Please join with members of Upper Arlington City Council, the Community Relations Committee, and the City Administration for Upper Arlington's fourth annual Pride Month Flag Raising Ceremony. Please check back for additional event details as the date approaches.

Pride Month was born out of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, and the first Pride March took place on June 27, 1970 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the uprising and to demonstrate for equal rights. Over the years, what began as Pride Day grew into a month-long series of events designed to raise awareness and understanding, and to afford members of the LGBTQ+ community a sense of dignity and courage. In 1991, President Bill Clinton declared June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, and in 2011, President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the entire LGBT community.

Visit the National Library of Congress - About Pride Month page.