Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially proclaimed June 2026 as LGBTQ Pride Month in California, issuing a sweeping declaration that honors the state’s pioneering role in the fight for equality while issuing a sharp rebuke of current federal policies.<\/p>\n
Newsom\u2019s Sunday proclamation, which coincides with the 57th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York, highlights California\u2019s deep ties to LGBTQ history, pointing to resistance movements in the state that predated Stonewall by several years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis month, and every month, California supports and celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community as they take pride in who they are and whom they love,\u201d the proclamation reads. \u201cThat pride is inseparable from history: a history of resistance, resilience, and the refusal to be erased.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor drew a direct line from those historical struggles to modern challenges. The document notes early acts of LGBTQ resistance, including the 1959 protests at Cooper\u2019s Do-nuts in Los Angeles, the 1966 uprising at Compton\u2019s Cafeteria in San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin district, and 1967 demonstrations at the Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Newsom acknowledged the state\u2019s complex history with LGBTQ rights, referencing both dark periods and hard-won victories. He cited San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk\u2019s successful campaign to defeat the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, as well as the world’s first AIDS clinics opening at the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital.<\/p>\n
Addressing the current political climate, Newsom warned that “the fight is far from over.” He cited statistics showing that more than one in five hate crimes are motivated by anti-LGBTQ bias, noting that transgender people \u2014 particularly Black transgender women \u2014 bear a disproportionate share of that violence.<\/p>\n
The proclamation also took direct aim at Washington.<\/p>\n
\u201cA hostile federal administration is attempting to erase decades of progress, outright denying the existence of transgender people, even as it works to attack critical supports for transgender and other LGBTQ individuals,\u201d the proclamation states.<\/p>\n
Despite the ongoing challenges, the declaration ends on a note of solidarity, with the governor highlighting the rainbow flag currently flying over the State Capitol.<\/p>\n
“California is proud to continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with all members of the LGBTQ community,” Newsom stated, “to protect and build on our progress toward a better and safer future for all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially proclaimed June 2026 as LGBTQ Pride Month in California, issuing a sweeping declaration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,2434,113332],"class_list":["post-378546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-lgbtq","tag-pride-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}