The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has compiled a list of helpful resources for parents and caregivers, children and teens, mental health providers, child welfare and juvenile justice professionals, healthcare providers, educators and school staff, and policy makers.Ī list of external resources related to LGBTQ Pride Month is available here. In 2015, it was reported that out of 10,528 middle and high school students surveyed 85.2% LGBTQ students experienced verbal harassment at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation, 57.6% felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and 31.8% skipped a day of school in the past month because of safety concerns. Atlanta is so gay, we have three Prides each year National Pride Month in June, honors historical milestones in LGBTQ+ history. The morning of June 28, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and supporters have celebrated the month of June as Pride Month to honor the 1969 stonewall riots in.
LGBTQ youth are routinely harassed because of their sexual orientation. June is unofficially recognized this year as LGBTQ Pride Month, because of a demonstration that took place in 1969. LGBTQ Pride Month is also a time to bring awareness to the experiences of the LGBTQ community.
Since then, June has been a time to acknowledge a positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer /questioning (LGBTQ) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Pride Month grew as a way to celebrate members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community in the face of the discrimination and violence many have faced and continue to face. The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the riots held by members of the LGBT community against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June. June was first declared as LGBTQ Pride Month in 2000.