{"id":22343,"date":"2023-06-16T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilts.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=22343"},"modified":"2023-06-16T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:12:51","slug":"happy-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/news\/happy-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Pride Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-21511 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1.png 3933w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-440x440.png 440w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-220x220.png 220w, https:\/\/wp-ilts-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23092847\/ILTS-2023-Society-Logo-%E2%80%94-EDI-COMMITTEE-1-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/>In June 1969, a courageous group of Americans rose up to protest the violence and marginalization they faced in what became known as the Stonewall Uprising. \u00a0Police had raided the Stonewall Inn \u2014 a gay bar located in New York City \u2014 and for the next six days they clashed with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning \u00a0(LGBTQI+ ) protestors, who bravely stood their ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their courage sparked a civil rights movement \u2013 now as we know Pride Month, that is celebrated annually to honor this movement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We, as ILTS EDI committee, honor this movement. We support more vibrant, and more inclusive communities in our everyday lives and globally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also believe that it is a reminder that we still have generational work to do to ensure that everyone enjoys the full promise of equity, dignity, protection, and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Pride Month!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-ILTS Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 1969, a courageous group of Americans rose up to protest the violence and marginalization they faced in what became known as the Stonewall Uprising. \u00a0Police had raided the Stonewall Inn \u2014 a gay..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21497,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/news\/22343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/21497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}