{"id":2106,"date":"2019-06-10T14:43:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:26:59","slug":"pride-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=2106","title":{"rendered":"Pride 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The month of June was chosen for LGBTQ+ Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June in 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the continuing fight for LGBTQ+ equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This year marks the 50th anniversary of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/gay-rights\/the-stonewall-riots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Stonewall riots<\/a>, when New Yorkers rioted in reaction to ongoing police harassment at LGBTQ+ community and social spaces.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The LGBTQ Ccommunity is a Vital Part of American History (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/educator-resources\/current-events\/lgbtq-history-and-why-it-matters\" target=\"_blank\">The LGBTQ Community is a Vital Part of American History<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A short history of trans people's long fight for equality (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/samy_nour_younes_a_short_history_of_trans_people_s_long_fight_for_equality?language=en\" target=\"_blank\">A short history of trans people&#8217;s long fight for equality<\/a>\u00a0(~6 minute TED Talk)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q6-P1TyVKjs\" target=\"_blank\">Did Marsha P. Johnson Start the 1969 Stonewall Riots?<\/a>\u00a0(~13 minute Video)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement\u00a0 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q9wdMJmuBlA\" target=\"_blank\">How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement\u00a0<\/a>(~4 minute video)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Remembering 1969 Stonewall Rebellion participants Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K8AnIBWEMEc\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering 1969 Stonewall Rebellion participants Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(~2 minute video)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/mbrs01991430\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gay and Proud<\/a>\u00a0(~12 minute video &#8211; Archival film of the first gay pride march in New York City, 1970)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2013\/06\/24\/remembering-the-upstairs-lounge-the-u-s-a-s-largest-lgbt-massacre-happened-40-years-ago-today\/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_source=socialnetwork&amp;fbclid=IwAR1J92LHcOMJdMk-OSAYxXz2YbWWEGCvPijguN0wBMWXhqtjyuRvtCErsTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Remembering the Upstairs Lounge (opens in a new tab)\">Remembering the Upstairs Lounge<\/a><\/li><li>2019\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdaliterary.org\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lambda Literary<\/a>\u00a0Award Finalists\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of June was chosen for LGBTQ+ Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June in 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the continuing fight for LGBTQ+ equality. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the&nbsp;Stonewall riots, when New Yorkers rioted in reaction to ongoing police harassment at LGBTQ+ community and social spaces.&nbsp; Learn more: The LGBTQ Community is a Vital Part of American History A short history of trans people&#8217;s long fight for equality\u00a0(~6 minute TED Talk) Did Marsha P. Johnson Start the 1969 Stonewall Riots?\u00a0(~13 minute Video) How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement\u00a0(~4 minute video) Remembering 1969 Stonewall Rebellion participants Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson\u00a0\u00a0(~2 minute video) Gay and Proud\u00a0(~12 minute video &#8211; Archival film of the first gay pride march in New York City, 1970) Remembering the Upstairs Lounge 2019\u00a0Lambda Literary\u00a0Award Finalists\u00a0 &#8212;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}