Join us in honoring our LGBTQIA+ colleagues serving in local government management for their perseverance, triumphs, and contributions to the profession. Our LGBTQIA+ colleagues are instrumental in helping their organizations fulfill their public service-driven missions. Though all of ICMA’s members face difficult challenges each day, the diversity of thought, opinion, and perspective of our membership drives the innovation and resourcefulness needed to get our essential work done. There is no dispute of the fact that we better serve the public when the local government workforce draws from the talents and unique experiences of individuals from every community across the globe. These tributes also include memorials for people who have been lost to hate crimes and HIV/AIDS.
What began as “Gay Pride Day” has evolved into a month-long series of events observed around the world. LGBT Pride Month began as a way to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York, a tipping point in the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.
The month of June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month).
