USA TODAY – THE OVAL: President Obama has issued a proclamation honoring "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Month 2009."
Gay pride month is observed every June to commemorate the "Stonewall riots," an uprising that took place in 1969 when police tried to arrest gay patrons at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The bar is shown here on the 25th anniversary of those events -- widely viewed as the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. >>> Kathy Kiely | Monday, June 01, 2009
