Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau even wore rainbow socks to a parade in Toronto on June 25. Parades and protests filled streets in major United States cities this weekend like San Francisco and New York, the latter of which witnessed the birth of the modern gay rights movement during the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, when LGBT bar patrons violently fought off police coming to arrest them at the Stonewall Inn.īut revelers in places as far-flung as Portugal, Israel, and Mexico also celebrated and remembered the long struggle for LGBT equality this month, and promised to continue fighting for LGBT rights in the future. The colors of the rainbow flag have flown high over cities and countries around the world this month in celebration of Pride, the annual monthlong celebration of LGBT and queer-identified individuals.
