Since 1970,when the first march took place in unique York, the Pride movement has spread to every continent – but still remains banned in some placesLGBT campaigners will march through central London nowadays on this year’s Pride parade. The demonstrations are usually held at the cessation of June, or to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall demonstrations that erupted in unique York in 1969. Manhattan hosted its first Pride parade the following year,and the idea quickly spread to other cities in North America. London’s first march was in 1972.
Parades in the US and further afield will be particularly emotional this year, coming just a few weeks after a gunman killed 49 people in a homosexual nightclub in Orlando. unique York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton has predicted the march on 26 June will be the biggest the city has ever seen.
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Source: theguardian.com