Gracie McGraw is waving her rainbow flag high.
The actress-singer, daughter of country music icons Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, came out as queer in a June 2 social media post celebrating Pride Month, which kicked off on June 1.
McGraw, 28, shared a post from another user on her Instagram story, which read, "Everyone get more gay now!" Alongside the pro-LGBTQ graphic, McGraw wrote, "Happy freaking Pride. I love being queer."
Pride Month is a celebration within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community (LGBTQ) used to commemorate the lives of LGBTQ individuals past and present. The first Pride parade took place in New York City on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Riots, and it was held alongside those in Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles as the inaugural protest march.
On June 28, 1969, the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn, a private club-turned-bar frequented by the community in lower Manhattan, but the patrons and surrounding crowd decided to fight back. The five days of rioting, from June 28 to July 3, 1969, proved to be a catalyst for a national civil rights movement for LGBTQ community members.
