June is National Pride Month. We celebrate this month because Pride promotes dignity, equal rights, self-affirmation and helps to increase society's awareness of issues that the community may face. The disability community and the LGBTQ+ community share visions of inclusion, they are both mirrors of one another, and they are intertwined. 2019 marks a significant milestone in the struggle for equality and inclusion. On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by the New Yor

Pride Month was initially celebrated to commemorate the Stonewall riots, the event largely regarded as a catalyst for the LGBTQ movement for civil rights in the United States. The riots inspired the LGBTQ community throughout the country to organize in support of gay rights, and within two years after the riots, gay rights groups had been started in nearly every major city in the United States. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a group of customers at a popular gay bar in