People holding Pride flags and dressed in rainbow colors march down the center of the street in New York.

BBC Witness History: Pride Month

Specials | Jun 24, 2022

A special hour of personal stories from the BBC’s Witness History program. We’ll hear about the fight for trans rights in Indonesia, the lesbian separatists in Washington D.C., and an activist who stormed the office of a Côte d’Ivoire newspaper to protest against their depiction of LGBTQ+ people.

 

June 24 at 9 p.m. on WNYC.

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