On Tuesday, Google honored 50 years of pride history with a vibrant riot of color doodle which depicted the efforts of LGBTQ community since 1969 for acceptance. The Google Doodle today shows the journey with a kaleidoscope of colors encompassing the hues in an LGBTQ flag.
Many pride parades take place in the month of June across the countries to celebrate the achievements of the LGBTQ community.
The Google Doodle is created by Nate Swinehart and it showcases the early pride activism on Christopher Street in New York City to the worldwide celebrations of today.
The history of the pride month dates back to 1969 in New York when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender clashed during a police raid on the Stonewall Inn which was a gay bar at Christopher Street.
The month of June is celebrated as ‘LGBT Pride Month’ to commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969. This riot led to more protests following which LGBT pride marches were held on a large scale.
On November 2, 1969, the first pride march was proposed by Craig Rodwell and his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy and Linda Rhodes. It was held in the New York City like a resolution at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations meeting in Philadelphia.
Nate who joined Google in 2014 said that he was overwhelmed when he saw the Google homepage with a doodle celebrating the Winter Olympics with the colors of the Pride flag. He says, “I was completely blown away. Looking at the front page of Google, I was filled with hope and a feeling of belonging. That moment was a large part of why I wanted to become a Doodler.” It was when he decided he had to “make a positive impact on the world”.
