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'Be You!': Butte kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride month, hosts series of events
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'Be You!': Butte kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride month, hosts series of events
MADDIE VINCENT maddie.vincent@mtstandard.com 1 hr ago
A series of LGBTQ+ Pride month events kicked off in Butte on Thursday night.
The annual celebration started as a single Pride day in late June, but it has since grown to become a month-long string of events held across the country that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of those riots, which occurred between Stonewall Inn patrons and New York police after officers raided the Manhattan gay bar and the patrons fought back. The Stonewall riots were the catalyst for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States, according to the Library of Congress.
In Butte, the kickoff for local Pride celebrations this year happened Thursday at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library with the first event in their “Be You! PRIDE Celebration” series.
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'Be You!': Butte kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride month, hosts series of events
MADDIE VINCENT maddie.vincent@mtstandard.com 1 hr ago
A series of LGBTQ+ Pride month events kicked off in Butte on Thursday night.
The annual celebration started as a single Pride day in late June, but it has since grown to become a month-long string of events held across the country that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of those riots, which occurred between Stonewall Inn patrons and New York police after officers raided the Manhattan gay bar and the patrons fought back. The Stonewall riots were the catalyst for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States, according to the Library of Congress.
In Butte, the kickoff for local Pride celebrations this year happened Thursday at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library with the first event in their “Be You! PRIDE Celebration” series.
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