CGTN America
This month marks LGBT Pride Month, which celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender pride. The month also commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots, which was a major tipping point for the gay rights movement in the United States.
The incident took place at the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City. In the morning of June 28, 1969, police raided the inn because it was serving liquor without a license. The crowd threw bottles at officers when they forced drag queens into a police van. The riot reached neighboring streets, and police called for backup. After the riot, gay, lesbian and bisexual civil rights demonstrations took place in New York and was one of the first major demonstration for homosexual rights.
Today, Pride parades are celebrated across the United States and around the world.
View the photo gallery below to see how people on Earth marked Pride.
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Equality Parade in Poland
Gay rights supporters take part in the 17th "Equality Parade," in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 3, 2017. Thousands of people are marching and dancing down the streets of central Warsaw to show their support for gay rights, calling for stronger defiance of discrimination and greater acceptance for same-sex unions and marriages. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Spain Inclusive Traffic Lights
A traffic light is reflected in a motorbike rear mirror as people walk along a crosswalk in Madrid, Monday, June 5, 2017. Madrid is gearing to host a global gay pride celebration later this month by installing "inclusive" and "gender equal" traffic lights across the city. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Equality Parade in Poland
Gay rights supporters take part in the 17th "Equality Parade," in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday June 3, 2017. Thousands of people are marching and dancing down the streets of central Warsaw to show their support for gay rights, calling for stronger defiance of discrimination and greater acceptance for same-sex unions and marriages. The 17th annual "Equality Parade" took place Saturday with a deeply conservative government that opposes marriage rights or civil unions for same-sex couples ruling Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Pride Festival in Spain
Pedestrians stand past a new red pedestrian crossing symbol depicting a same-sex couple in Madrid on June 5, 2017 as Madrid will host this year's World Pride festival from June 23 to July 2. (AFP PHOTO / OSCAR DEL POZO)
LGBT Pride Kick-off Celebration
The newly painted "Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower," after its dedication ceremony at Venice Beach, California on June 01, 2017.
The tower was painted by local artists to celebrate the start of LGBT Pride Month. (AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON)
Pride Parade in France
People take part in the 16th local edition of the homosexual, bisexual and transgender visibility march, Gay Pride, in the eastern French city of Strasbourg on June 10, 2017.
Drag queens, civil rights activists and scantily clad gay and straight couples made their way through the city to the pulsating rhythms of dance music. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG)
Pride Parade in Israel
Israelis and tourists march during the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv Israel Friday, June 9, 2017. About 200,000 people from the LGBT community in Israel and abroad attended in Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Pride Parade in Italy
People unfold a giant rainbow flag as they gather next to the ancient Colosseum for a gay pride parade, in Rome, Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Giorgio Onorati/ANSA via AP)
Pride Parade in Boston, MA
Orlando Pulse survivors participate in the annual Pride Day Parade in Boston on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Bostonians of all sexual preferences are expected to pack a downtown square for the city's 47th annual parade. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP)
Pride Parade in Bulgaria
People hold rainbow flags as they take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in central Sofia on June 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV)
Pride Parade in Switzerland
A participant of the Zurich Gay Pride Parade, smiles in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)
Pride Parade in France
People wave Rainblow Flags as they take part in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Transgender Pride Parade in Toulouse on June 10, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / REMY GABALDA}
Pride Parade in Los Angeles, CA
Drag Queen Glamda wears a Donald Trump dress during the Resist March at the 47th annual LA Pride Festival in West Hollywood, California on June 11, 2017.
Inspired by the huge women's marches that took place around the world following the inauguration of President Trump, LA Pride has replaced its decades-old parade with a protest march. (AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON)
Pride Parade in Croatia
Revellers march during the 16th Gay Pride Parade in downtown Zagreb on June 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
Resist March at LA Pride in Hollywood and West Hollywood
Matchers are wearing rainbow hats on the Resist March at LA Pride in Hollywood and West Hollywood on June 11, 2017. (CGTN PHOTO/MAY LEE)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
Members of Gays Against Guns D.C. wear white to bear witness for the seven trans women of color who lost their lives due to gun violence this past year during the Capital Pride Parade in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The organization's mission is to call on congress to ban assault weapons and create sensible gun regulation. (CGTN America/Meiying Wu)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
You Wu applauds as the parade walks past him during the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Having attended the NYC Pride for four times, Wu said this is his first time attending the Pride Parade in Washington. “D.C. is more involved with a political vibe, and the vibe resulted in the unity of LGBT community here,” Wu said. (CGTN America/Meiying Wu)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
A Capital Pride Parade participant waves at paradegoers in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The three-hour parade travels 1.5 miles from Dupont Circle to 14th Street corridor at S Street. (CGTN America/Yutao Chen)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
A Capital Pride Parade participant interacts with paradegoers in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The parade was later disrupted by protestors from No Justice No Pride, who demanded that Capital Pride should address social justice issues and police brutality. (CGTN America/Yutao Chen)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
Paradegoers watch the crowd walk past during the Capital Pride Parade in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The annual LGBT pride festival held in June every year has a history of more than 40 years. (CGTN America/Yutao Chen)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
A Capital Pride Parade participant waves at paradegoers in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Tens of thousands of people attended to celebration to advocate equal rights of the LGBTQ community. (CGTN America/Yutao Chen)
Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.
Douglas Porter poses for a shot during the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 10, 2017. (CGTN America/Yutao Chen)
