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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Joe Sommerlad

Pride 2022: How was the annual LGBT+ celebration founded and when and where are events taking place?

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The LGBT+ community comes together across the world every June to celebrate Pride Month.

While events actually take place throughout the summer, June was chosen to remember the Stonewall Riots that broke out in Greenwich Village, New York City, on 28 June 1969 after police raided one of the city’s most popular gay clubs, prompting the regulars to fight back courageously in protest.

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