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June: LGBT Pride Month
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May 30, 2014

People marching in parade with rainbow balloonsThe month of June was originally celebrated as LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which sparked the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States.

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Presidential Proclamation — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2014