Rainbow flag
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Flying the flag for Pride. Pride 2022
We're commemorating Pride Weekend, a time when the focus turns to the LGBTQI+ community and a celebration of gay rights. The first pride parades took to the streets in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in June 1970, in remembrance of the Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village, New York City, the previous year. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police dragged staff and patrons from the Stonewall Inn bar, a gay venue, sparking six days of protests. Now pride parades and events are celebrated each June in most parts of the world—New York City's is still one of the largest pride celebrations. In 1999, President Bill Clinton gave Pride Month national recognition by declaring June 'Gay & Lesbian Pride Month.'
Our photo today, of course, is of the now-iconic rainbow flag that symbolizes LGBTQI+ Pride. It's a lively, hopeful statement that promotes inclusivity and acceptance. Long may it wave.
The village of Aguerd Oudad and the larger town of Tafraout in Morocco
Firefall at Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
Wildflowers in bloom at Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona
A walkway through the Aiguille du Midi near Chamonix, France
Abu Simbel temples on the west shore of Lake Nasser, Egypt
Rio Grande and Sierra del Carmen range in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Visitors on El Caminito del Rey in the province of Málaga, Spain
Mua Caves in the Ninh Bình province of Vietnam
