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If you haven’t heard or seen by now it is June, which means its Pride Month! Pride is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots in 1969. LGBT is an acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The term sometimes is extended to LGBTQ, or even LGBTQIA, to include queer, intersex and asexual groups. In 1978, artist and designer Gilbert Baker was commissioned by San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk -- one of the first openly gay elected officials in the US -- to make a flag for the city's upcoming Pride...