History of Pride and Drag Queens

History of Pride

• Pride parades are outdoor events celebrating LGBTQ acceptance, achievements, rights, and pride.
• These events sometimes serve as demonstrations for legal rights, like same-sex marriage.
• Most pride events happen annually around June, marking the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.
• The parades aim to build community and honor the history of the LGBTQ movement.
• In 1970, pride and protest marches occurred in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco, commemorating the first anniversary of Stonewall.
• These events became annual and expanded internationally.
• In 2019, New York City hosted the largest international Pride celebration, Stonewall 50 - World Pride NYC 2019, with five million attendees in Manhattan alone.

Drag Queen

• A drag queen is a person, often male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate female gender for entertainment.
• Historically, drag queens were mostly men dressing as women, but today they can be of any gender and sexual identity.
• People engage in drag for reasons like self-expression or performance.
• Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals to occasional performers.

Cat-fishing

• Cat-fishing is creating a fake identity on social media to target a victim for abuse or fraud.
• It may be used for financial gain, to compromise a victim, or for trolling or wish fulfillment.
• Media has covered cat-fishing, featuring victims seeking to identify their cat-fisher.
• Celebrities have been targeted, increasing media attention on cat-fishing.

Gender-Based Crimes

• Gender-based crimes are committed against people because of their sex and/or socially constructed gender roles.
• These crimes are not always sexual violence and can include non-sexual attacks on women, girls, men and boys.
• These crimes include rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or other forms of sexual violence.