Members of Mount Pearl City staff, council, and others raised the Pride Flag at City Hall in recognition of Pride Month for the very first time on Wednesday, June 13. The City expressed interest in raising the flag last Pride Month, but raising the flag required the City to update its Flag Policy, which didn’t describe guidelines for the use of a courtesy pole. The City did, however, hold the City’s first Pride in the Park event last year. City vehicles also proudly sport new Pride decals. Pride Month is held each June across North America and Europe to honour the 1969 Manhattan Stonewall Uprising, a series of riots and protests that erupted after New York City police raided the Stonewall Wall, a Greenwhich Village gay club, and arrested several patrons. At the time, engaging in homosexual behaviour was illegal.