Thus, LGBTQ History Month was born. In 1994, a Missouri high school teacher named Rodney Wilson – the first out public school teacher in the state – wanted to give students better access to ...

Lesbian and Gay History Month had evolved into LGBTQ History Month and had earned a place in the constellation of our community’s events – and even had nudged its way into mainstream recognition.

Cities around the world mark Pride Month as a celebration of the history and visibility of the LGBTQ community. Similar to other monthly celebrations such as Black History Month in February and ...

The word pride has shifted over the millennia, from being first used to describe one of the seven deadly sins in Roman ...

Read on for the history of Pride Month and LGBTQ activism in the United States. In May 1959, a group of LGBTQ individuals who were fed up with being mistreated by the police fought back at Cooper ...

October is LGBT History Month, the creation of history teacher Rodney Wilson. He began working on the idea while completing graduate studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1994.

didn’t have anything about LGBTQ people or LGBTQ history,” Wilson said. That lack of inclusion led him to found Lesbian and Gay History Month in 1994 in the United States. Now known as LGBTQ ...

The teacher who created LGBTQ History Month reflects on how he sparked a movement St. Louis teacher Rodney Wilson founded LGBTQ History Month 30 years ago. He recently spoke to communities ...

Here are the answers to some of the most common questions about LGBTQ Pride Month ... as he “proclaimed the month of June as Lesbian and Gay Pride and History Month” at a ceremony in Greenwich ...