PRIDEIt began in New York City on June 28, 1969. When police raided the Stonewall Inna bar in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood, known as a safe haven for gay menviolent demonstrations and protests broke out in response. The Stonewall Riots, as they would come to be known, were the first spark in the wildfire that would become the LGBTQ rights revolution. Fifty years later, the LGBTQ community and its supporters continue to gather every June to