From the Stonewall Riots to the federal recognition of the LGBTQ community, a look at the origins of Pride Month in the U.S.

Camden, Collingswood and Mullica Hill are among the South Jersey communities hosting Pride Month events in June.

This year’s Pride Month is the most important one in a generation for the LGBTQ+ community, according to advocates, amid fears that decades of progress will be overturned by President Donald Trump. The reaction to Trump’s moves against the LGBTQ+ community — including officially declaring there are only two sexes: male and female — ranges from avoiding confrontation to defiance,