The protests and rioting that occurred over the next week caught national attention and lit a spark for future queer rights movements and activism. On the night of the Stonewall Uprising, the community of drag queens, trans women of color, and dykes decided enough was enough and fought back. This was not an atypical occurrence police often raided gay bars and areas where LGBTQ folx would gather to enforce anti-Queer and anti-Trans laws. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City, a gay club that was frequented by drag queens and kings, trans people of color, sex workers, gay men, lesbians, and others within the queer and trans community. It was created to commemorate the Stonewall Inn Uprising, which is often pointed to as the spark of the modern gay rights movement. We’re proud to be using technology to tackle those challenges.Pride Month, celebrated each June, recognizes the past, current and future fight for equity and liberation for the LGBTQIA+ community. And better solutions for smashing down and removing those barriers. Like Stonewall, we think there needs to be better recognition of the discrimination and anti-LGBTQ+ abuse that still exists. We assist our users to find people and environments that allow them to be open, honest and successful. That figure must change.Īt VERCIDA, we believe supportive environments are incredibly important to helping people achieve their potential. More disturbingly, one in eight have been physically attacked by colleagues or customers. Half of trans employees are so worried about workplace discrimination they have hidden the details of their sexuality, said a Stonewall survey earlier this year. That’s because it can be a hostile environment for LGBTQ+ employees. The problem, they say, is that people can be honest with an anonymous survey but struggle harder to be open with family and colleagues. The shortfall between the estimate and the statistical data is down to people being reluctant to come out, the rights group says. The LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall agrees with us - suggesting the community is actually between 5% and 7%. On the flip side, it suggests for every person out and self-declaring, there are two that are not. As an organisation, that’s great - we’re truly championing a comfortable environment that allows people to bring their whole self to work. And the information we gather from our users suggests a much higher disclosure rate of LGBTQ+ status - around 5.34%. We created VERCIDA to be the service of choice for job-seekers looking to work in diverse environments. Hungary, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Greenland, and the city of Berlin.
Today the following countries celebrate Pride: Then on 2 June 2000, President Bill Clinton officially declared the month as Gay & Lesbian Pride Month. On June 28, 1970, exactly a year after the Stonewall riots began, America witnessed its first ever Gay Pride march, organised by Brenda Howard the “Mother of Pride”. In June people come together to observe the years of struggle the community has had to endure, fighting for the basic civil rights that heterosexuals have. Allies also use this time to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, non-binary, asexual, polysexual, genderqueer and gender variant people. It’s not just those within the LGBTQI+ community that get involved. Traditionally, Pride month hosts numerous events and festivals where people all over the country hit the streets in their masses to promote an equal culture for all and celebrate how far society has come. This month is a celebration of the positive impact members of the LGBTQI+ community have had on society and we’re joining in the celebrations by sharing the inspirational stories of some of the people in our network. To commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred in June 1969, the month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride month.