The Pride Flag, representing LGBTQ+ pride and work for equality, was raised in front of City Hall in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
The raising of the flag, on June 6, 2022, in the place of honor in Central Park, across from City Hall honors the celebration of June as Pride Month.
The Board of Education, later in the day, approved a resolution, “Declaring June 2022 as Pride Month.” The Board declared that, “Pride Month is a time to celebrate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community,” while also noting that,
Despite state law banning discrimination, harassment, and intimidation towards LGBTQ+ people, inequities including homelessness, poverty, mental health issues, and substance abuse continue to persist among our youngest and most vulnerable youth.
The Board credited New Britain Pride for successfully advocating for state, “model curriculum inclusive of LGBTQ+ and gender studies that will be available for use by school districts in 2023,” that was approved by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont.
Meanwhile the City Council is set to consider a resolution recognizing, “that LGBTQ rights are human rights and are protected by the Constitution,” and declaring June as, “Pride in the City” month. The resolution says that the city, “must strive to ensure that the promise of equality is realized for all.”
The national civil rights organization, GLAAD has said that,
The majority of Pride events are held in June to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City on June 28, 1969, which most historians consider to be the birth of the modern LGBT movement. At the time, police raids on bars catering to LGBT patrons were common, but that night, the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back. While historical accounts of the night vary, the violent response ignited a national firestorm of activism that brought new visibility to the struggle for LGBT equality.
