The date, June 28th, 1970.

Thousands of people marched in New York, Los Angeles, in Chicago

on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

Here's what it sounded like on what was called

the Christopher Street Liberation Day.

This was the first Pride March, more than 50 years ago.

The Pride Month, as we know it today, was first recognized federally in 1999 when

then President Bill Clinton declared June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

And a lot has changed since then, the repeal of the Don't Ask Tell policy,

marriage equality, increased visibility, and even the name which expanded to LGBTQ pride.

But that momentum seems to have slowed down in recent years.

Here's New York Congressman Ritchie Torres, the co-chair of the Equality Pack.

We are witnessing unprecedented fear-mongering and scapegoating against LGBT-people, against

members of the trans community in particular.

As of May, half of U.S. states have bans a trans health care for minors.

And that's just one example. The ACLU says it is tracking 527 bills that it frames as anti-LgQ across the US, legislation that would limit trans health

care access, banned drag shows, or censor curriculums at schools among other things.

There are a handful of bad actors that have created these

bills and they are really targeted toward the trans community and gender

non-conforming community and when we we think about that, you know, 30% of Americans

say they know someone who's transgender, which means 70% of Americans don't or

don't think they do. And so they are learning about these people primarily through

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