Pride Month 1st - 30th June
Pride Month is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people, education in LGBTQ+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
LGBT+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and Queer. The + is an inclusive symbol to mean 'and others' to include people of all identities.
An American lady called Brenda Howard is known as 'The Mother of Pride' after organising the first ever gay pride march.
During Pride month there are usually colourful parades, concerts and marches.
The suggestion to call the movement 'Pride' came from L. Craig Schoonmaker who in 2015 said:
A lot of people were very repressed, they were conflicted internally, and didn't know how to come out and be proud. That's how the movement was most useful, because they thought, 'Maybe I should be proud.
— L. Craig Schoonmaker
