Pride month may be a time for love and bliss for the queer community, but it's also important to remember its sociopolitical roots. | via philstarlife
NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images via History, Jesse Bustos/The Philippine STAR, when there's a torrential downpour of love and bliss for the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide.
After World War II, the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis published gay- and lesbian-positive newsletters even as they were vocal in demanding recognition for gays and lesbians—and protesting discrimination against them." incident in 1966, when three men from the Mattachine Society went to Julius, a bar in New York City, and asked for drinks after announcing they were gay.
The State Liquor Authority, according to History, denied the discrimination claim, saying it was the bartenders who decide whether they'll serve customers. "People did not have power then; even now, we only have some," Schoonmaker is quoted as saying."But anyone can have pride in themselves, and that would make them happier as people, and produce the movement likely to produce change.”Pride events started taking place in many parts of the world in the coming years, eventually evolving into a month-long celebration.
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