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It’s pride month! 🏳️‍🌈And it’s time to remember how pride started= The morning of the 28 of June 1969, when the gay community of Greenwich decided they had enough of police raids. Something interesting that I didn’t mention in the slides is that often gay bars were owned by the mafia, who would use them to smuggle alchol and drugs in exchange for a space to survive and live in peace for the LGBTQ community. I love the world “pride”, coming from the protest in 1970, when the LGBTQ parade was shouting “say it loud, gay is proud!”. We have come a long way since then, but unfortunately the LGBTQ community still goes through hard times all around the world. Even in Italy, they are not welcome by everyone (you can find data on this in one of my old posts). There is still so much to do, for the perfect integration and acceptance of the enormous variety of sexual preferences and gender identities, but we will get there eventually. I will try to make more post for pride month, I believe in the importance of awareness and there is no better way for spaghetti politics to do it then this. Please forgive me if I forgot something important in this story. I suggest you go read the story of Marsha P. Johnson and the other stonewall protesters, because they really are an inspiration for all. #pride#pridemonth#gaypride#lgbtq#Lgbtqcommunity#marshapjohnson#stonewallriots#stonewall#greenwichvillage#news#history#gayhistory#lgbtqhistory#newyork

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