Where Does the “Pride” Used by LGBTI+ Individuals Come From?

LGBTI+ individuals, like many other minority groups, are due to their orientation and existence. ostracized by society subjected to many abuses.

We can understand these examples of exclusion from many events in history. It was one of these events that gave Pride the name Pride. For gay communities last straw and the revolt had begun.

60-70 years ago, those who hide their sexual orientation or identity came together in certain places.

In the 1950s and 1960s, compared to today, when he openly declared his sexual identity people who are afraid that something will happen to them There were very few places where he could go and where he felt safe. The owners of these places were also usually homosexual.

The police, who learned that LGBTI+ individuals gathered in certain places, frequently raided the bars. One day, it was the last straw.

On June 28, 1969, there was a gay bar called “Stonewall Inn” in New York. The police raided the bar that day and told people inside. by violence tried to get it out. As people resisted not to come out, an atmosphere of mutual fighting emerged. This resistance was a revolt of LGBTI+ individuals who were fed up with this treatment and harassment for years.

Seeing the police using brute force, people quickly began to gather around the bar. Finally they imprisoned the cops in the bar and lasting for 3 days an uprising started. Protests were held, politicians came together and the world’s first “Pride March” began.

One of the homosexuals involved in the events describes that day with these words:

“It was as if everything that had accumulated over the years had reached its peak in a single moment and in one place. .Everything was united.We just turning inward we were trying to discover freedom in such places. For the first time that day, we were able to show that we demanded freedom by turning outside. For the first time that day, we would not be crushed and bullied by them.”

The name “Honor” comes from the nickname of an activist who organized the march.

The one who named the parade as “Honor” is the “Mother of Pride” who organized the Pride Parade. “Mother of Honor” It comes from Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist with the nickname. Stonewall Inn is a nightclub that still makes a sound today, and its surroundings also serve as a national monument.

“We are proud of our existence.”

The fact that LGBTI+ individuals still maintain the name of “honor” means that their communities to the struggle for existence It’s also because it’s a perfectly fitting name. Well, “We are honored and not ashamed of our existence.” they mean.