LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is part history lesson, part celebration and part call to action.
The roots of Pride here in D.C. – and across the country – are grounded in protest, commemorating people in the LGBTQIA+ community standing up and demanding equality.
Before Pride parades, festivals and parties became commonplace – even before Stonewall – a small group of people made history in D.C. on April 17, 1965. The Mattachine Society of Washington held what’s believed to be the first gay rights picket at the White House…