DERBY — The City of Derby has scheduled a Pride Month Flag raising scheduled for 12 p.m. Wednesday, June 30 at Derby City Hall, 1 Elizabeth St.
The ceremony will be held on the Minerva Street side of the building.
This will be the first time the city has raised the Pride Flag, a symbol of equality for the LGBTQ community.
The City of Shelton recently raised the Pride Flag, with Mayor Mark Lauretti reading proclamation recognizing National Pride Month, according to The Shelton Herald.
The Town of Seymour is also scheduled to raise the Pride Flag at a ceremony scheduled for 9 a.m. June 30.
Pride Month was birthed from the Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village frequented by the LGBTQ community.
At the time, New York City government openly discriminated against homosexuals and ordered police raids to close down gay bars.
On June 29, 1969, the patrons of the Stonewall Inn resisted the police, along with crowds outside on Christopher Street, and the raid turned violent.
Spontaneous demonstrations started calling attention to the institutional discrimination taking place, and the first ‘gay pride’ parades started about a year later.
