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How the Triad is celebrating Pride Month 2024

On June 28, 1970, thousands of people marched in the streets of Manhattan to mark the one year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The event was called “Christopher Street Liberation Day,” America’s first gay pride parade. The tradition continues in the Triad this weekend with events in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

On June 28, 1970, thousands of people marched in the streets of Manhattan to mark the one year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The event was called “Christopher Street Liberation Day,” America’s first gay pride parade. The tradition continues in the Triad this weekend with events in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Pride Month emerged from the events of June 28, 1969, when New York City police raided a gay club — the Stonewall Inn — which led to a neighborhood riot and several days of violent clashes with law enforcement.

The Stonewall uprising became a springboard for the gay rights movement and the following year the first Pride marches were held in the city. Three decades later a proclamation from former president Bill Clinton made it official, and June became Pride Month in the U.S.

To commemorate this history in Winston-Salem, there’ll be a host of LGBTQ celebrations  this week — wine and beverage tastings, music bingo, and more — all leading up to Saturday’s Pride Winston-Salem Festival in the Arts District downtown which starts at 10 a.m. The annual parade on Fourth Street gets underway an hour later followed by live entertainment on two outdoor stages on Trade Street rain or shine.

In Greensboro there’ll be a Pride Bar Crawl on Saturday and a Paint Your Pride crafting event on Sunday. And the following Friday, June 28 it’ll be the Pride March to Remember marking 55 years since the Stonewall uprising.  

Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition. As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.

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