Editing Pride (section)

== LGBT Pride ==
{{Main|LGBT pride}}
[[File:2017-05-27 Düsseldorf, Christopher Street Day (10) (freddy2001) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Pride parade]], [[Düsseldorf]] 2017]]
[[LGBT pride]] is a worldwide movement which recognizes that [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]], and [[queer]] ([[LGBTQ+]]) individuals should be proud of their [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]]. LGBT pride includes advocacy for equal [[human rights|rights]] and [[rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States|benefits]] for LGBT people.<ref>{{multiref2
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}}</ref> The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]]; that [[sexual diversity]] is a gift; and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.ctc.edu/studentservices/Diversity/pdf/June%202007%20Word.pdf |title=Gay and Lesbian History Month |access-date=31 July 2007|date=June 2007 |publisher=www.bates.ctc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808064230/http://www.bates.ctc.edu/studentservices/Diversity/pdf/June%202007%20Word.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2007 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2023}}

The word "pride" is used in this case as an antonym for "[[shame]]." It is an affirmation of self and community. The modern gay pride movement began after the [[Stonewall riots]]—the nearly week-long uprising between New York City youth and police officers following a raid of Stonewall Inn—of the late 1960s. In June 1970, the first [[pride parade]] in the United States commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bianca|last=Wythe|date=9 June 2011|title = WGBH American Experience – Inside American Experience|url = https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/blog/2011/06/09/pride-parade/|website = American Experience|access-date = 16 February 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160422105803/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/blog/2011/06/09/pride-parade/|archive-date = 22 April 2016}}</ref> Today, there are pride parades and celebrations in many cities and towns throughout the world, and numerous countries recognize an annual Pride Month, most commonly in June.