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Jack Baker and Michael McConnell began using the phrase Gay Pride in the late 1960s. This terminology emerged as a direct counter to decades of shame imposed by religious institutions.
Police raided the Stonewall Inn at 43 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan on early morning hours of that day. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons rioted following this raid, creating a watershed moment in modern LGBTQ history.
Artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag in 1978 as a symbol for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. The original design consisted of eight horizontal stripes before blue was added later to create the six-stripe version most commonly seen today.
President Bill Clinton declared June Gay & Lesbian Pride Month in both 1999 and 2000. President Barack Obama declared June LGBTQ Pride Month every year from 2009 to 2016 while President Joe Biden declared June LGBTQ Pride Month in 2021.
Dan Savage argued that while pride served as an effective antidote to shame, it now made LGBTQ people dull and slow as a group. He claimed the growth and commercialization of Christopher Street Days led to de-politicization within the movement.