Look how diverse this is.

LGBTQIA plus definitely.

Across the country and around the world, people are commemorating Pride Month.

There are parades, concerts and parties, all celebrating love, community and being seen.

And to be loved and accepted.

It's a safe space where you are able to thrive and absolutely be good though.

It's full of joy, happiness and I think that's what Pride is all about.

For our community to be seen.

But Pride isn't just about fun.

Pride is about the spirit to never back down from a fight.

Because as the sangos, the first pride was a riot.

In June 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York's West Village.

Raids on queer spaces like this weren't uncommon.

But this time, the people of Stonewall, ford back.

The Stonewall uprising marked a turning point in the movement for LGBTQ rights.

More queer people began living openly in defiance of social expectations

at demanded straightness as the norm.

In the decades since, the fights continued.

In the 80s, as HIV and AIDS ripped through the queer community.

People fought just to survive, going up against the public that ostracized and blamed them for a disease that was still misunderstood.

Scientists at the National Centers for Disease Control and Atlanta today released the results of a study which shows that the lifestyle of some male homosexuals has triggered an epidemic of a rare form of cancer.

Now, after years of HIV being a death sentence, medical advances have helped people live longer, often sharing similar life experiences as those without HIV.

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