Report by Duncan Williams for Pulman's Weekly News
Thousands of people across the South West are expected to take part in Pride celebrations over the coming weeks as towns and cities host parades, festivals, exhibitions and community events marking Pride Month.
Held annually throughout June, Pride Month celebrates LGBTQ+ communities while recognising the ongoing fight for equality, inclusion and human rights. Events across Devon, Somerset and Dorset are expected to bring together residents, visitors, community groups and performers in a series of celebrations highlighting diversity and acceptance.
The origins of Pride Month are widely linked to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City on 28th June 1969, when members of the LGBTQ+ community resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn. The protests that followed are widely regarded as a turning point in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and helped inspire the first Pride marches a year later.
More than five decades on, Pride events are now …
