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.
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
Zion National Park, Utah
Hot air balloons over Göreme Historical National Park in Cappadocia, Türkiye
Kachina Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah
Red rock formations, Sedona, Arizona
Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
