Title
Proclamation - LGBTQ Pride Month (Chair Jerrell)
Action
ACTION:
Adopt a Proclamation designating June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month in Mecklenburg County
Commission Contact: Chair Jerrell; read by Commissioner Rodriguez-McDowell
Presentation: Yes
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
The month of June is traditionally celebrated as LGBTQ Pride Month, commemorating the historic uprising of LGBTQ people of color, trans people, and young people at New York City’s Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, which served as the catalyst for the resulting Gay Liberation Movement and the June 28, 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day March, from which all modern Pride events trace their origins.
Charlotte’s LGBTQ community first attempted to organize socially and politically as early as 1971, with its first Pride events finally held in 1981 and the ensuing decades inspiring the creation of Charlotte Pride in 2000 and Charlotte Black Pride in 2005.
Community members will join together throughout June, and continuing in July with Charlotte Black Pride and in August with Charlotte Pride, to celebrate the history, culture, community, and triumphs of LGBTQ people across our region.
To honor the LGBTQ community, June 2025 has been designated as "LGBTQ Pride Month" in Mecklenburg County.
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