Gibraltar marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots

In the early hours of that day 52 years ago, the New York Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in the Greenwich Village in New York. During this raid the police roughly mistreated and removed patrons from the club. As a result, there were six days of violent clashes with the police. This event proved to be a catalyst for gay rights movements across the USA and in other places around the world.

Gibraltar also marked this anniversary by lighting the Moorish tower in rainbow colours, and with LGBTQ+ symbols on four pedestrian crossings, and the Minister for Equality, Samantha Sacramento, said those would remain in place for the time being to raise awareness among the local community. On 28 June the chief minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, was presented with the Equality Rights Gibraltar official diversity flag, by Felix Alvarez and Charles Trico. He commented on Twitter later, "We have a road ahead, but how far we have come!"