Explore LGBTQ vocabulary through an article on the history of Pride Month

What is Pride Month? (vocabulary on LGBT theme)

Colorful parades, joyful festivals, workshops, picnics, and parties are key elements of LGBTQ (Gay) Pride Month, celebrated in June in the United States. Pride Month honors decades of civil rights struggles and the ongoing quest for equal justice under the law for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, as well as the achievements of LGBTQ individuals. But why is Pride Month celebrated in June?

• Uplifting, joyous (a): vui nhộn, rộn ràng
• Parade, march (n): lễ diễu hành
• Celebrate (v): làm lễ kỷ niệm, tổ chức lễ mừng
• Commemorate (v): kỷ niệm
• Struggle for civil rights: cuộc đấu tranh vì quyền công dân
• The pursuit of equal justice: nỗ lực giành quyền bình đẳng
• The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community/ the LGBTQ community: cộng đồng người đồng tính nữ, đồng tính nam, song tính, chuyển giới/ cộng đồng LGBTQ
• Accomplishment (n): thành tựu, đóng góp

Why does Pride Month start in June?

The incident that sparked the gay rights movement occurred in June 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village. In the early hours of June 28, police raided this popular gathering place for young gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. Outside, the onlookers who saw the bar's patrons being taken away by the police became furious. Unlike previous occasions of police harassment against LGBTQ community members, where witnesses remained passive, this time the crowd heckled the police and threw coins and debris at them, forcing the police to barricade themselves inside the bar until reinforcements arrived. Subsequently, about 400 people rioted. Although additional police officers dispersed the crowd, riots continued sporadically outside the bar for the next five days. These events, known as the Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising), ignited the gay rights movement in the United States.

• the gay rights movement: phong trào đấu tranh giành quyền bình đẳng của người đồng tính
• catalyze (v): làm chất xúc tác, thúc đẩy
  Example: This event catalyzed the gay rights movement. (Sự kiện này là chất xúc tác cho phong trào đấu tranh giành quyền bình đẳng của người đồng tính.)
• provide the spark that ignites sth: nhen nhóm, đốt lên ngọn lửa, làm bùng lên ngọn lửa
  spark (n): tia lửa
  ignite (v): nhóm lửa, đốt cháy; (nghĩa bóng) kích thích, làm bùng lên
  Example: This event provided the spark that ignited the gay rights movement. (Sự kiện này đã thổi bùng lên ngọn lửa của phong trào đấu tranh giành quyền bình đẳng của người đồng tính.)
• police harassment of members of the LGBTQ community: công an lạm quyền, gây phiền nhiễu cho cộng đồng LGBTQ
  harass (v): quấy nhiễu, quấy rối, gây phiền nhiễu

Today's Pride Month