Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.From tech to household and wellness products. This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.The removed colors stood for sexuality (pink) and art/magic (turquoise). Aside from the obvious symbolism of a mixed LGBT community, the colors were designed to symbolize: life (red), healing (orange), sunlight (yellow), nature (green), harmony (blue), and spirit (purple/volet). It is most commonly flown with the red stripe on top, as the colors appear in a natural rainbow. The flag was originally created with eight colors, but pink and turquoise were removed for production purposes, and since 1979 it has consisted of six colored stripes. After the parade, it was cut up in sections that have since been used around the world. For the 25th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots, held in 1994 in New York City, a mile-long rainbow flag was created. The different colors symbolize diversity in the LGBT community, and the flag is used often at gay pride events worldwide in various forms including banners, clothing and jewelry. This rainbow version of the flag is also sometimes called ‘the freedom flag’.
The rainbow flag became a symbol of gay pride and diversity due to Gilbert Baker, an artist from San Francisco, in 1978. One more piece of historical interest is why the rainbow flag has become the symbol of gay pride. In 2012, for the first time, two American school districts celebrated LGBT History Month the Broward County school district in Florida signed a resolution in September in support of LGBT Americans, and later that year the Los Angeles school district, America’s second-largest, also signed on to support the cause. Please take the time to research these brave and inspiring people. By clicking on “Icon Search” and choosing one of hundreds of categories such as African-American, athlete, California, Germany, HIV/AIDS, Military, Religion, Transgender, Youth visitors to the site will be provided with links to all Icons in that category. Each day in October, an Icon is featured with a video, biography, bibliography, downloadable images and other educational resources at In 2011, Equality Forum introduced an internal search engine for all Icons from 2006 to the present. President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month 2009 on June 1, 2009.Įquality Forum is a national and international LGBT civil rights organization with an educational focus, which undertook responsibility for LGBT Month in 2006. On June 2, 2000, President Bill Clinton declared June 2000 “Gay & Lesbian Pride Month”. It has become known as LGBT History Month. While it was first known as Lesbian and Gay History Month, the term “bisexual” was added to the title. LGBT History Month is intended to encourage honesty and openness about being LGBT. In addition, October commemorated the first March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation by LGBT people in 1979.
October was chosen by Wilson as the month for the celebration because National Coming Out Day already was established as a widely known event, on October 11 th. I am particularly proud of the support given by NEA, as I work for the Indiana State Teachers’ Association, which is an affiliate of the NEA. In 1995, the National Education Association indicated support of LGBT History Month as well as other history months by resolution at its General Assembly. Many gay and lesbian organizations supported the concept early on. Torey Wilson, a Chicago area teacher was also supportive of establishing the history month. It was founded by a high-school history teacher named Rodney Wilson from Missouri. Gay History or LGBT History Month originated in the United States and was first celebrated in 1994. You may be wondering why October was chosen as Gay History Month. Many people joined us on Wednesday, October 8 th for our annual LGBT History Month event “A Night at the Tivoli.” October is Gay History Month! It is a time to celebrate the advances made for members of the LGBT community.