The night owls worldwide wrapped themselves in multi -colored flags and floating protest signs in June. For proud events – a monthly celebration of the LGBTQ community, which also symbolizes one Running For equality and inclusion.
The roots of Pride Month go back to June 28, 1969 when a police overturned New York City Stonewall InnA gay bar, led to a few nights with the LGBTQ customers of the bar, which became known as Stonewall or Stonewall uprising -a demonstration that is now regarded as the beginning of the LGBTQ right of rights. The marches took place in Manhattan, Chicago and San Francisco to mark the anniversary of Stonewall the following June, and over time it became an annual event in more and more cities. Pride Month was first won the federal government in 1999 by President Bill Clinton.
Proud Marches and festivals have taken place all the month in different parts of the USA and all over the world, and New Yorks 2025 Pride MarchStonewall’s legacy takes place on Sunday.
Here is a look at some of the events of Washington, DCto Kathmandu and beyond.
People march on June 8, 2025 in the La Pride Parade on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
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The parade for the 25th anniversary of Kentuckiana Pride Festival took place on June 21, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Near Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, on June 25, 2025, a heart-shaped sign with the colors of the Pride flag can be seen.
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Bella Bautista, a trans woman, visits the World Pride Parade on June 7, 2025 in Washington, DC
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During the La Pride Parade 2025 on June 8, 2025, the participants drive in Los Angeles motorcycle.
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Activists and allies marched on June 8, 2025 in the Motor City Pride Parade in Detroit after equality.
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The spectators along the Clarendon Street watch the Boston Pride Parade on June 14, 2025.
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People march down the Boylston Street on June 14, 2025 in the Boston Pride Parade.
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A motorcyclist and passenger zooming through the streets of Solvang, California, for the 2025 Pride parade of the city.
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Activists and supporters of the LGBTQ community take part in a pride walk in Kolkata, India, on June 22, 2025.
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The Colosseum in Rome during the Pride Parade of the city on June 14, 2025.
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On June 14, 2025, a demonstrator organizes a sign with the inscription “Love No Wife Wife” on the equality march in Kyiv, Ukraine, where the participants were used for LGBTQ rights in the country. It was Kyiv’s first pride since the Russian invasion.
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People wave umbrellas to form a monumental rainbow flag on the Zocalo Square, while they take part in the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in Mexico City on June 22, 2025.
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On June 21, 2025, the demonstrators wear in Louisville, Kentucky, rainbow flags at the Kentuckiana Pride Parade in Waterfront Park.
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The annual Pride Parade in Athens, Greece, on June 14, 2025.
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In Athens, a participant of 2025 Pride Parade has a sign with the inscription “Transights are human rights”.
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The Holy Kreuzkirche in Warsaw, Poland, hands over a 2025 Pride process. The march brought together thousands of supporters for LGBTQ rights in a country in which a pronounced intolerance towards the community is largely due to the cultural influence of the church.
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In Bosnia the LGBTQ community and the allies wave the LGBTQ community and the allies on the annual pride parade of Sarajevo on June 14, 2024.
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The participants of the 7th Nepal Pride Parade Wave wear a rainbow flag on June 14, 2025 while marching through Kathmandu, Nepal.
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A look at the streets of Zocalo from Mexico City, where rainbow-colored laser lights are forecast to remember more international every month. The aim is to combat and eliminate discrimination, racism, classism, homophobia, transthobia and violence in all its forms in which these groups are exposed to Mexico city, Mexico every day on June 27, 2025.
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People join the Pride Parade in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on June 28, 2025.
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People are waving for a rainbow -eu flag, while on June 28, 2025 they take part in the Budapest Pride Parade in Budapest in the city center when the community of the capital organized and celebrated freedom in March to avoid a law that enables the police to prohibit LGBTQ brands.
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People take part in the Munich -Pride parade on June 28, 2025.
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Gender law activists and supporters of the LGBTQ community organize umbrellas and flags of rainbow colors, while taking part in a Pride March event in Chennai.
Emily Mae Czachor is a news editor at CBSNEWs.com. It usually covers news, extreme weather and problems with social and criminal justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets such as Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed and Newsweek.
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