Pride 101
LGBTQ Pride is celebrated every year during this month
June
A word used to replace a name. We use them respectfully, often asking someone which ones they use, to avoid repeating names when we're talking about a person.
Pronouns
Known for being the US president who was in office when gay marriage was legalized by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Barack Obama
A flag with horizontal stripes with six colors of the rainbow, known as the original rainbow flag used in the original Pride marches.
Gay Pride Flag
E R P I D
P R I D E
An acronym used as an umbrella term used to describe multiple queer identities and sexualities.
LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning)
A term that can be used to describe the experience of someone who does NOT identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Trans or transgender
In 2015, the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Obergefell legalized this throughout the 50 states
Gay marriage
A flag with horizontal stripes, with the colors pink, blue and white.
The Transgender Flag
L C I N O S I U N
I N C L U S I O N
Designed in 1978 by artist and activist Gilbert Baker, this flag featured eight colorful stripes in this order: Hot pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, Indigo, Violet.
The Gilbert Baker flag
A term that can be used to describe the experience of someone who DOES identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. It is not an insult or a pejorative word.
Cisgender
In 1961, "homosexuality" was illegal in this number of states in the US.
50
A flag with horizontal stripes with the colors pink, purple and blue
The Bisexual Flag
R U P O P S T
S U P P O R T
Often something seen during a sun shower, a symbol that has many colors, symbolizing the spectrum of gender identities and sexualities within the human experience.
A rainbow
A term used to describe being openly LGBTQ with the community.
"Out"
Taken from the phrase "Out of the closet"
Known as the first US state to legalize gay marriage, and Rhode Island's neighbor.
Massachusetts
A flag with seven horizontal stripes with different shades or orange and purple and white in the middle.
The Lesbian Flag
D R E E G N
G E N D E R
Known as one of the first cities to host a Pride Parade, due to being home to the Stonewall Inn
New York City
A term that can be used as a gender identity that rejects the gender binary of being either a "girl" or "boy".
Nonbinary
The first state in the US to pass a "Don't Say Gay" bill, referring to HB 1557 (Parental Rights in Education), signed into law in 2022, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, and restricts it in older grades if deemed not "age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate" by state standards.
Florida
A flag with four horizontal stripes with the colors yellow, white, purple and black.
The Nonbinary Flag
A E P T C C E C E A
A C C E P T A N C E