PRIDE MONTH 2009: Recommended Reading
Holidays and Observances
Pride Month is the most widely known glbtq observance, but events such as the Transgender Day of Rememberance and New Orleans' Southern Decadence are important to specific glbtq communities.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/holidays_observances.html
Parades and Marches
Both parades and marches have served to render the glbtq community visible; whereas marches typically attempt to effect political change, parades and pride events affirm identity and community.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/parades_marches.html
Stonewall Riots
Forty years ago, on the weekend of June 27-29, 1969, confrontations between police and demonstrators at the Stonewall Inn in New York City marked the beginning of the modern glbtq movement for civil rights, an event commemorated each June during Pride Month.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/stonewall_riots.html
Slideshow: Symbols
The symbols of glbtq pride are diverse in origin and meaning, but they serve the crucial purpose of rendering visible communities that have been erased or marginalized.
http://www.glbtq.com/slideshows/symbols.html
Holidays and Observances
Pride Month is the most widely known glbtq observance, but events such as the Transgender Day of Rememberance and New Orleans' Southern Decadence are important to specific glbtq communities.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/holidays_observances.html
Parades and Marches
Both parades and marches have served to render the glbtq community visible; whereas marches typically attempt to effect political change, parades and pride events affirm identity and community.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/parades_marches.html
Stonewall Riots
Forty years ago, on the weekend of June 27-29, 1969, confrontations between police and demonstrators at the Stonewall Inn in New York City marked the beginning of the modern glbtq movement for civil rights, an event commemorated each June during Pride Month.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/stonewall_riots.html
Slideshow: Symbols
The symbols of glbtq pride are diverse in origin and meaning, but they serve the crucial purpose of rendering visible communities that have been erased or marginalized.
http://www.glbtq.com/slideshows/symbols.html
