TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
Delight Month is a time to have fun the contributions and rights of the Lesbian, Homosexual, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) group. Delight Month spans your complete month of June every year and brings collectively folks, organizations, and communities to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and have fun the progress made in direction of a extra inclusive society.
Delight Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. On June 28, 1969, New York Metropolis Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a homosexual membership. This raid sparked an rebellion in opposition to police by bar patrons and neighborhood residents.
The rebellion lasted six days and was the catalyst for the homosexual rights motion in america. Throughout the Jap Regional Convention of Homophile Organizations in 1969, a younger activist named Fred Sargeant, known as for nationwide demonstrations every June in honor of the occasions at Stonewall. Many cities now maintain parades as a substitute of demonstrations every June.
There are many methods to take part and present help throughout Delight Month. You’ll be able to lend your voice, volunteer your time, take part in occasions, or just improve your consciousness by conversations with members of the LGBTQ+ group and their allies and thru LGBTQ+ literature similar to books or movies.
Throughout the month of June, please take a second to have fun the LGBTQ+ group and be a part of within the combat for equality, acceptance, and visibility.
The Tinker Delight Alliance is a personal group on Tinker Air Pressure Base. The Tinker Delight Alliance serves as a social {and professional} group for members of the LGBTQ+ group and its allies. Its mission is to reinforce morale, esprit de corps, and cooperation by offering a community of help and alternative for all concerned to higher serve the broader group. In case you are keen on getting concerned with the Tinker Delight Alliance, please contact the group by emailing tinkerpridealliance@gmail.com.
