Pride month is celebrated every year in June to honour the people who were involved in the Stonewall Riots in 1969, a series of gay liberation protests in New York City
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Pride Day is celebrated on June 28 every year
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Pride month celebrates LGBTQIA+ communities across the world and their rights and culture
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The month is marked by parades and performances dedicated to the rights of LGBTQIA+ people
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The month raises awareness around LGBTQIA+
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The rainbow flag is an umbrella flag for all gender and sexual identities
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The first rainbow flag was created by artist Gilbert Baker and a team of volunteers in 1978 for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade
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In 1978, the flag had 8 colours that symbolised different meanings. Red for life, orange for healing, hot pink for sex, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit
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The contemporary rainbow flag has six colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet
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Brenda Howard, also known as 'Mother of Pride', first came up with the idea for a week-long celebration involving events around Pride Day