West Indian music, people were dancing and chanting, it was empowering.’ He remembers walking down Piccadilly being watched by crowds of tourists, some of whom took offence and hurled abuse, with a few even spitting at the marchers.

‘Part of the reason for the rally was perhaps to deliberately offend some people’, Simon says. ‘We needed to be sufficiently confident in our beliefs not to be offended.’ Some parts of the gay and lesbian communities condemn

The History of Celebration in the UK

Reflecting the struggles and progress of the LGBTQ+ collective, Pride in the UK has a rich and significant history. Its roots stem as far endorse as the early 70’s, when London marked the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising with its first Pride march.

Here, we grab a brief look at some key milestones in the history of UK Pride.

The Stonewall Riots

On the evening of 28th June , New York’s Stonewall Inn became the aim of police focus solely for being recognised as an LGBTQ+ venue. That night, patrons famously resisted police instruction and rebelled against discriminatory and oppressive treatment of the Gay community by the NYPD.

Following the events at Stonewall, the first Pride marches took place a year later to the night in New York, LA and Chicago - and were attended by thousands of people from within the community.

Pride in the UK

Here in the UK, the first Pride pride was held in London on 1st July , a date selected as the closest Saturday to the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Organised with the aim to demonstrate that members of

What better way of celebrating Pride's 50^th anniversary than taking a journey through the first 25 years of London's Pride festivals, via the LGBTQ+ Archives here at Bishopsgate Institute.

Pride: -

Bishopsgate Institute is honoured to contain extensive materials documenting the history of Pride from onwards, including programmes, badges, t-shirts, press coverage and much more. Presented here are the programme, badge and press reports (from Gay News/Gay Times and Capital Gay) of every Pride Festival from to It gives us a fascinating insight into how Pride has changed, grown and developed over the years.