Pride Flag Raising Rescheduled To June 21 In Wayne

WAYNE, NJ — Wayne will still hold a ceremony celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the township, after poor air quality conditions on Wednesday caused officials to reschedule it.

The flag ceremony will now be at 7 p.m. on June 21 at the municipal building (475 Valley Road, Wayne NJ).

Mayor Christopher P. Vergano read a proclamation acknowledging June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in Wayne at the township council meeting on June 7. The flag is flying now outside the township municipal headquarters.

"Celebrating Pride Month brings the Wayne community together, builds understanding and acceptance, and advances equal rights for Wayne's LGBTQ+ community," the proclamation reads in part.

The township first raised the rainbow pride flag in Wayne on June 1, 2021.

Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall uprising, when members of the gay community and civilians on the street fought back after a police raid on a gay club in Greenwich Village in Manhattan on June 28.

Police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement. The Stonewall rebellion is considered a watershed event in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States.