{"id":24368,"date":"2015-06-03T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=24368"},"modified":"2015-06-02T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T22:35:09","slug":"june-is-lgbt-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/june-is-lgbt-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"June is LGBT Pride Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The six-color version of the pride flag is the most commonly used version. The original version from 1978 had two additional stripes \u2014 hot pink and turquoise which were removed due to manufacturing needs. Via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In honor of LGBT Pride Month,\u00a0we are featuring films, novels and media created by and for the\u00a0LGBTQ** community on this blog. We’ll also have an ongoing display of these materials at the DPL’s Main branch.<\/p>\n

First, a little history\u00a0…<\/p>\n

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month\u00a0 is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan, New York City<\/a>.\u00a0The Stonewall riots \u00a0– occurring over the weekend of June 27-29, 1969 – were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.\u00a0While protests for LGBTQ rights had occurred prior to the Stonewall riots, many considered the riots as a “shot heard round the world,”* the first to garner large-scale media attention for a population that had, prior to then, been forced to live in secret.<\/p>\n

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Stonewall Inn, site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, New York City, USA, Via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28, 1970 marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots with an assembly on Christopher Street (where the Stonewall Inn was located); with simultaneous Gay Pride marches in Los Angeles and Chicago, marking the first Gay Pride marches in U.S. history.\u00a0 Since then, Gay Pride marches have occurred annually in major cities across the U.S.\u00a0 to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.<\/p>\n

On June 2, 2000 President Bill Clinton declared June “Gay & Lesbian Pride Month”.\u00a0\u00a0On June 1, 2009, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to “…commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.” Read President Obama’s\u00a0\u00a02015 declaration here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to learn more, the Library of Congress hosts many historical documents, photos and recordings about LGBTQ Pride month, as well as the history of the LGBTQ movement in the United States. Check it out here: http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/lgbt\/<\/a><\/p>\n

National Public Radio’s StoryCorps produced\u00a0the documentary “Remembering Stonewall<\/a>” on the 20th anniversary of the riots. You can listen it here: http:\/\/storycorps.org\/remembering-stonewall\/,<\/a> as well as explore other stories from their OutLoud initiative<\/a>, founded to preserve LGBTQ\u00a0\u00a0voices and stories across the U.S. On the 40th anniversary of the riots, NPR’ Margo Adler\u00a0produced another retrospective, “Years Later, Stonewall Riots Remembered”<\/a><\/p>\n

Check back here next week for a look at LGBTQ literature for all ages!<\/p>\n

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*Faderman, Lillian (1991). Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America<\/em>, Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-017122-3<\/p>\n

**A note on terminology: The acronym\u00a0LGTB and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer\/Questioning)\u00a0are both used in the official Presidential declaration. According to the GLAAD <\/a>and The New York Times<\/a><\/em> style guidelines, LGBT is the preferred term, based on universal acceptance and recognition. However, I’ve chosen to use\u00a0LGBTQ throughout, except when citing a direct quotation, or using the name of a specific organization or event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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