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So the outfits are not as flamboyant, but i think about half the town showed up to show support.

https://www.arcticpride.no/

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[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

How did this come to be? All the pride events I'm aware of are during the summer months, which I had always assumed was related to the ability to wear as close to zero clothing as possible.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pride is usually in June because that's when Stonewall took place. Coincidentally, in the US, that's also the month in which same sex relationships were legalized (2003), same sex marriage was legalized (2015), and lgbtq people received the right to hold a job (2020).

That said, some cities will hold their pride celebrations at different times either because of a local event involving the lgbtq population or because they want to boost their numbers by having pride when big cities aren't.

[–] trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

lgbtq people received the right to hold a job (2020)

Sorry, I'm not from the US can you explain what you mean by this? LGBTQ+ people have legally had jobs in the US for longer than that....

[–] PanGodofPanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but we could be fired for it (as in, the employer openly proclaims that as the reason) without legal repercussion at the national level of law.

[–] trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow, that's fucking crazy that it took til 2020 to get that protection.

Thanks!

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

And the conservatives are trying very hard to do away with it and any other protections

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 days ago

Here in Germany they tend to be clustered around the anniversary of the stonewall riot (28.06.) and named after the street it took place one (Christopher Street Day). But maybe some other occasion would have established it self, if stonewall happened in winter

I'm pretty sure it's because there's a massive student population and the last half of June is right around the end of the spring semester when people are either studying for exams or going home. That being said, I'm pretty sure winter exams are either now or starting soon.

Orlando has theirs in October, but in Florida you're risking the drag queens getting heat stroke in June.