In June, Pride Month is celebrated to commemorate the anniversary of New York City's Stonewall Rebellion, which happened in Manhattan on June 28, 1969. Since then, June has been recognized as Pride Month, with events happening all over, from parades to parties.
Here's how royals and celebrities including JVN and Taylor Swift commemorated the month on social media.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating Pride on Instagram with a colorful collage and an inclusive message. They also used the Instagram opportunity to pay homage to Princess Diana, by sharing a photo of her famously shaking hands with an AIDS patient in 1987.
Janelle Monae
Janelle Monae celebrated with the ultimate throwback photo. Last year for Pride, the fashion icon wore a rainbow, ruffled gown on the BET red carpet.
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox attended LA Pride to support her friend, musician Saro. Saro wrote, "celebrating ourselves. you should do it too," about the same image.
Janet Mock
Pose director, academic and activist Janet Mock celebrated her Entertainment Weekly cover at The Stonewall Inn, where it all started.
Troye Sivan and Charli XCX
Pop star pals Troye Sivan and Charli XCX teamed up to launch the inaugural Go West Fest, a one-day music festival at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, where a portion of the profits went towards GLAAD. They curated the lineup, which featured queer artists and LGBT allies, including Allie X and Drag Race star Gia Gunn.
Ellen Page
Ellen Page is celebrating with her wife, Emma Portner. It's fitting, as Page first saw Portner on Instagram, where she was dancing to Sylvan Esso.
Lil Nas X
The Atlanta-born 'Old Town Road' performer celebrated the final day of Pride Month by coming out on social media. “Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he wrote on Twitter, including a rainbow emoji.
Mariah Carey
The iconic Mariah Carey shared a selfie (and a sweet message) in a rainbow sweatshirt.
Kamala Harris
The presidential hopeful attended Pride in San Francisco, where she danced in bedazzled rainbow denim.
Cyndi Lauper
The 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' singer let her true colors shine during a Brooklyn Pride performance.
Samira Wiley
Orange is the New Black star Samira Wiley celebrate Pride on a boat with her wife, Lauren Morelli. Wiley is also the cover of Nylon's second annual Pride issue.
Kesha
Kesha shared a rainbow selfie and performed at a Pride party at the Times Square Edition.
Lady Gaga
Gaga played a Pride concert at New York City's Stonewall Inn, wearing an epic rainbow outfit for the occasion. “You were born this way. And you are superstars,” the star told the audience.
Taylor Swift
While the pop star is notoriously private about political matters, she posted strongly about Pride. "While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a great distance to go before everyone in this country is truly treated equally. In excellent recent news, the House has passed the Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations. The next step is that the bill will go before the Senate. I’ve decided to kick off Pride Month by writing a letter to one of my senators to explain how strongly I feel that the Equality Act should be passed," she urged her fans to chime in and write their own letters. It looks like the "Delicate" singer's days of being apolitical might be over for good.
Chella Man
Genderqueer model and artist Chella Man celebrated Pride with friends in Brooklyn, writing "The signs we held spotlighted identities that deserve more space and representation (not just throughout Pride month)." He encouraged his followers to continue to support the community by working with organizations including Voices 4.
K.Flay
Musician K. Flay took to Instagram this month to announce her relationship and one year anniversary with fellow musician Miya Folick.
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato shared a sweet pride selfie. She was also spotted celebrating Pride at a nightclub where she stuck to Red Bull.
Jonathan Van Ness
