Botswana (© Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images) Here are a few examples from around the world. Today’s Pride events emphasize the community’s desire for an end to discrimination, violence and stigma and support for equal rights and justice. In 1999, President Clinton declared that the United States would recognize June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.ĭuring the 2000s, activists - particularly in the United States - used Pride Month to draw attention to legal recognition of same-sex marriage, among other issues.
