According to the
Library of Congress, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. 在美国，6月的最后一个星期天最初被庆祝为“同性恋骄傲日”," but the actual day was flexible. In major cities across the nation the "day" soon grew to encompass a month-long series of events. Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, 以及LGBTQ骄傲月的活动吸引了全球数百万的参与者. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. 纪念月的目的是为了表彰女同性恋者, gay, 双性恋和变性人在当地的历史上一直很重要, nationally, and internationally.”
LGBTQ+历史月于1994年由罗德尼·威尔逊发起, a high school teacher and some of his community members with the hope of giving LGBTQ+ kids a chance to learn their history and see themselves in those who came before them. October was chosen because National Coming Out Day was already established during the month and it also coincided with the anniversary of the first march on Washington for gay and lesbian rights in 1979. In 1995, a resolution passed by the General Assembly of the National Education Association included LGBT History Month within a list of commemorative months. According to
GLAAD, “during the early years, the celebration was largely marked by a call to action and commemoration. But since then, LGBT History Month has blossomed into a national coordinated effort to highlight exemplary role models from the LGBT community. Since 2006, this push has so far been led by LGBT rights and education organization Equality Forum.”
