On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Betsy Hodges unanimously enacted a declaration naming June to be “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.”

The city has recognized Pride, either as the month of June or the last weekend of June, for several decades. The first such declaration came in 1975, but for a few years after, conservative factions on the council blocked such declarations.

This year, each of the 13 members of the council signed on to the proclamation. The declaration boasts about Minneapolis’ role in securing LGBT rights in Minnesota:

Whereas, Minneapolis was the first city in the State of Minnesota to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, a position subsequently adopted by numerous Minnesota cities and the State itself; and Whereas, Minneapolis was the first city in the State of Minnesota to adopt an ordinance creating a domestic-partner registry;

Here’s the full declaration:

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