Pride Month History

WGCU DOT ORG TODAY MARKS THE END OF PRIDE MONTH, A 30 DAY CELEBRATION OF THE CULTURE AND STRUGGLES THAT FACE THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. NUMEROUS EVENTS SHOWCASED PRIDE EVENTS. BUT ORGANIZERS SAY THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS CONTINUES. NAPLES PRIDE IS HOPING TO FOSTER SOCIAL CHANGE AND INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISSUES FACING THE PRIDE COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. WGCUS KATE CRONIN HAS MORE. >> FOR MORE ON PRIDE MONTH, I'M JOINED BY CORY CREE QUE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NAPLES PRIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> A NAPLES PRIDE HOSTED AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES THIS JUNE KEY. TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU ALL EXPLORED. >> WE EXPORTED WAS REALLY THE HISTORY OF PRIDE. >> HOW IT ALL STARTED AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TOO. >> CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. AND SPEAK UP FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO YOU KNOW, STAY ENGAGED THE PRESIDENT AND THIS. TIMES THAT I REALLY TOUGH ON THAT SHOULD BE COMMUNITY. I WOULD SAY. >> AND WHO DO YOU SING CAN BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING THESE KINDS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS? >> ALL I SAY REALLY, ALLIES THE DOOR. WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE ON THE CALL AND ON THE AT THE EVENT THAT. DIDN'T KNOW HOW PRIDE STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO LEARN. HOW THAT. CAME TO BE. AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE AND FOR THEM TOO TO SAY TO STAY ENGAGED AND TO FIND THAT COLLECTION. NOT JUST THIS DURING PRIDE MONTH, BUT THE ALSO THE REST THE REST OF THE YEAR REALLY? SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY THEY ARE ALONE JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE FRIDAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DIDN'T CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW. >> IT WOULD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET OF SOME OF THE HISTORY OF PRIVATE. >> CRITES STARTED I THINK YESTERDAY WAS ACTUALLY ARE THE 55TH 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN OF THE DATA. CRY A STONEWALL RIOTS WHICH KICKS AND INTO THE PRIDE MOVEMENT. AND THE EDGE OF THE LIBERATION OF BACK IN 1969. ALL OF THAT STARTED WITH. A BUNCH SOME SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE. SAY YOU WERE. ATTACKED. WE FEEL THE SAY OR IT. SO IT'S A STOLEN WAS LIKE A BAR IN NEW YORK CITY, THOUGH, WAS RUN BY THE MAFIA BACK THEN AND THE, THE B COMMUNITY WITH GO THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT. AND THEN SAN THE THERE ARE FREQUENT RAIDS. YOU KNOW, BY THE POLICE. AND THAT WAS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE. SO JEAN BEATING. THIS ONE TIME WAS THIS APP AND THEN THEY THE POLICE SORRY RATING. THE THE BAR. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SLAMMED INTO CARS AND ARRESTED HIM. IS THIS? ONE WOMAN'S LIKE? FIGHT FOUGHT BACK. IT WAS A TRANSGENDER PERSON FALL BACK INTO THIS. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT YOU ALL JUST LOOKING AT JUST. FIGHT BACK IN. PEOPLE FOUGHT BACK AND THE THAT'S ALL IT ALL. STARTED BACK IN. 69 PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE OPPRESSION. I POLICE BUT ALI. THE NEXT THE NEXT YEAR. THE FIRST PRIDE FESTIVAL. THAN NICE TO HIM. CELEBRATE THAT PUSHED BACK AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP IN YOUR CITY TO MARCH. WHO IN THE PARADE IN. THAT'S HOW IT ALL STARTED AS A RESISTANCE AGAINST THE. THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT A TIME TO OPPRESS THE PEOPLE COLLATION. >> POWELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. CORE. I APPRECIATE IT. >> OF COURSE, YOU'LL COME. >> HERE'S ANOTHER PRIDE FACT FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM. THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PRIDE FESTIVAL KNOWN AS THE LARGEST ONE IN THE AREA HELD ITS INAUGURAL EVENT IN 2009 THAT MARKED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT LGBTQ+ ADVOCACY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WGCU DOT ORG COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, FATHER'S STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN WORLD OF COSMETOLOGY TO PICK UP A NEW SKILL THAT BRINGS THEM CLOSER TOGETHER WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS.