"According to Chicago Pride's website, its Pride event is rooted in the revolutionary events of the Stonewall Riots. The birth of Pride in Chicago came in 1970 on 27 June, when it made history as the first city to host a Gay Liberation March. The first Pride parade in New York City took place the following day, on 28 June 1970."
"Another user highlighted the history of "the pink triangle", which was forced onto queer men as a badge of shame during the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. On 6 May 1933, the Nazis closed Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science, burning its extensive collection on the streets, which led to the loss of much of Berlin's gay culture. "The true numbers of queer people lost to the Holocaust will never be known," the post added."
""That gays and lesbians almost had their own country on an island off the coast of Australia," another commenter shared, to which the creator of the question responded: "That's truly fascinating. I've never heard of this before." As highlighted by the Gender Justice Project - an Australian organisation advocating for intersectional justice and feminism - in protest of the government's bigotry, a group of queer activists at Brisbane Pride decided to create their own "Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea"
Chicago hosted a Gay Liberation March on 27 June 1970, making it the first city to hold a Pride event, with New York City following on 28 June 1970. The pink triangle was imposed on queer men under Nazism in the 1930s, with Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science closed on 6 May 1933 and much of Berlin's gay culture destroyed. An estimated 10–15,000 men accused of homosexuality were deported to concentration camps, with most dying there. In protest against government bigotry, activists created the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea off Australia's coast.
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