TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Katerri Johnson, City Clerk
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: June 4, 2019
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OBSERVANCE OF LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to declare June as LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Background:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village. The Stonewall uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as “Gay Pride Day,” 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, and LGBT Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world.