A Time of Pride@ @@ @@There has been a lot of discrimination throughout history.

A group of people may be accepted in one place but then rejected somewhere else. Sometimes, they even have a hard time finding a place to live in peace. Like many groups and communi ties, the gay community has events to celebrate freely who they are. They take t his time to show the world that they are not going to change that. It is also a time when friends and supporters of the gay community show their love and accept ance. @@Gay Pride Month is celebrated in the US every June. It is also when the events o f Gay Pride week take place. June was chosen because a historic standoff took pl ace in New York City in 1969. There had been a lot of violence towards the gay c ommunity for years then. The police were even demanding money from them in excha nge for protection. During one incident, the people being attacked stood up for themselves and refused to be bullied. Word spread, and more people came to suppo rt them. More police came as well, and the standoff lasted for days. In the end, the Gay Liberation Front was created to stop the violence and hatred against th e gay community.