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A '''pride parade''' (also known as  '''pride event''', '''pride festival''', '''pride march''', '''pride protest''', '''equality parade''', or '''equality march''') is an event celebrating [[lesbian]], [[Gay men|gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]] and [[queer]] ([[LGBTQ]]) social and self-acceptance, achievements, [[LGBTQ rights by country or territory|legal rights]], and [[gay pride|pride]]. The events sometimes also serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as [[same-sex marriage]]. Most occur annually throughout the [[Western world]], while some take place every June to commemorate the 1969 [[Stonewall riots]] in [[New York City LGBT Pride March|New York City]], which was a pivotal moment in modern [[LGBTQ social movements]].<ref name="people2">{{cite web |last=Wurzburg |first=Andrea |date=July 13, 2023 |title=Everything you need to know about pride month |url=https://people.com/human-interest/pride-month-explained-pride-month-facts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611070647/https://people.com/human-interest/pride-month-explained-pride-month-facts/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |website=People}}</ref><ref name="experience">{{citation |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/blog/2011/06/09/pride-parade/ |title=How the Pride Parade Became Tradition |last=Wythe |first=Bianca |date=June 9, 2011 |website=American Experience |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422105803/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/blog/2011/06/09/pride-parade/ |archive-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/health/pride-month-explainer/index.html |title=It's pride month. Here's what you need to know |last1=Archie |first1=Ayana |last2=Griggs |first2=Brandon |date=June 1, 2022 |website=CNN |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613072855/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/health/pride-month-explainer/index.html |archive-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> The parades seek to create community and honor the history of the movement.<ref name="people2" /><ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52872693 |title=Pride: what is it and why do people celebrate it? |date=June 1, 2022 |website=BBC |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603135714/https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52872693 |archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
In 1970, pride and protest marches were held in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco around the first anniversary of Stonewall.<ref name="metcalf">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.html?appid=90dcc35abb714a24914c68c9654adb67 |title=The history of pride |last=Metcalf |first=Meg |website=the Library of Congress |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115114128/https://www.loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.html?appid=90dcc35abb714a24914c68c9654adb67 |archive-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref> The events became annual and grew internationally.<ref>{{cite news|date=2021-06-09|title=50+ Gay Pride Events, Parades & Festivals Around the World|url=https://www.wolfyy.com/blog/gay-pride-weekends-parades-events-around-the-world/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=wolfyy|language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329005434/https://www.wolfyy.com/blog/gay-pride-weekends-parades-events-around-the-world/|archive-date=March 29, 2023}}</ref><ref name="them">{{cite web |url=https://www.them.us/story/first-timers-guide-to-pride |title=Pride 101: the first-time's guide to LGBTQ+ pride |date=June 15, 2022 |website=Them |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205062800/https://www.them.us/story/first-timers-guide-to-pride |archive-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="history" /> In 2019, New York and the world celebrated the [[list of largest LGBTQ events|largest international Pride celebration]] in history: [[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019|Stonewall 50 - WorldPride NYC 2019]], commemorating the 50th anniversary of the [[Stonewall riots|Stonewall Riots]], with five million attending in [[LGBTQ culture in New York City|Manhattan]] alone.<ref name="Authorities1">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338 |title=About 5 million people attended WorldPride in NYC, mayor says |website=abcnews.go.com |access-date=July 3, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512173805/https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338|archive-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref> 
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==Background==
{{See also|Annual Reminder|Stonewall riots|Pride (LGBTQ culture)}}
In the 1960s and 1970s a surge of public demonstrations in the US focused on civil rights, anti-war movements, and early LGBTQ+ rights activism. One of the first demonstrations for the cause of gay and lesbian rights was a 1965 "homophile march" by the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis outside the White House, highlighting discrimination in federal employment and advancing LGBTQ+ equality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hawley |first=J. C. |title=LGBTQ America Today |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2007 |location=Santa Clara University |pages=xxv-xxix}}</ref>

Also in 1965, the [[gay rights]] protest movement was visible at the [[Annual Reminder]] pickets, again organized by members of the lesbian group [[Daughters of Bilitis]], and the gay men's group [[Mattachine Society]].<ref name="metcalf" /> Mattachine members were also involved in demonstrations in support of homosexuals imprisoned in [[Cuba]]n [[labor camp]]s.<ref name="DB">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights|title=Fidel Castro's Horrific Record on Gay Rights|date=27 November 2016|journal=Daily Beast|last1=Kirchick|first1=James|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517013037/https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights|archive-date=May 17, 2023}}</ref> Early on the morning of Saturday, [[Stonewall riots|June 28, 1969, LGBTQ people rioted]] following a [[police raid]] on the [[Stonewall Inn]] in the [[Greenwich Village]] neighborhood of [[Lower Manhattan]], New York City.<ref name="people2" /><ref name="NyTimes">''The New York Times'', June 29, 1969</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/~lbarr2/gws250spring11_files/Page1186.htm|title=Brief History of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement in the U.S.|publisher=University of Kentucky|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=November 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118054142/http://www.uky.edu/~lbarr2/gws250spring11_files/Page1186.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/pride-month |title=Pride Month 2024 |date=May 8, 2023 |website=History |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310180035/https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/pride-month |archive-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref> The Stonewall Inn was a [[gay bar]] which catered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular with the most marginalized people in the gay community: [[transvestites]], [[transgender]] people, [[effeminacy|effeminate]] young men, hustlers, and homeless youth.<ref>{{cite book | last=Carter | first=David | title=Stonewall: The rebellion That Sparked the Gay Revolution | edition=First | location=New York | publisher=Macmillan | year=2005 | isbn=0-312-34269-1 | pages=77,257| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kS_mbbirLz4C&q=stonewall+1967+beard&pg=PA77}}</ref>

==First pride marches==
[[File:Christopher Street Liberation Day Gay-In offset flyer, 1970.jpg|thumb|left|Christopher Street Liberation Day Gay-In offset flyer, San Francisco, California, 1970]]
As the movement became more radical in the late 1960s, particularly after the Stonewall Uprising, they were called Gay Liberation or Gay Freedom marches which emphasized demands for full equality and liberation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoffman |first=Amy |title=An Army of Ex-Lovers: My Life at the Gay Community News |date=2007 |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |isbn=978-1558496217 |pages=xi–xiii}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures |date=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781135585136 |editor-last=Haggerty |editor-first=George |publication-date=September 2, 2003 |pages=870 |editor-last2=Zimmerman |editor-first2=Bonnie}}</ref>

On Saturday, June 27, 1970, the Chicago Gay Liberation organized a march<ref name="Chicago Tribune">''Chicago Tribune'', June 28, 1970, p. A3</ref> from [[Washington Square Park, Chicago|Washington Square Park]] ("Bughouse Square") to the [[Chicago Water Tower|Water Tower]] at the intersection of [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan]] and [[Chicago Avenue|Chicago]] avenues, which was the route originally planned, and then many of the participants spontaneously marched on to the [[Richard J. Daley Center#Daley Plaza|Civic Center (now Richard J. Daley) Plaza]].<ref name="CGP1971w">{{cite web |url= http://www.newberry.org/outspoken/exhibit/objectlist_section3.html |title= Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition |publisher= Newberry Library |access-date= 2008-09-07 |archive-date= February 17, 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050217142658/http://www.newberry.org/outspoken/exhibit/objectlist_section3.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> The date was chosen because the Stonewall events began on the last Saturday of June and because organizers wanted to reach the maximum number of [[Magnificent Mile|Michigan Avenue shopper]]s.

The West Coast of the United States saw a march in San Francisco on June 27, 1970, and 'Gay-in' on June 28, 1970<ref>{{cite web|title=Labor of Love: The Birth of San Francisco Pride 1970~1980|url=https://www.glbthistory.org/labor-of-love|website=GBLT Historical Society|access-date=July 21, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722063420/https://www.glbthistory.org/labor-of-love}}</ref> and a march in Los Angeles on June 28, 1970.<ref name="SFChron">''The San Francisco Chronicle'', June 29, 1970</ref><ref name="CanPress">{{cite web |url=http://www.pridetoronto.com/about/volunteer-comittees-cordinators/ |title=As of early 1970, Neil Briggs became the vice-chairman of the LGBTQ Association |website=CanPress |date=February 28, 1970 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702034214/http://www.pridetoronto.com/about/volunteer-comittees-cordinators/ |archive-date=July 2, 2017 }}</ref> In Los Angeles, [[Morris Kight]] (Gay Liberation Front LA founder), [[Troy Perry|Reverend Troy Perry]] (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches founder) and Reverend Bob Humphries (United States Mission founder) gathered to plan a commemoration. They settled on a parade down Hollywood Boulevard. But securing a permit from the city was no easy task. They named their organization Christopher Street West, "as ambiguous as we could be."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dudley Clendinen|first1=Adam Nagourney|title=Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781476740713|page=58}}</ref> But Rev. Perry recalled the Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. Davis telling him, "As far as I'm concerned, granting a permit to a group of homosexuals to parade down Hollywood Boulevard would be the same as giving a permit to a group of thieves and robbers."<ref>{{cite web|title=L.A. Pride: How the World's First Pride Parade Got Its Start|url=http://www.wehoville.com/2013/05/24/l-a-pride-how-the-nations-first-pride-parade-got-its-start/|website=www.wehoville.com|date=May 24, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204092151/https://wehoville.com/2013/05/24/l-a-pride-how-the-nations-first-pride-parade-got-its-start/|archive-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref> Grudgingly, the Police Commission granted the permit, though there were fees exceeding $1.5 million. After the American Civil Liberties Union stepped in, the commission dropped all its requirements but a $1,500 fee for police service. That, too, was dismissed when the California Superior Court ordered the police to provide protection as they would for any other group. The eleventh-hour California Supreme Court decision ordered the police commissioner to issue a parade permit citing the "constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression."<ref name="Project">{{Cite web |last=Project |first=The LGBTQ History |date=2023-10-02 |title=PRIDE WAS A PROTEST: Interview |url=https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/pride-march |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=THE LGBTQHP |language=en}}</ref> From the beginning, L.A. parade organizers and participants knew there were risks of violence. Kight received death threats right up to the morning of the parade. Unlike later editions, the first gay parade was very quiet. The marchers convened on Mccadden Place in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], marched north and turned east onto Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gay Pride 1973|url=http://morriskight.blogspot.com/2012/10/gay-pride-1973.html |website=morriskight.blogspot.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014202522/https://www.morriskight.com/2012/10/gay-pride-1973.html|archive-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]'' reported "Over 1,000 homosexuals and their friends staged, not just a protest march, but a full-blown parade down world-famous Hollywood Boulevard."<ref>{{cite news|title=#TBT: What Gay Pride Looked Like in 1970|url=http://www.advocate.com/pride/2014/06/05/tbt-what-gay-pride-looked-1970|publisher=The Advocate|date=June 5, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007235018/https://www.advocate.com/pride/2014/06/05/tbt-what-gay-pride-looked-1970|archive-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Gay-button-Christopher-Street-liberation-day-1971-June-27.jpg|thumb|[[Christopher Street]] [[Gay liberation|Liberation Day]] button promoting the second annual [[NYC Pride March]] on June 27, 1971]]On Sunday, June 28, 1970, at around noon, in New York gay [[activism|activist]] groups held their own pride parade, known as the [[Christopher Street|Christopher Street Liberation Day]], to recall the events of Stonewall one year earlier.<ref name="metcalf" /><ref name="history" /> On November 2, 1969, [[Craig Rodwell]], his partner Fred Sargeant, [[Ellen Broidy]], and Linda Rhodes proposed the first gay pride parade to be held in New York City by way of a resolution at the [[Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations]] (ERCHO) meeting in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-06-22/news/1970-a-first-person-account-of-the-first-gay-pride-march// Sargeant, Fred. "1970: A First-Person Account of the First Gay Pride March." ''The Village Voice.'' June 22, 2010.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608161710/http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-06-22/news/1970-a-first-person-account-of-the-first-gay-pride-march/ |date=June 8, 2015 }} retrieved January 3, 2011.</ref><ref name="Project"/>

{{blockquote|That the Annual Reminder, in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompass the ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged-that of our fundamental human rights-be moved both in time and location.

We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called "Christopher Street Liberation Day". No dress or age regulations shall be made for this demonstration.

We also propose that we contact homophile organizations throughout the country and suggest that they hold parallel demonstrations on that day. We propose a nationwide show of support.<ref name="Carter, pg. 230">Carter, p. 230</ref><ref>Marotta, pp. 164–165</ref><ref>Teal, pp. 322–323</ref><ref>Duberman, pp. 255, 262, 270–280</ref>}}

All attendees to the ERCHO meeting in Philadelphia voted for the march except for the Mattachine Society of New York City, which abstained.<ref name="Carter, pg. 230"/> Members of the [[Gay Liberation Front]] (GLF) attended the meeting and were seated as guests of Rodwell's group, Homophile Youth Movement in Neighborhoods (HYMN).<ref>Duberman, p. 227</ref>

Meetings to organize the march began in early January at Rodwell's apartment in 350 [[Bleecker Street]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/nyregion/for-gays-party-search-purpose-30-parade-has-gone-mainstream-movement-s-goals.html/ Nagourney, Adam. "For Gays, a Party In Search of a Purpose; At 30, Parade Has Gone Mainstream As Movement's Goals Have Drifted." ''New York Times.'' June 25, 2000.] retrieved January 3, 2011. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025111/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/nyregion/for-gays-party-search-purpose-30-parade-has-gone-mainstream-movement-s-goals.html Archive])</ref> At first there was difficulty getting some of the major New York organizations like [[Gay Activists Alliance]] (GAA) to send representatives. Craig Rodwell and his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, [[Michael Brown (UK politician)|Michael Brown]], Marty Nixon, and Foster Gunnison of [[Mattachine]] made up the core group of the CSLD Umbrella Committee (CSLDUC). For initial funding, Gunnison served as treasurer and sought donations from the national homophile organizations and sponsors, while Sargeant solicited donations via the [[Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop]] customer mailing list and Nixon worked to gain financial support from GLF in his position as treasurer for that organization.<ref>Carter, p. 247</ref><ref>Teal, p. 323</ref> Other mainstays of the GLF organizing committee were Judy Miller, Jack Waluska, Steve Gerrie and [[Brenda Howard]].<ref name="cnn" /><ref name="bbc" /><ref>Duberman, p. 271</ref> Believing that more people would turn out for the march on a Sunday, and so as to mark the date of the start of the Stonewall uprising, the CSLDUC scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970.<ref>Duberman, p. 272</ref> With [[Dick Leitsch]]'s replacement as president of Mattachine NY by Michael Kotis in April 1970, opposition to the march by Mattachine ended.<ref>Duberman, p. 314 n93</ref>

The first marches were both serious and fun and served to inspire the widening [[LGBTQ movements|LGBTQ movement]]; they were repeated in the following years and more and more annual marches started up in other cities throughout the world.{{Opinion|date=January 2021}} In [[Atlanta]] and New York City the marches were called ''Gay Liberation Marches'',<ref name="them" /> and the day of celebration was called "Gay Liberation Day"; in Los Angeles and San Francisco they became known as 'Gay Freedom Marches' and the day was called "Gay Freedom Day". As more cities and even smaller towns began holding their own celebrations, these names spread. The rooted ideology behind the parades is a critique of space which has been produced to seem [[heteronormative]] and 'straight', and therefore any act appearing to be homosexual is considered dissident by society.{{Opinion|date=January 2021}} The Parade brings this [[queer culture]] into the space. The marches spread internationally, including to [[Pride in London|London]] where the first "gay pride rally" took place on 1 July 1972, the date chosen deliberately to mark the third anniversary of the [[Stonewall riots]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40533612|date=July 8, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2021|title=In pictures: Pride in London through the years|work=BBC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213120340/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40533612|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Gay Pride Day Poster, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 28, 1975.png|right|upright|thumb|Gay Pride Day Poster, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1975]]
In the 1980s, there was a cultural shift in the gay movement.{{Opinion|date=January 2021}} Activists of a less radical nature began taking over the march committees in different cities,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kolher|first1=Will|title=June 28, 1970 – From Liberation to Pride: The 45th Anniversary of the Christopher Street Liberation Day March – Rare Video|url=http://www.back2stonewall.com/2015/06/june-28-1970-liberation-pride-45th-anniversary-christopher-street-liberation-day-march-rare-video.html|access-date=December 11, 2017|publisher=back2stonewall.com|date=June 28, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209092257/https://www.back2stonewall.com/2022/06/june-28-1970-first-lgbt-pride-liberation-day-march.html|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> and they dropped "Gay Liberation" and "Gay Freedom" from the names, replacing them with "Gay Pride". The term "Gay Pride" was claimed to be coined either by [[Jack Baker and Michael McConnell]], an activist couple in Minnesota, or by [[Thomas Lawrence Higgins|Thom Higgins]],<ref>McConnell Files, "America's First Gay Marriage", binder #7 (MEMORANDUM for the record), Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, ''U&nbsp;of&nbsp;M Libraries''.</ref> another gay rights activist in Minnesota.<ref>McCONNELL FILES, "Full Equality, a diary", volumes 1a-d (FREE: Gay Liberation of Minnesota), Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, ''U&nbsp;of&nbsp;M Libraries''.</ref>

[[West Asia]] had its first pride march in 1993 in [[Israel]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|title='From the closet into the Knesset': Zionist sexual politics and the formation of settler subjectivity|journal = Settler Colonial Studies|volume = 8|issue = 4|pages = 442–463|last=Stelder|first=Mikki|date=August 20, 2017|doi=10.1080/2201473x.2017.1361885|doi-access=free}}</ref> The pride march has grown to over 250,000 participants by 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tel Aviv pride parade draws 250,000 Israelis, foreigners |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tel-aviv-pride-parade-draws-250-000-israelis-foreigners-n881466 |work=NBC News |date=8 June 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the first pride march week in the Middle East was established in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-05-17 |title=Lebanon launches Arab world's first gay pride week |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-pride-idUSKCN18D285 |access-date=2023-07-11}}</ref>

The oldest LGBT community center in South Florida [[Pridelines]] has been a partner of Miami Beach Pride for more than a decade.
 
In [[Southeast Asia]], the first pride march was celebrated on June 26, 1994, when 30-50 individuals marched in [[Quezon City]] in the [[Philippines]]. Less than three decades later, the government rejected an equality legislation,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the rejection of the Philippine delegation of the recommendation during the Universal Periodic Review to pass the SOGIE Equality Bill |url=https://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-the-commission-on-human-rights-on-the-rejection-of-the-philippine-delegation-of-the-recommendation-during-the-universal-periodic-review-to-pass-the-sogie-equality-bill/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=chr.gov.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> sparking the largest pride march in [[Southeast Asia]], where over 110,000 people in 2023 marched in [[Quezon City]] in support of the [[SOGIE Equality Bill]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LOOK: Pinoy LGBTQIA+ community celebrates Pride 2023 |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/25/Pinoy-LGBTQIA--community-celebrates-Pride-2023.html |date=2023-06-25 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=cnn |language=en|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627085137/http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/25/Pinoy-LGBTQIA--community-celebrates-Pride-2023.html |archive-date=2023-06-27 }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-25 |title=More than 100k attend QC's Pride Festival |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/06/25/23/more-than-100k-attend-qcs-pride-festival |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en}}</ref>

East Asia saw its first pride march on August 28, 1994, when a march was held in [[Tokyo]] in [[Japan]]. The largest ever pride march in the region was held in 2022 when over 120,000 people marched in [[Taiwan]] to support equal rights.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Yimou |last2=Hamacher |first2=Fabian |date=2022-10-29 |title=Taiwan celebrates diversity, equality in east Asia's largest Pride march |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-celebrates-diversity-equality-east-asias-largest-pride-march-2022-10-29/ |access-date=2023-07-11}}</ref>

The first pride march in [[South Asia]] was held on July 2, 1999, in the city of [[Kolkata]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/amp/71849/looking-back-at-the-history-of-the-pride-movement|title=Looking Back At The History Of The Pride Movement}}</ref>

==Timeline of first pride marches==
This table provides a chronological timeline of the established public Pride marches and parades globally. While many countries had earlier private gatherings, indoor festivals, or small-scale protests, this list prioritizes the first instances of organized, high-visibility street demonstrations specifically identifying as Pride.

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! style="width:5em" | Established
! style="width:40em; white-space:nowrap;" | Country
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| 1970 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|United States}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/starting-point-of-nycs-first-pride-march/|title=NYC Pride March|website=nyclgbtsites.org}}</ref> || 1 || 1
|-
| 1972 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|United Kingdom}} || 1 || 2
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| 1973 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Canada}}{{efn|name=canada|text=While isolated protests occurred in 1971, it was in 1973 that Canada held its first nationwide "Pride Week." This historic event featured coordinated rallies and marches across cities such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, laying the foundation for the "Pride" movement in Canada.}} || 1 || 3
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| 1977 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Spain}}{{efn|name=spain|text=Following the end of the dictatorship, thousands of people gathered in Barcelona in 1977 for Spain's first large-scale LGBT demonstration. Despite being met with police repression, the march became a turning point that led to the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1979 and the establishment of annual marches in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities by 1978.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Sweden}}{{efn|name=sweden|text=In 1971, a small protest took place in Uppsala, but it was an isolated event, with no follow-up marches in Uppsala or Örebro for several years. The tradition of LGBTQ+ pride in Sweden officially began in 1977, with the first "Gay Liberation Day" in Stockholm.}}}} || 2 || 5
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| 1978 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Australia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Switzerland}}}} || 2 || 7
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| 1979 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Belgium}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Denmark}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Germany}}{{efn|name=germany|text=In 1972, a small protest took place in Münster, but it was an isolated event, with no follow-up marches in the city for several years. The tradition of "Christopher Street Day" (CSD) officially began in 1979, when marches were held in Berlin, Bremen, and Cologne.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Mexico}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|Netherlands}}{{efn|name=netherlands|text=After the 1977 protest against American activist Anita Bryant, the community began to shift its focus toward domestic issues. This transition culminated in 1979 with the official launch of "Pink Saturday" (Roze Zaterdag), marking the beginning of the event as a permanent, traveling annual tradition.}}}} || 5 || 12
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| 1981 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Finland}}{{efn|name=finland|text=The first "Freedom Days" (Vapautuspäivät) occurred in 1974, but the event was largely confined to an indoor gathering with a low-key demonstration outside the Parliament. It had no music, no parade, and very little public exposure. The large, public march through Helsinki did not emerge until 1981.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|France}}}} || 2 || 14
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| 1982 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Norway}} || 1 || 15
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| 1983 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Colombia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Ireland}}}} || 2 || 17
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| 1990 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|South Africa}} || 1 || 18
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| 1991 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|New Zealand}} || 1 || 19
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| 1992 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Argentina}} || 1 || 20
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| 1993 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Israel}}{{efn|name=israel|text=During the 1970s and 80s, Pride events in Tel Aviv were small gatherings held in parks, rather than large street parades. It wasn’t until 1993 that the first official public demonstration for LGBTQ rights took place, which eventually evolved into the annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade. In contrast, the Jerusalem Pride march, which started in 2002, has been overshadowed by tragedy: in 2005 and 2015, an extremist attacked participants, and the latter incident tragically led to the death of a 16-year-old girl.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Uruguay}}}} || 2 || 22
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| 1994 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Italy}}{{efn|name=italy|text=A small group of activists gathered in 1972 in Sanremo to oppose the pathologization of homosexuality by the psychiatric community. In 1979, another protest occurred in Pisa following the brutal murder of a young gay man. While both were significant, they were isolated events responding to particular injustices. The tradition of National Pride began with the 1994 march in Rome.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Japan}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|the Philippines}}}} || 3 || 25
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| 1996 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Austria}} || 1 || 26
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| 1997 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Brazil}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|El Salvador}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Hungary}}}} || 3 || 29
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| 1998 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Ecuador}} || 1 || 30
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| 1999 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Chile}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|India}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Luxembourg}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|Thailand}}}} || 4 || 34
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| 2000 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Bolivia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Guatemala}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Honduras}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Iceland}}{{efn|name=iceland|text=In 1993 and 1994, the "Freedom Marches" were held with a small group of activists demanding human rights, followed by a community festival in 1999. The first official Reykjavík Pride Parade (Gleðigangan, or "The Joy Parade") was held in 2000.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Portugal}}{{efn|name=portugal|text=During the 1990s, the LGBTQ community organized Pride events, but these were primarily indoor gatherings, festivals and parties. The first real street march for LGBTQ rights, which evolved into the annual Lisbon Pride (Marcha do Orgulho LGBT), took place only in 2000.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|South Korea}}}} || 6 || 40
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| 2001 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|Dominican Republic}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Poland}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Slovenia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Venezuela}}}} || 4 || 44
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| 2002 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Croatia}}{{efn|name=croatia|text=The first march in Zagreb was met with severe violence, including physical assaults and the use of tear gas by counter-protesters. It required a heavy police presence for protection, a practice that has continued in subsequent years.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Peru}}}} || 2 || 46
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| 2003 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Andorra}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Cambodia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Taiwan}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Turkey}}{{efn|name=turkiye|text=The first "Istanbul Pride" (İstanbul Onur Yürüyüşü) was held in 2003. For more than a decade, the march along with similar parades in Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Mersin and others proceeded without major incidents or violence. This stood in sharp contrast to the violent disruptions and bloody confrontations in countries like Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Russia. Since 2015, the Turkish government has banned the parades, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. Activists continue to organize Pride events in defiance of the bans.}}}} || 4 || 50
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| 2004 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Estonia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Latvia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Malta}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Panama}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Paraguay}}}} || 5 || 55
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| 2005 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Greece}}{{efn|name=greece|text=Although various "pride" events and small activist protests took place in Athens as early as the mid-1980s, these were often low-profile and isolated. It wasn't until 2005 that the historic first Athens Pride parade marched through the city center, passing by the Hellenic Parliament.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Romania}}}} || 2 || 57
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| 2006 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Mauritius}} || 1 || 58
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| 2008 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Bulgaria}}{{efn|name=bulgaria|text=The first Sofia Pride was violently attacked by more than 100 skinheads and ultra-nationalists, with 88 of the attackers being arrested. Since then, the event has grown, though it continues to be heavily guarded by the police.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Cuba}}{{efn|name=cuba|text=The first government-sanctioned Pride events began in 2008 as the Conga against Homophobia and Transphobia. Organized by the state-run National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX).}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Costa Rica}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in the|Czech Republic}}{{efn|name=czechia|text=The first-ever public Pride march in the Czech Republic, known as the "Queer Parade," took place in the city of Brno in 2008. This event was met with significant violence, as extremist groups attacked marchers with tear gas and stones, forcing organizers to shorten the route despite a heavy police presence.}}}} || 4 || 62
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| 2009 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Singapore}}{{efn|name=singapore|text=Due to strict laws governing public demonstrations, Singapore's main event, Pink Dot SG, is officially classified as a "public gathering" held at Speakers' Corner, rather than a traditional street parade. Despite these legal restrictions, it has grown into a significant and widely recognized annual movement.}} || 1 || 63
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| 2010 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Lithuania}}{{efn|name=lithuania|text=For the first march, a massive police presence was required, and the event took place within a heavily fenced-off area to protect the 300 marchers from the thousands of protesters gathered outside the barriers.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Slovakia}}{{efn|name=slovakia|text=The first "Dúhový PRIDE" was held in Bratislava on May 22, 2010. The march was marred by violent assaults from far-right extremists, who threw stones and tear gas at participants, forcing the organizers to alter the route for safety. Despite initial violence, the event successfully established itself as an annual tradition. Following the 2022 terrorist attack at Tepláreň bar, the march has grown in size, becoming a solemn protest against hatred and a demand for legal recognition.}}}} || 2 || 65
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| 2011 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Suriname}} || 1 || 66
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| 2012 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Albania}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Vietnam}}}} || 2 || 68
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| 2013 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Cape Verde}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Lesotho}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Moldova}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Montenegro}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Namibia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Ukraine}}{{efn|name=ukraine|text=The first successful march was held in 2013 under heavy police guard and lasted only 20 minutes to ensure participant safety. Subsequent years have seen continued threats from far-right groups, requiring "closed" routes and high-security cordons.}}}} || 6 || 74
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| 2014 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Cyprus}}{{efn|name=cyprus|text=While the first major Pride march in the Republic of Cyprus (South) took place in Nicosia on May 31, 2014, the first Pride event on the island actually occurred slightly earlier in Northern Cyprus. Activists there organized the first "Queer Cyprus" march on May 17, 2014.}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Mongolia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Nicaragua}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Serbia}}{{efn|name=serbia|text=The first attempt in 2001 became known as the "bloody Pride," as participants were violently attacked by hooligans while police stood by. Following years of bans, the 2010 march was heavily guarded by 5,000 police officers, but it sparked riots from anti-LGBTQ groups, resulting in more than 100 injuries.}}}} || 4 || 78
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| 2017 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Barbados}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Belize}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|East Timor}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Kosovo}}}} || 4 || 82
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| 2018 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Eswatini}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Fiji}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Guyana}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Trinidad and Tobago}}}} || 4 || 86
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| 2019 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Botswana}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Myanmar}}{{efn|name=myanmar|text=Myanmar held its first public LGBT festival, &PROUD, in a public park in 2018. While limited in scale compared to traditional parades, the movement expanded in 2019 with a notable "Pride boat march" on the [[Yangon River]].}} |{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Nepal}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|North Macedonia}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Saint Lucia}}}} || 6 || 92
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| 2021 || style=text-align:left | {{ubl|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Malawi}}|{{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Papua New Guinea}}}} || 2 || 94
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| 2022 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Monaco}} || 1 || 95
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| 2023 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Liechtenstein}} || 1 || 96
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| 2024 || style=text-align:left | {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|San Marino}} || 1 || 97
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===Regional context and challenges===

* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Armenia}} Along with the Vatican City, Armenia remains one of the few European countries that has never held a public LGBTQ Pride demonstration. While the local community has organized indoor small festivals, these events are consistently targeted by violent extremists. To date, no public street parade has occurred due to extreme security threats and government refusal to provide necessary protection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-17 |title=Hey Armenia, We Need to Talk |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2018/08/17/hey-armenia-we-need-to-talk/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Armenian Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/following-mob-attack-lgbtq-activists-armenia-want-justice-n898821|title=Following mob attack, LGBTQ activists in Armenia 'want justice'|website=NBC News|date=8 August 2018 }}</ref>
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Azerbaijan}} A small group of activists performed a brief, unsanctioned walk through Baku with a rainbow flag in 2013. Since then, activism has remained almost entirely digital or indoor to avoid state crackdowns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minorityaze.org/en/272-azerbaijani-celebrities-support-pride-month|title=Azerbaijani celebrities support Pride Month|work=minorityaze.org|date=June 2019|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204224049/https://minorityaze.org/en/272-azerbaijani-celebrities-support-pride-month|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.az/articles/52533|title=News.Az - Gay parade in Baku: to be or not to be?|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926221405/http://www.news.az/articles/52533|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Belarus}} A 'Love Parade' was successfully held in Minsk in 1999. It has never been repeated as a public event. Between 2001 and 2012, activists made several attempts to organize marches, most notably the 2010 'Slavic Pride', but these were unauthorized and violently dispersed by riot police within minutes. Under the current administration, public Pride demonstrations are entirely prohibited.
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|China}} While "Shanghai Pride" was a significant event for many years, it primarily consisted of private gatherings, such as parties and film festivals, rather than public demonstrations. Despite its prominence, a street parade through the city was never permitted by the government. After years of operation, Shanghai Pride officially ended its activities in 2020 due to increasing pressure from authorities.
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Georgia}} In 2013, a stationary rally was violently attacked by thousands of protesters led by priests. By 2019, activists pulled off a "guerrilla style" moving march lasting only 30 minutes to prevent disruption. In 2021 and 2023, larger marches were canceled after violent groups attacked Pride offices. The [[Georgian anti-LGBTQ law|2024 anti-LGBTQ law]] has further restricted the ability to organize public events. 
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Indonesia}} There has never been a public Pride march due to increasing social and political pressure. During the 2010s, community-led festivals were held, but this period also marked the beginning of a harsh crackdown. As recently as 2025, authorities have conducted several large-scale arrests.<ref name="lgbtqnation.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/34-men-arrested-for-gay-then-paraded-through-the-street-in-indonesian-raid/|title=34 men arrested for gay sex & then paraded through the street in Indonesian raid|website=lgbtqnation.com|access-date=2025-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/13/three-men-arrested-in-indonesia-for-allegedly-running-lgbtq-facebook-group/|title=Three men arrested in Indonesia for allegedly running LGBTQ Facebook group|website=thepinknews.com|date=13 August 2025 |access-date=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indonesia: Police must release 75 people arrested in discriminatory raid on "gay party" |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/06/indonesia-police-must-release-75-people-arrested-in-discriminatory-raid-on-gay-party/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=.amnesty.org |date=24 June 2025 }}</ref> This environment has been further restricted by the "no sex outside of marriage" law, which effectively criminalizes LGBTQ relationships as same-sex marriage is not recognized.
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Jamaica}} While private gatherings occurred for years, Jamaica held its first high-profile, week-long Pride celebration in 2015 in Kingston. Due to high rates of violence and "buggery" laws still on the books, events are mostly held in secure, private venues or community spaces.
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Kazakhstan}} There have never been official pride parades in Kazakhstan. LGBTQ visibility has largely been limited to small groups within broader Russian-speaking, feminist-led protests, as well as to individual acts of protest by lesbian feminist activists. Some of these actions, such as a photoshoot staged outside the [[Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi]] involving a rainbow flag were met with strong criticism from both the public and government authorities, who denounced them as disrespectful and provocative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esquire.kz/aktivisty-razvernuli-lgbt-flag-u-mavzoleja-hodzha-ahmeda-jassaui|title=Активисты развернули ЛГБТ-флаг у мавзолея Ходжа-Ахмеда Яссауи|website=esquire.kz|access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref> Eventually, these actions fueled a conservative backlash, contributing to a rise in homophobia and the enactment of harsh [[LGBTQ rights in Kazakhstan#2025 anti-LGBT legislation|anti-LGBTQ laws]] in late 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/18/kazakh-senate-approves-anti-lgbtq-propaganda-bill/|title=Kazakh Senate approves anti-LGBTQ propaganda bill|website=washingtonblade.com|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Kyrgyzstan}} On March 8, 2019, a notable demonstration took place in Bishkek on International Women's Day. While LGBTQ activists participated with rainbow flags, the event was primarily organized by feminist groups to protest violence against women. Since the demonstration was largely led by feminist activists and focused on broader gender rights, it is generally seen as a human rights march rather than a gay pride parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-lgbt-rights/30030545.html|title='If Not Now, When?' LGBT Movement Gains Momentum in Kyrgyzstan|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=1 July 2019|author=Margot Buff}}</ref>
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Lebanon}} In 2017, the country launched 'Beirut Pride' as the first event of its kind in the Arab world. While several indoor cultural events were held, the planned street parade was canceled after organizers were briefly detained and threatened with 'incitement to debauchery' charges.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Madi |first=Emilie |date=24 August 2023 |title=Lebanon drag show derailed by crowd of angry conservative men |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-drag-show-derailed-by-crowd-angry-conservative-men-2023-08-24/ |access-date=2 September 2023 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> 
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Russia}} Early efforts to organize Pride events were met with extreme violence from state authorities and counter-protesters. Demonstrations were frequently targeted by extremist groups who assaulted participants with impunity. These attempts were unauthorized and violently suppressed within minutes, preventing them from evolving into established public marches. Such activities are now entirely curtailed by anti-LGBTQ laws and the 2023 legal designation of the movement as an 'extremist organization.'<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Tarasova |first1=Darya |last2=Tuysuz |first2=Gul |last3=Deaton |first3=Jen |date=2023-12-04 |title=Police raid gay venues in Russia after top court bans 'international LGBTQ movement' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/04/europe/police-raid-gay-venues-russia-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-12-04 |work=[[CNN]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204031704/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/04/europe/police-raid-gay-venues-russia-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=2023-12-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=2024-03-22 |title=Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to 'terrorists and extremists' blacklist |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240322-russia-adds-lgbt-movement-to-terrorists-and-extremists-blacklist |access-date=2024-03-23 |work=[[France 24]] |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag+link|LGBT rights in|Uganda}} In 2012, activists managed to hold a small mobile march along a private beach road in Entebbe. However, the passage of the [[Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023|2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act]] has made the environment much more dangerous. Pride events are regularly raided by authorities, and activists are forced to cancel public demonstrations entirely to avoid life imprisonment or the death penalty.

==Description==
[[File:Iowa City Pride 2019 (P) (48072397172).jpg|thumb|Pride parade in [[Iowa City, Iowa]]]]
[[File:Pride Parade, El Paso, TX, Montana Street, June 2022 10.jpg|thumb|Pride Parade in [[El Paso, Texas]]]]
Many parades still have at least some of the original political or [[activism|activist]] character, especially in less accepting settings. The variation is largely dependent upon the political, economic, and religious settings of the area. However, in more accepting cities, the parades take on a festive or even [[Mardi Gras]]-like character, whereby the political stage is built on notions of celebration.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ammaturo |first=Francesca Romana |title=Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]] |editor-last=Chiang |editor-first=Howard |volume=3 |location=Farmington Hills, MI |pages=7 |chapter=Pride parades and marches |editor-last2=Arondekar |editor-first2=Anjali |editor-last3=Epprecht |editor-first3=Marc |editor-last4=Evans |editor-first4=Jennifer |editor-last5=Forman |editor-first5=Ross G. |editor-last6=Al-Samman |editor-first6=Hanadi}}</ref> Large parades often involve floats, dancers, [[drag queen]]s and amplified music; but even such celebratory parades usually include political and educational contingents, such as local politicians and marching groups from LGBT institutions of various kinds.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tandon |first1=Abhinav |last2=Rao |first2=T. S. Sathyanarayana |date=July 2021 |title=Pride Parades |journal=Journal of Psychosexual Health |language=en |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=209–211 |doi=10.1177/26318318211038118 |issn=2631-8318|doi-access=free }}</ref> Other typical parade participants include local LGBT-friendly churches such as [[Metropolitan Community Church]]es, [[United Church of Christ]], and [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalist]] Churches, [[PFLAG]], and LGBT employee associations from large businesses.

Even the most festive parades usually offer some aspect dedicated to remembering victims of [[AIDS]] and anti-LGBT violence. Some particularly important pride parades are funded by governments and [[corporate sponsorship|corporate sponsors]] and promoted as major [[tourist attraction]]s for the cities that host them. In some countries, some pride parades are now also called Pride Festivals. Some of these festivals provide a carnival-like atmosphere in a nearby park or city-provided closed-off street, with information booths, music concerts, barbecues, beer stands, contests, sports, and games. The 'dividing line' between onlookers and those marching in the parade can be hard to establish in some events, however, in cases where the event is received with hostility, such a separation becomes very obvious. There have been studies considering how the relationship between participants and onlookers is affected by the divide, and how space is used to critique the heteronormative nature of society.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Irvine |first1=Janice M. |last2=Irvine |first2=Jill A. |date=2017 |title=The Queer Work of Militarized Prides |journal=Contexts |language=en |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=32–37 |doi=10.1177/1536504217742389 |s2cid=67449127 |issn=1536-5042|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Though the reality was that the Stonewall riots themselves, as well as the immediate and the ongoing political organizing that occurred following them, were events fully participated in by lesbian women, bisexual people and transgender people, as well as by gay men of all races and backgrounds, historically these events were first named ''Gay'', the word at that time being used in a more generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of what is now variously called the 'queer' or LGBT community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary for Sylvia Rae Rivera|url=http://www.sylviasplace.org/sylvia_obituary.htm|publisher=Sylvia's Place|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928113130/http://www.sylviasplace.org/sylvia_obituary.htm|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gender.org/remember/people/marshajohnson.html |title=Marsha P. Johnson |publisher=Gender.org |date=July 6, 1992 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022184320/http://gender.org/remember/people/marshajohnson.html |archive-date=October 22, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as many of the actual participants had grown older, moved on to other issues, or died, this passage of time led to misunderstandings as to who had actually participated in the Stonewall riots, who had actually organized the subsequent demonstrations, marches and memorials, and who had been members of early activist organizations such as Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance. The language has become more accurate and inclusive, though these changes met with initial resistance from some in their own communities who were unaware of the historical events.<ref>[http://www.nyabn.org/Pages/WhoWeR/OurHistory.html New York Area Bisexual Network: A Brief History of NYC's Bisexual Community]. Nyabn.org (July 12, 2001). Retrieved on 2011-07-10. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230316114936/http://nyabn.org/Pages/WhoWeR/OurHistory.html Archive])</ref> Changing first to ''Lesbian and Gay'', today most are called ''Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender'' (LGBT) or simply "Pride".{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Pride parades are held in many [[urban area]]s and in many countries where the [[urbanization]] rate is at least 80%.

==Pride events by country==
{{Main|List of LGBTQ events}}{{See also|List of largest worldwide LGBTQ events by participants}}
[[File:Cologne Germany Cologne-Gay-Pride-2015 Parade-17a.jpg|thumb|LGBTQ activists at [[Cologne Pride]] carrying a banner with the flags of 72 countries with [[LGBT rights by country or territory|laws against homosexuality]]]]

===Africa===
====Malawi====
On 26 June 2021, the LGBT community in Malawi held its first Pride Parade. The parade was held in the country's capital city, Lilongwe, despite its anti-LGBTQ laws.<ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking: Malawi holds first Gay pride parade {{!}} Malawi 24 - Malawi news |url=https://malawi24.com/2021/06/26/breaking-malawi-holds-first-gay-pride-parade/ |work=[[Malawi24]] |date=26 June 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329133243/http://malawi24.com/2021/06/26/breaking-malawi-holds-first-gay-pride-parade/|archive-date=March 29, 2023}}</ref>

====Mauritius====
As of June 2006, the Rainbow Parade Mauritius is held every June in [[Mauritius]] in the town of [[Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill|Rose Hill]]. It is organized by the Collective Arc-En-Ciel, a local non-governmental LGBTI rights group, along with some other local non-governmental groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/10/24/mauritius-pride-march-celebrates-decriminalization-ruling/ |title=Mauritius Pride march celebrates decriminalization ruling |last=Itai |first=Daniel |date=October 24, 2023 |website=Washington Blade |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024214543/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/10/24/mauritius-pride-march-celebrates-decriminalization-ruling/ |archive-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndi.org/our-stories/young-queer-alliance-mauritius-pride-profile |title=Young Queer Alliance in Mauritius pride profile |date=June 29, 2022 |website=National Democratic Institute |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810202343/https://www.ndi.org/our-stories/young-queer-alliance-mauritius-pride-profile |archive-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>

====South Africa====
[[File:Lesbian Angels.jpg|thumb|right|Women marching in Joburg Pride parade in 2006]]
{{Main|Pride parades in South Africa}}
{{See also|List of LGBTQ events#South Africa}}
The first South African pride parade was held towards the end of the [[apartheid]] era in [[Johannesburg]] on October 13, 1990, the first such event on the African continent. [[Section Nine of the Constitution of South Africa|Section Nine]] of the country's [[constitution of South Africa|1996 constitution]] provides for [[equality before the law|equality]] and [[freedom from discrimination]] on the grounds of sexual orientation among other factors.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=de Waal|editor1-first=Shaun|editor2-last=Manion|editor2-first=Anthony|title=Pride: Protest and Celebration|date=2006|publisher=Jacana Media|isbn=9781770092617|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdNz05DF6JcC|pages=4–6, 37|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joburg Pride rocked by divisions|url=http://www.news24.com/Travel/South-Africa/Joburg-Pride-rocked-by-divisions-20130620|access-date=July 23, 2014|work=News24|date=June 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723065018/http://www.news24.com/Travel/South-Africa/Joburg-Pride-rocked-by-divisions-20130620|archive-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> The Joburg Pride organizing body disbanded in 2013 due to internal conflict about whether the event should continue to be used for political advocacy. A new committee was formed in May 2013 to organize a "People's Pride", which was "envisioned as an inclusive and explicitly political movement for social justice".<ref>{{cite press release|title=SA: Statement by the Peoples Pride Organising Committee, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, and queer organisation, on new Committee to organise People's Pride Johannesburg (20/05/2013)|url=http://www.polity.org.za/article/sa-statement-by-the-peoples-pride-organising-committee-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-asexual-and-queer-organisation-on-new-committee-to-organise-peoples-pride-johannesburg-20052013-2013-05-20|access-date=July 23, 2014|work=Polity|date=May 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723073659/http://www.polity.org.za/article/sa-statement-by-the-peoples-pride-organising-committee-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-asexual-and-queer-organisation-on-new-committee-to-organise-peoples-pride-johannesburg-20052013-2013-05-20|archive-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Du |first1=Susan |title=Two gay pride parades for Joburg this year |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/two-gay-pride-parades-for-joburg-this-year-1.1534409#.U89b6eOSyyh |access-date=July 23, 2014 |work=The Star |date=June 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728172407/http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/two-gay-pride-parades-for-joburg-this-year-1.1534409 |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Strudwick|first1=Patrick|title=Crisis in South Africa: The shocking practice of 'corrective rape' – aimed at 'curing' lesbians|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/crisis-in-south-africa-the-shocking-practice-of-corrective-rape--aimed-at-curing-lesbians-9033224.html|access-date=July 23, 2014|work=The Independent|date=January 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701182154/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/crisis-in-south-africa-the-shocking-practice-of-corrective-rape--aimed-at-curing-lesbians-9033224.html|archive-date=July 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Other pride parades held in the Johannesburg area include Soweto Pride which takes place annually in [[Meadowlands, Gauteng|Meadowlands]], Soweto, and Ekurhuleni Pride which takes place annually in [[KwaThema]], a township on the [[East Rand]]. Pride parades held in other South African cities include the [[Cape Town Pride]] parade and Khumbu Lani Pride in [[Cape Town]], Durban Pride in [[Durban]], and Nelson Mandela Bay Pride in [[Port Elizabeth]]. Limpopo Pride is held in [[Polokwane]], Limpopo.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Uganda====
In August 2012, the first Ugandan pride parade was held in [[Entebbe]] to protest the government's treatment of its LGBT citizens and the attempts by the Ugandan Parliament to adopt harsher [[sodomy]] laws, colloquially named the [[Kill the Gays Bill]], which would include life imprisonment for aggravated homosexuality.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Okeowo|first1=Alexis|title=Gay and Proud in Uganda|url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/gay-and-proud-in-uganda.html|website=newyorker.com|publisher=Condé Nast|date=August 6, 2012|access-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810083452/http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/gay-and-proud-in-uganda|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A second pride parade was held in Entebbe in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heuler|first1=Hilary|title=2nd Annual Gay Pride Parade Held in Uganda|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/second-annual-gay-pride-parade-held-in-uganda/1723313.html|access-date=August 10, 2014|work=VOA|date=August 4, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219075359/http://www.voanews.com/content/second-annual-gay-pride-parade-held-in-uganda/1723313.html|archive-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref> The law was promulgated in December 2013 and subsequently ruled invalid by the [[Constitutional Court of Uganda]] on August 1, 2014, on technical grounds. On August 9, 2014, Ugandans held a third pride parade in Entebbe despite indications that the ruling may be appealed and/or the law reintroduced in Parliament and homosexual acts still being illegal in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fallon|first1=Amy|title=Ugandan Gays Risk All in Pride March|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/09/ugandan-gays-risk-all-to-march-for-pride.html|access-date=August 10, 2014|work=The Daily Beast|date=August 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810084923/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/09/ugandan-gays-risk-all-to-march-for-pride.html|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Asia===
==== East Timor ====
[[File:2019-07-12 Marxa ba Diversidade 4.jpg|thumb|Pride March 2019 in [[Dili]], East Timor]]
The first pride march in [[East Timor]]'s capital [[Dili]] was held in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ng |first=Ellis |date=July 4, 2017 |title=This tiny Southeast Asian country just held its first pride parade |url=https://mashable.com/2017/07/04/pride-parade-east-timor/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008222221/https://mashable.com/article/pride-parade-east-timor |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |access-date=2019-08-26 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref>

====Hong Kong====
[[File:香港同志遊行-HONG KONG PRIDE PARADE 2014 (15737708051).jpg|thumb|Hong Kong pride parade 2014]]
{{See also|Hong Kong Pride Parade}}
The first International Day Against [[Homophobia]] pride parade in Hong Kong was held on May 16, 2005, under the theme "Turn Fear into Love", calling for acceptance and care amongst gender and sexual minorities in a diverse and friendly society.<ref>{{cite web|title=History – HONG KONG PRIDE PARADE|url=https://hkpride.net/history/|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121314/https://hkpride.net/history/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

The Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008 boosted the rally count above 1,000 in the second largest [[East Asia]]n Pride after Taipei's. By now a firmly annual event, Pride 2013 saw more than 5,200 participants. The city continues to hold the event every year, except in 2010 when it was not held due to a budget shortfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|title=香港同志遊行2008．Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008|website=hkpride.net|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812014103/https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2010|url=http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218210517/http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2013|url=http://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812005225/https://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|reason=All of these refs are from the HK pride source itself; this needs a reliable 2ary source here |date=November 2017}}

In the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2018, the event broke its previous  record, with 12,000 participants. The police arrested a participant who violated the law of "outraging public decency" by wearing only his underwear in an area of the road cordoned off for the parade.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-11-20|title=Police arrest 21-year-old 'performance artist' who stripped off at Hong Kong's Gay Pride March|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2018/11/20/police-arrest-21-year-old-performance-artist-stripped-off-hong-kongs-gay-pride-march/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230601183002/https://hongkongfp.com/2018/11/20/police-arrest-21-year-old-performance-artist-stripped-off-hong-kongs-gay-pride-march/}}</ref>

====India====
{{See also|Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk}}
[[File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 07.jpg|thumb|left|Participants of [[Bhubaneswar]] Pride Parade, 2018]]
[[File:Bangalore Gay Pride Parade (15).jpg|thumb|Gay Pride March in [[Bangalore]], India (2013)]]
On June 29, 2008, four Indian cities ([[Delhi Queer Pride Parade|Delhi]], [[Bengaluru Namma Pride March|Bangalore]], [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], and [[Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk|Kolkata]]) saw coordinated pride events. About 2,200 people turned up overall. These were also the first pride events of all these cities except Kolkata, which had seen its first such event in 1999 - making it [[South Asia]]'s first pride walk and then had been organizing pride events every year since 2003 (although there was a gap of a year or so in-between).<ref>{{cite web |title=As liberal attitudes sweep across Bengal, gays, and lesbians no longer mask their sexuality |date=August 11, 2003 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/20030811-as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality-791882-2003-08-10 |access-date=May 24, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129082227/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/20030811-as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality-791882-2003-08-10|archive-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref> The pride parades were successful, given that no right-wing group attacked or protested against the pride parade, although the opposition party BJP expressed its disagreement with the concept of gay pride parade. The next day, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] appealed for greater social tolerance towards homosexuals at an AIDS event. On August 16, 2008 (one day after the Independence Day of India), the gay community in [[Mumbai Pride|Mumbai]] held its first-ever formal pride parade (although informal pride parades had been held many times earlier), to demand that [[India]]'s anti-gay laws be amended.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|title=Reverse swing: It may be an open affair for gays, lesbians|date=July 2, 2008 | work=The Times of India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008222218/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|archive-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref> A high court in the Indian capital, Delhi ruled on July 2, 2009, that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults was not a criminal act,<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm | work=BBC News | title=Gay sex decriminalised in India | date=July 2, 2009 | access-date=2010-05-22| url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> although the Supreme Court later reversed its decision in 2013 under widespread pressure from powerful conservative and religious groups, leading to the re-criminalization of homosexuality in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|title=Indian Supreme Court criminalizes gay sex; violators face up to 10 years in prison|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121424/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> Pride parades have also been held in smaller Indian cities such as [[Nagpur]], [[Madurai]], [[Bhubaneshwar Pride Parade|Bhubaneshwar]] and [[Thrissur]]. Attendance at the pride parades has been increasing significantly since 2008, with an estimated participation of 3,500 people in Delhi and 1,500 people in Bangalore in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} On September 6, 2018, sex between same-sex adults was legalized by India's Supreme Court.

=====Tripura=====
[[File:Tripura Queer Pride Walk.jpg|alt=Tripura's first pride march sends a loud and clear statement, shattering gender preconceptions and stigma.|thumb|Tripura Queer Pride Walk in 1st Pride Festival in Tripura]]
On September 12, 2022, [[Tripura]] celebrated its first 'Queer Pride Walk' held in [[Agartala]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nath |first=Abhijit |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura : LGBTQ Activists Hold 'Queer Pride Walk' In Agartala |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=NET Northeast Today |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914065408/https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |archive-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref> The major goal of the queer pride parade is to honor and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, as well as to raise awareness in society so that people can break free from the stigma and biases that surround them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first 'Queer Pride Walk' was held in Agartala to break the social taboo |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=India Today NE |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401140612/https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12|archive-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref> Swabhiman, a non-governmental organization, coordinated the Queer Pride Walk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banik |first=Mrinal |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first Queer Pride Parade held in Agartala |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2022/09/12/tripuras-first-queer-pride-parade-held-in-agartala/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref> More than seven months after four transgender people in [[Tripura]] had a harrowing experience at a police station that went viral on social media, the state's queer community held its first-ever pride walk on Monday in [[Agartala]], claiming the right to live in dignity and equality, free of gender discrimination, stigma, and taboo for being different. Hundreds of lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons marched in the colorful pride parade, waving rainbow flags and holding banners urging people to reject gender stigma and sexuality stereotypes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130008/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> 'Swabhiman' President Sneha Gupta Roy asserted the necessity for the state to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to protect the rights of the gay community, adding, "The society must accept us as we are. We, too, are members of society and should not face discrimination. The source of societal biases, discrimination, and injustice directed at us is, surprisingly, a lack of knowledge. We, too, have the right to live with respect and dignity, and in order to do so, the Central Government must work to develop the community's skills and create employment opportunities that will prevent members of the community from resorting to unethical means of income and thus becoming socially marginalized."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Tripura: LGBT Community Constitutes Social Welfare Society - 'Swabhiman'; Set To Host Pride-Walk on September 11 |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/06/tripura-lgbt-community-constitutes-social-welfare-society-swabhiman-set-to-host-pride-walk-on-september-11/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

====Israel====
{{Main|Tel Aviv Pride|Jerusalem gay pride parade|Haifa Pride|Eilat Pride}}
[[File:Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2015 (18549971060).jpg|thumb|The [[Tel Aviv Pride]] Parade is the largest pride parade in Asia]]
[[Tel Aviv]] hosts an annual pride parade,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbantravelblog.com/info/tel-aviv-festivals |title=Tel Aviv Festivals |publisher=Urban Travel Blog |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024644/http://www.urbantravelblog.com/info/tel-aviv-festivals/ |archive-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref> attracting more than 260,000 people, making it the largest LGBT pride event in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2150040/gay-pride-parade-lights-tel-aviv-attracting-more-250000|title=Gay Pride parade lights up Tel Aviv, attracting more than 250,000|date=2018-06-09|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121554/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2150040/gay-pride-parade-lights-tel-aviv-attracting-more-250000|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> Three Pride parades took place in Tel Aviv on the week of June 11, 2010. The main parade, which is also partly funded by the city's municipality, was one of the largest ever to take place in Israel, with approximately 200,000 participants. The first [[Tel Aviv Pride|Pride parade in Tel Aviv]] took place in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745646 |title=Kaplan painted rainbow colors ahead of Tel Aviv's 30th Pride Parade |last=Zanger-Nadis |first=Maya |date=June 8, 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614142938/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745646 |archive-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>

On June 30, 2005, the fourth annual Pride march of [[Jerusalem]] took place. The Jerusalem parade has been met with resistance due to the high presence of religious bodies in the city. It had originally been prohibited by a municipal ban which was canceled by the court. Many of the religious leaders of Jerusalem's [[Muslim]], [[Jewish]], and [[Christians|Christian]] communities had arrived at a rare consensus asking the municipal government to cancel the permit of the parades.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/world/worldspecial/clerics-fighting-a-gay-festival-for-jerusalem.html |title=Clerics fighting a gay festival for Jerusalem |last1=Goodstein |first1=Laurie |last2=Myre |first2=Greg |date=March 31, 2005 |website=The New York Times |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200820/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/world/worldspecial/clerics-fighting-a-gay-festival-for-jerusalem.html |archive-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Another parade, this time billed as an international event, was scheduled to take place in the summer of 2005, but was postponed to 2006 due to the stress on police forces during the summer of [[Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip|Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]]. In 2006, it was again postponed due to the [[2006 Lebanon war|Israel–Hezbollah war]]. It was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem on November 10, 2006, caused a wave of protests by [[Haredi]] Jews around central Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=114609 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120154511/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=114609 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |title=9 Protesters Detained at Anti-Gay Pride Demonstration |publisher=[[Arutz 7]] |date=November 1, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Israeli Police|Israel National Police]] had filed a petition to cancel the parade due to foreseen strong opposition. Later, an agreement was reached to convert the parade into an assembly inside the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]] stadium in Jerusalem. June 21, 2007, the [[Jerusalem Open House]] organization succeeded in staging a parade in central Jerusalem after police allocated thousands of personnel to secure the general area. The rally planned afterwards was canceled due to an unrelated national fire brigade strike which prevented proper permits from being issued. The parade was postponed once more in 2014, as a result of [[2014 Gaza War|Protective Edge]] Operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jerusalem-holds-annual-gay-pride-parade-after-multiple-delays-375777#google_vignette |title=Jerusalem holds annual Gay Pride Parade after multiple delays |last=Eisenbud |first=Daniel K |date=September 18, 2014 |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920110135/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jerusalem-holds-annual-gay-pride-parade-after-multiple-delays-375777 |archive-date=September 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2022 local environmentalists from Tel Aviv started planning how to make the current year's parade and future parades more sustainable, using composting stations and removing single use plastic from the largest pride parade in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenprophet.com/2022/06/green-pride-parades/|title=Greening the pride parade, Tel Aviv |website=Green Prophet|date=June 6, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121728/https://www.greenprophet.com/2022/06/green-pride-parades/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

====Japan====
{{See also|1=ja:ゲイ・パレード#日本|label1=''Pride parade'' article on Japanese Wikipedia}}
[[File:Sapporo Rainbow Pride 2019; September 2019.jpg|thumb|Pride parade in [[Sapporo]], Japan]]

The first Pride Parade in Japan was held on August 28, 1994, in Tokyo (while the names were not Pride Parade until 2007). In 2005, an administrative institution, the Tokyo Pride was founded to have Pride Parade constantly every year. In May 2011, Tokyo Pride was dissolved and most of the original management went on to found Tokyo Rainbow Pride.<ref>{{cite web |title=レポート：東京レインボープライド公開ヒアリング {{!}} ゲイのための総合情報サイト g-lad xx（グラァド） |url=https://gladxx.jp/column/goto/1591.html |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=gladxx.jp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130027/https://gladxx.jp/column/goto/1591.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

====Lebanon====
{{Main|Beirut Pride}}
[[File:Mar Mkhayel, Saturday 20 May 2017.jpg|thumb|A rainbow flag flying in Mar Mkhayel, Beirut on May 20, 2017]]
Beirut Pride is the annual non-profit LGBTIQ+ pride event and militant march held in [[Beirut]], the capital of the [[Lebanon]], working to [[LGBTQ rights in Lebanon|decriminalize homosexuality]] in Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon's First Ever Pride Week Shines Light on LGBT |url=https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/lebanons-first-ever-pride-week-shines-light-lgbt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721020846/https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/lebanons-first-ever-pride-week-shines-light-lgbt |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |access-date=2021-05-31 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref> Since its inception in 2017, Beirut Pride has been the first and only LGBTIQ+ pride in the arabophone world, and its largest LGBTIQ+ event.<ref name="reuterslebanonlaunchesarabworld">{{cite news |last1=Kanso |first1=Heba |date=May 17, 2017 |title=RPT-Lebanon launches Arab world's first gay pride week |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lebanon-pride-idUSL8N1IJ5HW |access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref><ref name="libelelibanorganiselapremiere">{{cite news |last1=Houé |first1=Mélanie |date=May 20, 2017 |title=Le Liban organise la première Gay Pride du monde arabe |work=Libération |url=http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/05/20/le-liban-organise-la-premiere-gay-pride-du-monde-arabe_1570854 |access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> It has been the topic of four MA theses, one post-doctoral research and six documentaries, so far covered in 17 languages in 350 articles. Its first installment gathered 4,000 persons, and 2,700 people participated in the first three days of its 2018 edition,<ref name="What is Beirut Pride">{{Cite web |title=What is Beirut Pride? |url=https://www.beirutpride.org/pride |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=Beirut Pride |language=en-US |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027161553/https://www.beirutpride.org/pride |url-status=dead }}</ref> before the police cracked it down and arrested its founder Hadi Damien. The next day, the prosecutor of Beirut suspended the scheduled activities, and initiated criminal proceedings against Hadi for organizing events "that incite to debauchery".<ref name="Teeman">{{Cite news |last=Teeman |first=Tim |date=2018-08-09 |title='Love Always Wins': Inside the Fight for LGBT Equality in Lebanon |language=en-US |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-fight-for-lgbt-equality-in-lebanon |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005834/http://m.france24.com/en/20170521-gay-lebanese-scrap-pride-event-because-threats?ref=tw_i |archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> Beirut Pride holds annual events adapted to the current circumstances in the country.

====South Korea====
Queer Culture Festivals in South Korea consist of pride parades and various other LGBT events, such as [[film festival]]s. Currently there are eight Queer Culture Festivals, including [[Seoul Queer Culture Festival]] (since 2000), [[Daegu Queer Culture Festival]] (since 2009), Busan Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeju Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeonju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Gwangju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Incheon Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), and Daejeon Queer Culture Festival (since 2024).<ref name="SQCF">{{cite web |script-title=ko:[알림] 공식명칭을 변경합니다 ('퀴어문화축제조직위원회'➝'서울퀴어문화축제조직위원회', '퀴어문화축제'➝'서울퀴어문화축제') |url=http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |website=[[SQCF]] |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=29 July 2018 |language=ko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729111954/http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref>

====Nepal====
{{See also| Nepal Pride Parade}}
Nepal Pride Parade is organized on June 29 every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fwld.org/blog/understanding-the-plight-of-prides-mainstreamed-or-marginalized/ |title=Understanding the plight of prides: mainstreamed or marginalized? |last1=Shrestha |first1=Deepesh |last2=Upreti |first2=Jahnvi |date=October 20, 2022 |website=Forum for Women, Law and Development |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802080024/https://fwld.org/blog/understanding-the-plight-of-prides-mainstreamed-or-marginalized/ |archive-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> There are also Pride Parades organized by [[Blue Diamond Society]] and Mitini Nepal. A youth-led pride parade which uses broader umbrella terms as Queer and MOGAI, is organized by Queer Youth Group and Queer Rights Collective. Blue Diamond Society's rally on [[Gai Jatra]] is technically not considered as a Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pant |first1=Sunil Babu |url=https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f|title=Why Nepal may never call it a Gay Pride March?|work=Medium |date=July 3, 2017 |publisher=Sunil Babu Pant|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161621/https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f}}</ref> Mitini Nepal organizes Pride Parades on Feb 14 while, a Queer [[Alternative spellings of woman|Womxn]] Pride is also organized on International Women's Day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-25 |title=Queer Womxn Pride |url=https://nepalprideparade.com/queer-womxn-pride-eng/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Nepal Pride Parade |language=en}}</ref>

====Philippines====
{{See also|LGBTQ rights in the Philippines}}
In 1992, the Lesbian Collective marched during the International Women's Day celebrations, and participated in the program after negotiations with organizers.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Paradela |first=Teilhard |date=2019-01-01 |title=On Community and Continuities: The Metro Manila Pride March and the Philippine LGBT+ Movement |url=https://www.academia.edu/39725309 |journal=Spot.ph}}</ref><ref name="later">{{cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/21/2246598/30-years-later-filipinas-who-marched-first-lesbian-pride-recall-historic-milestone |title=30 years later: Filipinas wo marched in first lesbian pride recall historic milestone |last=Chi |first=Christina |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Philstar Global |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221160738/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/21/2246598/30-years-later-filipinas-who-marched-first-lesbian-pride-recall-historic-milestone |archive-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref>

In 1993, UP Babaylan, an LGBT student support group, participated in the University of the Philippines Diliman's Lantern Parade. Thanks to the positive reception from this march, members of UP Babaylan would participate in future Lantern Parades.<ref name=":02" />

On June 26, 1994, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (Pro Gay Philippines) and Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Manila organized the first LGBT Pride March in Philippines, marching from EDSA corner Quezon Avenue to Quezon City Memorial Circle ([[Quezon City]], Metro Manila, Philippines) and highlighting broad social issues. At Quezon City Memorial Circle, a program was held with a Queer Pride Mass and solidarity remarks from various organizations and individuals.<ref name="celebrating">{{cite web |url=https://www.undp.org/philippines/blog/celebrating-pride |title=On Celebrating Pride |last=Feje |first=Andyleen |date=June 27, 2023 |website=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629003742/https://www.undp.org/philippines/blog/celebrating-pride |archive-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>

In 1995, Pro Gay Philippines and MCC did not lead a pride parade. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 large and significant marches were organized and produced by Reach Out AIDS Foundation, all of which were held in Malate, Manila, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Being LGBT in Asia: The Philippines Country Report by UNDP in Asia and the Pacific - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/undpasiapacific/docs/rbap-hhd-2014-blia-philippines-repo |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=issuu.com |date=July 8, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> These pride parades were organized a celebration of gay pride, but also were parading to raise awareness for discrimination and the misinformation surrounding AIDS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gay, lesbian pride march set in Manila |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/06/17/Gay-lesbian-pride-march-set-in-Manila/1621834984000/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

In 1999, Reach Out Aids Foundation handed its organization to a newly formed Task Force Pride Philippines (TFP), a network of LGBT and LGBT-friendly groups and individuals seeking to promote positive visibility for the LGBT community.  In 2003, the Pride March was moved from June to the December Human Rights Week to coincide with related human rights activities such as World AIDS Day (December 1), Philippine National Lesbian Day (December 8), and International Human Rights Day (December 10). TFP organized the pride parades for two decades before the Metro Manila Pride organization assumed the responsibility in 2016.<ref name=":02" />

On December 10, 2005, the First LGBT Freedom March, with the theme "CPR: Celebrating Pride and Rights" was held along the streets of España and Quiapo in Manila, Philippines. Concerned that the prevailing economic and political crisis in the country at the time presented threats to freedoms and liberties of all Filipinos, including sexual and gender minorities, LGBT individuals and groups, non-government organizations and members of various communities and sectors organized the LGBT Freedom March calling for systemic and structural change. At historic Plaza Miranda, in front of Quiapo Church, despite the pouring rain, a program with performances and speeches depicting LGBT pride was held soon after the march.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2007, the first transgender women's group participated in the Metro Manila Pride March.<ref name=":02" />

On December 6, 2014, Philippines celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Metro Manila Pride March with the theme: Come Out for Love ''Kasi Pag-ibig Pa Rin'' (Come Out for Love Because It's Still All About Love).<ref>{{cite web |title=Pride Press Party 2014: LGBT Community Launches 20th Anniversary of Metro Manila Pride March |url=http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2014/10/pride-press-party-2014-lgbt-community.html |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> The theme is a reminder of the love and passion that started and sustained 20 years of taking to the streets for the recognition and respect of LGBT lives as human lives. It is also a celebration of and an invitation for families, friends, and supporters of LGBT people to claim Metro Manila Pride as a safe space to voice their support for the community, for the LGBT human rights advocacy, and for the people they love and march with every year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Singapore====
[[File:Hong Lim Park- Pink Dot 2014 Singapore.jpg|thumb|[[Pink Dot SG]] 2014, at [[Hong Lim Park]], Singapore]]
{{Main|Pink Dot SG}}
A pride parade known as [[Pink Dot SG]] has been held in Singapore since 2009 with increasing attendance amounting to the tens of thousands. There are often held in either June or July. It is one of the largest such pride events in Southeast Asia, with attendance reaching up to 35,000.

====Taiwan====
[[File:Tokyo Rainbow Pride at Taiwan Pride 2019.jpg|thumb|[[Taiwan Pride]] 2019, in Taipei]]
{{Main|Taiwan Pride}}
[[Taipei]] hosts an annual Gay Pride Parade in October. Recently in 2019, the 17th Taiwan LGBT parade is the first gay parade after [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|Taiwan 's same-sex marriage legislation]], with attendances of over 200,000,<ref>{{cite news |first=William |last=Yen |title=Record 200,000 people march in Taipei LGBT pride parade |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/201910260006 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> which the largest such event in [[East Asia]].

On November 1, 2003, the first [[Taiwan Pride]] was held in Taipei with over 1,000 people attending. The parade held in September 2008 attracted around 18,000 attendances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/09/29/2129.taipei-lgbts-march-proud-and-loud-in-asias-largest-gay-parade?n=sea&nm=taiwan+pride|title=Taipei LGBTs march proud and loud in Asia's largest gay parade|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005163011/http://fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/09/29/2129.taipei-lgbts-march-proud-and-loud-in-asias-largest-gay-parade?n=sea&nm=taiwan+pride|url-status=dead}}</ref> After 2008, the numbers grew rapidly. In 2009, around 5,000 people under the slogan "Love out loud" ({{lang-zh|同志愛很大}}). In 2010, despite bad weather conditions the Taiwan gay parade "Out and Vote" attracted more than 30,000 people. Other parades take place at cities throughout Taiwan in: [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taichung]], [[Tainan]], [[Yilan City|Yilan]], [[Hsinchu]] and East of Taiwan.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} In 2022, 120,000 people participated in the Taipei Pride march.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Yimou |last2=Hamacher |first2=Fabian |date=2022-10-29 |title=Taiwan celebrates diversity, equality in east Asia's largest Pride march |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-celebrates-diversity-equality-east-asias-largest-pride-march-2022-10-29/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.them.us/story/taiwan-pride-march-2023-east-asia-biggest-ever |title=Taiwan just held East Asia's largest-ever pride march |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |date=November 2, 2023 |website=Them |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107153152/https://www.them.us/story/taiwan-pride-march-2023-east-asia-biggest-ever |archive-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>

====Thailand====
The first-ever Bangkok Pride parade occurred on June 6, 2022. The third edition occurred on June 30, 2024.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

====Vietnam====
On August 3, 2012, the first LGBT Viet Pride event was held in Hanoi, Vietnam with indoor activities such as film screenings, research presentations, and a bicycle rally on August 5, 2012, that attracted almost 200 people riding to support the LGBT cause. Viet Pride has since expanded, now taking place in 17 cities and provinces in Vietnam in the first weekend of August, attracting around 700 bikers in 2014 in Hanoi, and was reported on many mainstream media channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/df509d_ecaaff7df0b54a0dbef42c6a3497de2c.pdf |title=Getting Ready for the Fourth Vietpride |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>

===Europe===

====Albania====
The first&nbsp;[[Tirana]] pride parade was held in 2012 and has been held annually ever since.&nbsp;On 25 May 2024, the 12th&nbsp;Tirana pride&nbsp;was held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koha.net/en/arberi/ne-tirane-mbahet-parada-e-krenarise|title=The Pride Parade is held in Tirana|website=koha.net|date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>

====Bosnia and Herzegovina====
The first [[Sarajevo Pride|Pride parade in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] was held on 8 September 2019 in Sarajevo under the slogan ''Ima Izać' '' (Coming Out).<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Ayoub|first1=Phillip M.|last2=Page|first2=Douglas|last3=Whitt|first3=Sam|date=2021|title=Pride amid Prejudice: The Influence of LGBT+ Rights Activism in a Socially Conservative Society|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=115|issue=2|pages=467–485|doi=10.1017/S0003055420001082|issn=0003-0554|doi-access=free}}</ref> Around 4000 people, including foreign diplomats, members of the local government and celebrities participated amidst a strong police presence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ba.n1info.com/Vijesti/a376875/Bez-ijednog-incidenta-Zavrsena-prva-Bh.-povorka-ponosa-u-Sarajevu.html|title=Bez ijednog incidenta: Završena prva Bh. povorka ponosa u Sarajevu|work=N1 BA |date=September 8, 2019|publisher=N1}}</ref> According to a 2021 study, the first LGBT+ Pride parade in Sarajevo led to increased support for LGBT activism in Sarajevo.<ref name=":2" />

====Bulgaria====
Like the other countries from the [[Balkan]]s, Bulgaria's population is very conservative when it comes to issues like [[sexual orientation|sexuality]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Although homosexuality was decriminalized in 1968, people with different sexual orientations and identities are still not well accepted in society.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2003 the country enacted several laws protecting the [[LGBTQ]] community and individuals from discrimination. In 2008, Bulgaria organized its first ever pride parade. The almost 200 people who had gathered were attacked by [[skinhead]]s,{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} but police managed to prevent any injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-06-29 |title=Protesters disrupt Bulgarian gay pride event |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-29-fg-bulgaria29-story.html |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The 2009 pride parade, with the motto "Rainbow Friendship" attracted more than 300 participants from [[Bulgaria]] and tourists from [[Greece]] and [[UK|Great Britain]]. There were no disruptions and the parade continued as planned. A third Pride parade took place successfully in 2010, with close to 800 participants and an outdoor concert event.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Croatia====
{{See also|LGBTQ rights in Croatia#LGBTQ prides and other marches}}
The first pride parade in Croatia was held on 29 June 2002 in [[Zagreb Pride|Zagreb]] and has been held annually ever since. The attendance has gradually grown from 350 in 2002 to over 15,000 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zagreb-pride.net/hr/povorka-ponosa/povijest-povorke-ponosa-u-zagrebu/|title=Povijest Povorke ponosa u Zagrebu - Zagreb Pride|access-date=May 26, 2018|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527120723/http://www.zagreb-pride.net/hr/povorka-ponosa/povijest-povorke-ponosa-u-zagrebu/}}</ref> Pride parades are also held in [[Split Pride|Split]] (since 2011) and [[Osijek Pride|Osijek]] (since 2014).{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Czech Republic====
The Prague Pride festival first took place in 2011. Before it, Pride Parades took place in several other cities in the Czech Republic, but nowhere did they turn into a regular tradition. The first year was attended by 8,000 people. Since then, the number of participants has increased. Before the pandemic, a total of 90,000 people visited the festival week and accompanying events, while 40,000 visited the Saturday parade.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the 2020 parade was replaced a Rainbow Cruise, but in 2022 the parade returned with a record 60,000 people came to it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kdo jsme |url=https://festival.praguepride.com/kdo-jsme/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Prague Pride Festival |language=cs-CZ}}</ref>

====Denmark====
The [[Copenhagen Pride]] festival is held every year in August. In its current format, it has been held every year since 1996, where Copenhagen hosted EuroPride. Before 1994 the national LGBT association organised demonstration-like freedom marches. Copenhagen Pride is a colourful and festive occasion, combining political issues with concerts, films and a parade. The focal point is the [[City Hall Square, Copenhagen|City Hall Square]] in the city centre. It usually opens on the Wednesday of Pride Week, culminating on the Saturday with a parade and Denmark's Mr Gay contest. In 2017, some 25,000 people took part in the parade with [[float (parade)|floats]] and flags, and about 300,000 were out in the streets to experience it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kæmpe-optog: 300.000 følger Pride gennem København|url=https://www.avisen.dk/300000-foelger-farverigt-optog-i-hovedstadens-gader_458063.aspx|publisher=avisen.dk |date=19 August 2017|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>

The smaller [[Aarhus Pride]] in held every year in June in the [[Jutland]]ic city of [[Aarhus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://good-evening-europe.dk/2017/06/06/video-aarhus-pride-2017-parade-prisuddeling-og-underholdning-topklasse/ |title=Aarhus Pride 2017 – Parade, prisuddeling og underholdning i topklasse! |publisher=good-evening-europe.dk |language=da |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>

====Estonia====
The [[Baltic Pride]] event was held in Tallinn in 2011, 2014 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balticpride.org/about/|title=About|website=balticpride.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-19|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419232853/https://balticpride.org/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Finland====
[[File:Helsinki Pride Parade I (5897488480).jpg|thumb|[[Senate Square, Helsinki]], [[Helsinki Pride|2011 Helsinki Pride parade]]]]
The [[Helsinki Pride]] was first organized in 1975 and called ''Freedom Day''. It has grown into one of the biggest Nordic Pride events. Between 20,000 and 30,000 people participate in the Pride and its events annually, including a number of international participants from the Baltic countries and Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinkipride.fi/|title=Helsinki Pride|publisher=Helsinki Pride|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=July 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705120413/http://www.helsinkipride.fi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There have been a few incidents over the years, the most serious one being a gas and pepper spray attack in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/six_suspects_in_helsinki_pride_gas_attack/5608930|title=Six Suspects in Helsinki Pride Gas Attack|date=August 4, 2010|publisher=YLE|access-date=July 10, 2016 }}</ref> hitting around 30 parade participants, among those children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/gas_attack_on_pride_parade_premeditated/5591152|title=Gas Attack on Pride Parade "Premeditated"|date=July 4, 2010|publisher=YLE|access-date=July 10, 2016 }}</ref> Three men were later arrested.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In addition to Helsinki, several other Finnish cities such as [[Tampere]], [[Turku]], [[Lahti]], [[Oulu]] and [[Rovaniemi]] have hosted their own Pride events. Even small [[Savonia (historical province)|Savonian]] town of [[Kangasniemi]] with just 5,000 inhabitants hosted their own Pride first time in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941|title=Kangasniemi Pride -kulkue tukki kirkonkylän keskustan|publisher=Länsi-Savo|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104654/http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941}}</ref>

====France====
[[File:Paris Gay Pride 2013 002.jpg|thumb|[[Paris Pride]]]]
[[Paris Pride]] hosts an annual Gay Pride Parade last Saturday in June, with attendances of over 800,000.<ref>[http://www.parismarais.com/gay/uk_gay-pride-paris.php Paris Marais] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416112715/http://www.parismarais.com/gay/uk_gay-pride-paris.php |date=April 16, 2014 }}. Parismarais.com</ref> Eighteen other parades take place at cities throughout [[France]] in: [[Angers]], [[Biarritz]], [[Bayonne]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Caen]], [[Le Mans]], [[Lille]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Montpellier]], [[Nancy, France|Nancy]], [[Nantes]], [[Nice]], [[Paris]], [[Rennes]], [[Rouen]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Toulouse]] and [[Tours]].<ref>http://www.gaypride.fr/ . Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref>

====Germany====
[[File:CSD Berlin 2007 - Partytruck 1.jpg|thumb|[[Berlin Pride]]]]
Both [[Berlin Pride]] and [[Cologne Pride]] claim to be one of the biggest in Europe. The first so-called Gay Freedom Day took place on June 30, 1979, in both cities. Berlin Pride parade is now held every year the last Saturday in July. Cologne Pride celebrates two weeks of supporting cultural programme prior to the parade taking place on Sunday of the first July weekend. An alternative march used to be on the Saturday prior to the Cologne Pride parade, but now takes place a week earlier. Pride parades in Germany are often called [[Christopher Street Day]]s - named after the street where the Stonewall Inn was located.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.europeana.eu/2019/06/symbols-of-pride-the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbtq-activism/|title=Symbols of Pride: the cultural heritage of LGBTQ+ activism|last=Murphy|first=Adrian|website=[[Europeana]] (CC By-SA|date=June 14, 2019|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015202905/https://blog.europeana.eu/2019/06/symbols-of-pride-the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbtq-activism/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Greece====
In [[Greece]], endeavours were made during the 1980s and 1990s to organise such an event, but it was not until 2005 that Athens Pride was established. The Athens Pride is held every June in the centre of [[Athens]] city.<ref name="2013 Gay Pride Athens">{{cite web|title="Athena is ours" 2013 Gay Pride Athens photos |url=http://www.athenswalk.net/_/Photos/Pages/2013_Athens_Gay_Pride_Parade.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630220337/http://www.athenswalk.net/_/Photos/Pages/2013_Athens_Gay_Pride_Parade.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 30, 2013|publisher=Athenswalk.net|access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref> As of 2012, there is a second pride parade taking place in the city of [[Thessaloniki]]. The Thessaloniki Pride is also held annually every June. 2015 and 2016 brought two more pride parades, the Crete Pride taking place annually in [[Crete]] and the Patras Pride, that was held in [[Patras]] for the first time in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrisnews.com/nea-enimerosi/peloponnisos/i-omofylofiliki-koinotita-tis-patras-etoimazetai-gia-to-proto-festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109063356/http://www.patrisnews.com/nea-enimerosi/peloponnisos/i-omofylofiliki-koinotita-tis-patras-etoimazetai-gia-to-proto-festival|archive-date=January 9, 2016|title=PatrisNews - Εφημερίδα Πατρίς, τα νέα της Ηλείας, ειδήσεις από την Ηλεία, Ηλειακά blogs, Ηλεικά νέα, ilia news, news RSS|website=PatrisNews|access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 27, 2015 |title=Ξεκίνησε το 1ο Gay Pride στην Κρήτη |url=http://www.cretalive.gr/crete/view/jekinhse-to-1o-gay-pride-sthn-krhth/255900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628220253/http://www.cretalive.gr/crete/view/jekinhse-to-1o-gay-pride-sthn-krhth/255900 |archive-date=June 28, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2017 |website=www.cretalive.gr |language=el}}</ref>

====Greenland====
In May 2010, [[Nuuk]] celebrated its first pride parade. Over 1,000 people attended.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen |first=Dan |url=http://www.newnownext.com/worldwatch-greenlands-first-gay-pride/06/2010/ |title=Tripoutgaytravel.com. Retrieved on 2015-06-12 |publisher=Newnownext.com |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> It has been repeated every year since then, part of a festival called [[Nuuk Pride]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Iceland====
First held in 1999, [[Reykjavik Pride|Reykjavík Pride]] celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. Held in early August each year, the event attracts up to 100,000 participants – approaching a third of Iceland's population.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=Let's get ready for a Queer Time – Reykjavík Pride Begins! - GayIceland |url=https://gayiceland.is/2022/lets-get-ready-for-a-queer-time-reykjavik-pride-begins/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |language=en}}</ref>

====Ireland====
The [[Dublin Pride]] Festival usually takes place in June. The Festival involves the Pride Parade, the route of which is from [[O'Connell Street]] to [[Merrion Square]]. However, the route was changed for the 2017 Parade due to [[Luas Cross City]] works.
The parade attracts thousands of people who line the streets each year. It gained momentum after the [[Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|2015 Marriage Equality Referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dublin Pride: Tens of thousands attend parade |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33301181 |access-date=19 August 2025 |work=BBC News |date=27 June 2015}}</ref>

A separate annual pride march, Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin has also gained large crowds of supporters<ref>{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Rebecca |title=Demonstration calls for respect and reform for trans and intersex community |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/demonstration-calls-for-respect-and-reform-for-trans-and-intersex-community-1499337.html |website=BreakingNews.ie |date=July 8, 2023 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin marches with the goal of bringing pride back to its radical roots of protest<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dillon |first1=Brian |title=Thousands expected to take part in Trans and Intersex Pride protest this weekend |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/thousands-expected-take-part-trans-24477303 |website=Dublin Live |date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> and for better access to [[Transgender health care|gender affirming care]] in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ní Fhearraigh-Joyce |first1=Brídín |title=What to fight for this Pride season in Ireland |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fight-pride-season-ireland-154906114.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALDIJA_C53Y95AlNwj_QZ8dZhYl6Y1C2E2TY58rPimNQkWh2jIMN-fOoZrwoZt_FyLEr-ijLYlD0xwqShMQW33BFJ9LQUnpSK-EeBieHK7PeywS02u-1UE65ZOJO3tWUtNEeavvKNiDzS5SX8Kbb-RUihze9UgH-tWrAr5sTVxT_ |website=Yahoo! News |date=June 27, 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>

====Italy====
[[File:Arcilesbica - Striscione al Gay Pride nazionale di Grosseto (2004).jpg|thumb|right|Italian lesbian organisation Arcilesbica at the National Italian Gay Pride march in [[Grosseto]], Italy, in 2004]]

The first public demonstration within the LGBT community in Italy took place in [[Sanremo|San Remo]] on April 5, 1972, as a protest against the International Congress on Sexual Deviance organized by the Catholic-inspired Italian Center of Sexology. The event was attended by about forty people belonging to various homophile groups, including ones from France, Belgium, Great Britain's Gay Liberation Front, and Italy's activist homosexual rights group ''{{ill|Fuori!|it}}''.<ref name="Barilli-1999">{{cite book |language=it |last1=Rossi Barilli |first1=Gianni |title=Il movimento gay in Italia |trans-title=The Gay Movement in Italy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cJ1zT70ucwC |publisher=[[Feltrinelli (publisher)|Feltrinelli]] |location=Milano |year=1999 |isbn=88-07-81559-1 |oclc=801192305 |series=Universale economica}}</ref>{{rp|54–59}}

The first Italian event specifically associated with international celebrations of Gay Pride was the sixth congress of ''Fuori!'' held in [[Turin]] in late June 1978 and included a week of films on gay subjects.<ref name="Barilli-1999"/>{{rp|103}}  Episodes of violence against homosexuals were frequent in Italy, such as in the summer of 1979 when two young gay men were killed in [[Livorno]]. In [[Pisa]] in November of that year, the {{ill|Orfeo Collective|it|Collettivo Omosessuale Orfeo}} organized the first march against anti-gay violence. Around 500 gay and lesbian participants attended, and this remained the largest gathering of the kind until 1994.<ref name="Barilli-1999"/>{{rp|122–124}}

Later, a system of "national Pride" observances designated one city to hold the official events, starting with Rome in 1994. Starting in 2013, the organization Onda Pride organized additional events, and in 2019 events were organized in 39 cities nationwide.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Kosovo====
Events celebrating the [[International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia]] have been organized in Kosovo since 2007. The first pride parade occurred in Pristina in May 2017, with attendance from President [[Hashim Thaçi]] and British and American diplomats.<ref>[https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=f276fc29c5a42cf85d49a65f71de4640 'First gay pride parade held in Kosovo']. 20 October 2017. ''[[Associated Press]]''.</ref> The annual Pride Week has been held in Pristina since 2017. In 2018, Mayor [[Shpend Ahmeti]] participated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/pristina-to-host-second-ever-gay-pride-parade/29535674.html|title=Kosovar Minister, Pristina's Mayor Join Gay Pride-Parade|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=10 October 2018|location=Pristina}}</ref> During the event's third edition in October 2019, participants started at the [[Skanderbeg Square, Pristina|Skanderbeg Square]], making their way down Mother Teresa Boulevard to Zahir Pajaziti Square, passing the government and parliament buildings and other landmarks of the city, with the slogan "Whoever your heart beats for" (''Për kon t'rreh zemra''). The events have been held without incidence,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prishtinainsight.com/in-photos-kosovo-holds-its-third-pride-parade-mag/|title=In photos: Kosovo holds its third Pride Parade|work=Prishtina Insight|date=10 October 2019|last=Travers|first=Eve-anne}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://balkaninsight.com/2019/10/10/kosovos-3rd-pride-parade-demands-law-implementation/|title=Kosovo Pride Activists Put Law Under Spotlight|work=Balkan Insight|date=10 October 2019|last=Bami|first=Xhorxhina|location=Pristina}}</ref> and consist of various artistic exhibitions, parties, conferences, discussions and a parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prishtinainsight.com/pride-week-kicks-off-in-prishtina/|title=Pride Week kicks off in Prishtina|work=Prishtina Insight|date=10 October 2019|last=Travers|first=Eve-anne}}</ref>

====Latvia====
{{Main|Riga Pride and Friendship Days}}

On July 22, 2005, the first Latvian gay pride march took place in [[Riga]], surrounded by protesters. It had previously been banned by the [[Riga City Council]], and the then-[[Prime Minister of Latvia]], [[Aigars Kalvītis]], opposed the event, stating Riga should "not promote things like that", however a court decision allowed the march to go ahead.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4708617.stm | work=BBC News | title=Latvia gay pride given go-ahead | date=July 22, 2005 | access-date=2010-05-22}}</ref> In 2006, LGBT people in Latvia attempted a Parade but were assaulted by "No Pride" protesters, an incident sparking a storm of international media pressure and protests from the European Parliament at the failure of the Latvian authorities to adequately protect the Parade so that it could proceed.<ref>[[Peter Tatchell|Tachell, Peter]]. (25 July 2006). [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/25/latviaattacksgaystrashesde 'Shades of the bad old days']. ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> In 2007, following international pressure, a Pride Parade was held once again in Riga with 4,500 people parading around [[Vērmane Garden]], protected physically from "No Pride" protesters by 1,500 [[State Police (Latvia)|Latvian police]], with ringing the inside and the outside of the iron railings of the park. Two fire crackers were detonated with one being thrown from outside at the end of the festival as participants were moving off to the buses. A man and his son were afterwards arrested by the police.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/baltijas-praida-2012-gajienu-ar-svilpieniem-sagaida-vairaki-protestetaji.a6934/|title="Baltijas praida 2012" gājienu ar svilpieniem sagaida vairāki protestētāji|date=2012-06-02|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=lv|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref> This caused some alarm but no injury, although participants did have to run the gauntlet of "No Pride" abuse as they ran to the buses. They were driven to a railway station on the outskirts of Riga, from where they went to a post Pride "relax" at the seaside resort of [[Jūrmala]]. Participants included [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]], [[Amnesty International]] observers and random individuals who travelled from abroad to support LGBT Latvians and their friends and families.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2008, the Riga Pride was held in the historically potent 11. novembra krastmala (November 11 [[Bank (geography)|Embankment]]) beneath the [[Riga Castle]]. The participants heard speeches from MEPs and a message of support from the [[President of Latvia|Latvian President]]. The embankment was not open and was isolated from the public with some participants having trouble getting past police cordons. About 300 ''No Pride'' protesters gathered on the bridges behind barricades erected by the police who kept Pride participants and the "No Pride" protesters separated. Participants were once more "bused" out but this time a 5-minute journey to central Riga.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2009, the annual Baltic Pride was launched, with the first edition being held in Riga with a march. This event and the following ones have been held without serious incidents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-15 |title=Baltic Pride march gets green light in Latvia |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2009/05/baltic-pride-march-gets-green-light-latvia-20090515/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}}</ref>

The 2012 Baltic Pride was held on June 2. The parade marched through Tērbatas street from the corner of Ģertrūdes street towards Vērmane Garden, where concerts and a conference were held. The events were attended by the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Latvia|United States Ambassador to Latvia]] [[Judith G. Garber|Judith Garber]] and the Latvian [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2015, Riga hosted the pan-European [[EuroPride]] event with about 5000 participants engaging in approximately 50 cultural and entertainment events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ir.lv/2015/06/20/eiropraida-riga-piedalijusies-aptuveni-5000-cilveku/|title=Eiropraidā Rīgā piedalījušies aptuveni 5000 cilvēku • IR.lv|date=2015-06-20|website=[[Ir (newspaper)|Ir.lv]]|language=lv-LV|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>

The Baltic Pride event returned to Riga in 2018, the year of the [[Latvia 100|centenary of the independence of Latvia]] and all three [[Baltic states]]. An estimated 8000 people took part.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvnet.lv/4515415/riga-bez-lieliem-starpgadijumiem-nosledzies-baltijas-praids|title=Rīgā bez lieliem starpgadījumiem noslēdzies "Baltijas praids"|date=2018-06-09|website=TVNET|language=lv|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref> The events took place for 100 days from March 3 to June 10 with the parade being held through the city on June 9.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/riga-to-host-baltic-pride-2018.a237037/|title=Riga to host Baltic Pride 2018|date=2017-09-19|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lv/a/50106095|title=Foto: Vērmanes dārzā noslēdzies Baltijas praida gājiens; policija aizturējusi vienu personu|date=2018-06-09|website=[[Delfi (web portal)|delfi.lv]]|language=lv|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>

====Lithuania====
In Lithuania, the first Pride March took place on May 8, 2010, in the city of Vilnius. The event's preparation was marked by strong political and legal resistance. Several conservative members of parliament attempted to have the march banned at the last minute. Approximately 300 to 400 people participated in this peaceful march. Due to the large number of counter-protesters, nearly a thousand police officers were deployed to maintain order. The event is considered a historic moment in Lithuania and launched the Baltic Pride cycle, which has since been held annually in one of the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). 

Meanwhile, the '''[[Lithuanian Gay League|Lithuanian]]''' '''[[Lithuanian Gay League|Gay League]]''' ([https://www.lgl.lt/en/ LGL]), a national LGBT rights organization, organizes '''Lithuanian Pride''' every year in Vilnius. Over several days, events such as concerts and international conferences are held alongside the Pride March.([https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=32682]) Today, Lithuanian Pride is a powerful symbol of progress. 
On June 7, 2025, Vilnius hosted the most significant event of the year for the LGBTQ+ community in Lithuania – the Baltic Pride March for Equality. The main event of the Baltic Pride festival drew an unprecedented 20,000 participants, marking the largest gathering in the history of Lithuania’s LGBTQ+ rights movement.([https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=30956])
To stay informed about all the news and events of the '''Lithuanian Pride''' '''2026''', visit the LGL organization's [https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=32315 website] and Facebook page. [https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=32315#:~:text=The%202026%20Lithuanian%20Pride%20festival%20will%20take,**Other%20performers**%20Acclaimed%20Lithuanian%20and%20international%20performers]

====Netherlands====
[[File:Gay pride amsterdam.jpg|thumb|[[Amsterdam]]'s pride parade is held in its canals]]
{{main|Amsterdam Gay Pride}}

In [[Amsterdam]], a pride parade has been held since 1996. The week(end)-long event involves concerts, sports tournaments, street parties and most importantly the Canal Pride, a parade on boats on the canals of Amsterdam. In 2008 three government ministers joined on their own boat, representing the whole cabinet. Mayor of Amsterdam [[Job Cohen]] also joined. About 500,000 visitors were reported. 2008 was also the first year large Dutch international corporations [[ING Group]] and [[TNT NV]] sponsored the event.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The Utrecht Canal Pride is the second largest gay pride in the country, organised annually since 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utrechtcanalpride.nl/organisatie|title=Organisatie|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129064055/https://www.utrechtcanalpride.nl/organisatie|archive-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> Smaller Pride parades are organised in many larger cities across the country.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==== Norway ====
The first pride demonstration in Norway was in 1974, with around 250 participants.<ref>[https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/Avaxwr/rekordmange-er-paameldt-oslo-pride "Aasmund Robert Vik markerer pride for 51. gang"] ''Aftenposten'' (June 28, 2025)</ref>  The first pride parade was in 1982.  During the 1990s, the event developed into a 10 day long festival, including seminars, debates, concerts and parties at different places in [[Oslo]].  The 2019 festival involved a total of around 450,000 participants and spectators.  The 2025 parade had between 90,000 and 100,000 participants, including the Norwegian Prime Minister [[Jonas Gahr Støre]].<ref>[https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/rPa9Qa/oslo-politiet-anslaar-at-opptil-100-000-deltok-i-pride-paraden-skal-vaere-ny-rekord "Rekordparade: 100.000 deltakere!"] ''VG'' (June 28, 2025)</ref>

Oslo has been host for the international Europride twice, in 2005 and 2014.

====Poland====
[[File:Warszawa.ParadaRownosci2006wz3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Parada Równości|Warsaw Pride in 2006]]]]

{{main|Equality marches in Poland}}

The oldest pride parade in Poland, the [[Equality Parade in Warsaw]], has been organized since 2001. In 2005, the parade was forbidden by local authorities (including then-Mayor [[Lech Kaczyński]]) but occurred nevertheless. The ban was later declared a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights ([[Bączkowski and Others v. Poland]]). In 2008, more than 1,800 people joined the march. In 2010 EuroPride took place in Warsaw with approximately 8,000 participants. The last parade in Warsaw, in 2019, drew 80,000 people. Other Polish cities which host pride parades are [[Kraków]], [[Łódź]], [[Poznań]], [[Gdańsk]], [[Toruń]], [[Wrocław]], [[Lublin]], [[Częstochowa]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Opole]], [[Zielona Góra]], [[Konin]], [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Szczecin]], [[Kalisz]], [[Koszalin]], [[Olsztyn]], [[Kielce]], [[Gniezno]], [[Katowice]], [[Białystok]], [[Radomsko]], and [[Płock]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Portugal====
In [[Lisbon]], the Pride Parade, known as ''Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI+,'' has been held every year since 2000, as well as in [[Porto]] since 2006.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.orgulhoporto.org/ orgulhoporto.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711163905/https://orgulhoporto.org/ |date=July 11, 2020 }}. orgulhoporto.org. Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref> Other locations, such as [[Funchal]], [[Braga]] and [[Ovar]] have hosted their Pride Parades.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnoticias.pt/madeira/cerca-de-300-pessoas-participaram-na-1--marcha-do-orgulho-lgbti-do-funchal-CC2141598|title=Cerca de 300 pessoas participaram na 1.ª Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI do Funchal|work=www.dnoticias.pt|access-date=2018-06-17|language=pt-PT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606173346/https://www.dnoticias.pt/madeira/cerca-de-300-pessoas-participaram-na-1--marcha-do-orgulho-lgbti-do-funchal-CC2141598|archive-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AVfm |date=2023-08-01 |title=Marcha do Orgulho LGBTQIA+ passou pela CMO e terminou com Arraial na Casa do Povo |url=https://radioavfm.net/marcha-do-orgulho-lgbtqia-passou-pela-cmo-e-terminou-com-arraial-na-casa-do-povo/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Rádio AVfm |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Braga já tem data para sair do armário em 2023 |url=https://dezanove.pt/direitos-lgbtqiap-braga-ja-tem-data-1789181 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=dezanove.pt |date=November 4, 2022 }}</ref>

====Russia====
[[File:MoscowPride2008-1.jpg|thumb|right|Moscow Pride protest in 2008]]
Prides in Russia are generally banned by city authorities in [[St. Petersburg]] and Moscow, due to opposition from politicians and religious leaders.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} Moscow Mayor [[Yuri Luzhkov]] has described the proposed [[Moscow Pride]] as "satanic".<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6310883.stm |title=''Moscow bans 'satanic' gay parade'' |work=BBC News |date=2007-01-29 |access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> Attempted parades have led to clashes between protesters and counter-protesters, with the police acting to keep the two apart and disperse participants. In 2007 British activist [[Peter Tatchell]] was physically assaulted.<ref name=SMH>[https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/28/1180205111009.html?from=top5 Sidney Morning Herald]. Smh.com.au (May 28, 2007). Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref> This was not the case in the high-profile attempted march in May 2009, during the Eurovision Song Contest. In this instance the police played an active role in arresting pride marchers. The [[European Court of Human Rights]] has ruled that Russia has until January 20, 2010, to respond to cases of pride parades being banned in 2006, 2007 and 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091013020214/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/09/Oct/0702.htm European Court of Human Rights Gives Russia Four Months to Answer Moscow Gay Prides Bans: Strasbourg Court decision could be announced before fifth Moscow Pride next year] October 7, 2009 UK Gay News via GayRussia.ru.</ref> 

In June 2012, Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on pride parades.<ref>{{cite news |title=Not The Onion: Moscow Bans Gay Pride for Next 100 years |first=Steve |last=Clemons |author-link=Steven Clemons |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/not-the-onion-moscow-bans-gay-pride-for-next-100-years/258296/ |newspaper=[[The Atlantic]] |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref>

====Serbia====
{{Further|Belgrade Pride}}

=====Belgrade Pride=====
[[File:Belgrade pride 2010-09.jpg|thumb|right|[[Belgrade Pride]] parade in Belgrade in 2010]]
Belgrade Pride is an annual LGBTQ+ pride parade and festival held in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the most prominent LGBTQ+ event in Serbia and has a history marked by both struggle and progress.

The first attempt to hold a Belgrade Pride march in 2001 was met with violence from opponents, and subsequent attempts faced government bans and clashes with extremists. In 2014, a turning point was reached when the first major, peaceful Pride march took place with significant police protection.<ref name="vreme1">{{cite web | url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=291455 | title=Čistota Otačestva | publisher=[[Vreme]] | work=Majdun Zoran | date=July 5, 2001 | access-date=February 21, 2012 | language=sr | archive-date=August 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811082236/http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=291455 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="vreme2">{{cite web | url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=291456 | title=Mržnja na mreži, batine na ulici | publisher=[[Vreme]] | date=July 5, 2001 | access-date=February 21, 2012 | language=sr | archive-date=August 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811033440/http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=291456 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 2014, Belgrade Pride has become a more regular and peaceful event, with growing participation. In 2023, Belgrade Pride saw its largest ever turnout, marking a significant step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makogon |first=Kateryna |date=2023-08-17 |title=Belgrade Pride is growing, yet their demands remain unheard |url=https://crd.org/2023/08/17/belgrade-pride-is-growing-yet-their-demands-remain-unheard/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Civil Rights Defenders |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022, Belgrade hosted EuroPride. The Government of Serbia banned the Pride march due to the potential risk for its participants shown by protests by extremist ultra-right-wing organizations. Despite the ban, the EuroPride march happened and approximately 10 000 people walked the shortened march route. Minor incidents happened during the parade walk, orchestrated by opponents of Europride.<ref name="EuroPride">{{cite web |url=https://www.epoa.eu/europride/europride-2022/ |title=EuroPride 2022 Belgrade |date=n.d. |publisher=EuroPride 2022 Belgrade |accessdate=23 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="EuroPride EWB">{{cite web |url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2022/08/05/its-time-for-europride-in-belgrade/ |author=Goran Miletić |title=It's time for EuroPride in Belgrade |date=5 August 2022 |publisher=[[European Western Balkans]] |accessdate=11 August 2022}}</ref>

====Slovenia====
Although first LGBTQ festival in [[Slovenia]] dates to 1984, namely the Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the first pride parade was only organized in 2001 after a gay couple was asked to leave a [[Ljubljana]] café for being homosexual.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-08-03 |title=History Of Pride In Slovenia |url=https://www.thewanderlustherald.com/society/history-of-pride-in-slovenia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308204146/https://www.thewanderlustherald.com/society/history-of-pride-in-slovenia/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=The Wanderlust Herald |language=en-GB}}</ref> Ljubljana pride is traditionally supported by the mayor of Ljubljana and left-wing politicians.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=The Team of Maribor Pride — Maribor Youth Cultural Center, Slovenia |url=https://alturi.org/feature_items/the-team-of-maribor-pride-maribor-youth-cultural-center-slovenia/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Alturi |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530004126/https://alturi.org/feature_items/the-team-of-maribor-pride-maribor-youth-cultural-center-slovenia/|archive-date=May 30, 2023}}</ref>

On June 30, 2019, Maribor held their first pride parade which was largely supported by several embassy ambassadors and other organizations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maribor Holds First Pride Parade |url=https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/lifestyle/4010-maribor-holds-first-pride-parade |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.total-slovenia-news.com |language=en-gb|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213122718/https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/lifestyle/4010-maribor-holds-first-pride-parade|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

====Spain====
[[1977 Barcelona gay pride demonstration|Spain's first pride parade]] was held in [[Barcelona]] on 26 June 1977, but was violently repressed by police, as official attitudes towards the LGBT community had not yet changed much since [[Francisco Franco|Franco's]] death in 1975.<ref>{{cite news
	| url = https://elpais.com/diario/1977/06/28/sociedad/236296811_850215.html
	| title = Manifestación en el "Día del orgullo homosexual"
	| last = Quinta
	| first = Alfons
	| date = 27 June 1977
	| newspaper = El País
	| access-date = 14 June 2024
	| quote = De cuatro a 5.000 personas -entre homosexuales y simpatizantes- se manifestaron en la tarde del domingo por las Ramblas barcelonesas, con motivo de la celebración del día internacional del Orgullo Homosexual.
}}</ref> However, ''Orgull de Barcelona'' ("Barcelona Pride") is nowadays a yearly event, and local politicians attend. The 2022 gathering drew a crowd of some 90,000.<ref>{{cite web
	| url = https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2022-06-26/barcelona-la-capital-bollomami.html
	| title = Barcelona, la capital 'bollomami'
	| last = Baquero
	| first = Camilo S.
	| date = 26 June 2022
	| website = elpais.com
	| publisher = El País
	| access-date = 14 June 2024
	| quote = Bajo el lema “Lesbianas visibles y poderosas”, miles de personas desfilaron este domingo por la avenida del Paralelo, entre las Tres Xemeneies y la plaza de Espanya...
}}</ref>

[[File:Europride 2007 Madrid.JPG|thumb|More than 500,000 people attended the Europride 2007 pride parade in [[Madrid]]]]
Madrid Pride Parade, known as ''Fiesta del Orgullo Gay'' (or simply ''Fiesta del Orgullo''), ''Manifestación Estatal del Orgullo LGTB'' and ''Día del Orgullo Gay'' (or simply ''Día del Orgullo''), is held the first Saturday after June 28<ref name="López2015">{{cite book|author=Enrique Ávila López|title=Modern Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjkVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|date=7 December 2015|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-601-2|pages=399–}}</ref> since 1979.<ref name="Spain decriminalized '79">{{cite news|title=Where is it illegal to be gay?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595|work=BBC|date=February 10, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522193241/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595|archive-date=May 22, 2023}}</ref>

The event is organised by [[COGAM]] (Madrid GLTB Collective) and [[Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales|FELGTBI+]] (Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersex, and more) and supported by other national and international LGTB groups. The first Gay Pride Parade in Madrid was held in June 1979 nearly four years after the death of Spain's dictator [[Francisco Franco]], with the gradual arrival of democracy and the de-criminalization of homosexuality. Since then, dozens of companies like [[Microsoft]], [[Google]] and [[Schweppes]] and several political parties and trade unions, including [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|PODEMOS]], [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]], [[Union, Progress and Democracy]], [[CCOO]] and [[Unión General de Trabajadores|UGT]] have been sponsoring and supporting the parade. Madrid Pride Parade is the biggest gay demonstration in Europe, with more than 1.5 million attendees in 2009, according to the [[Spanish government]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2007, [[Europride]], the European Pride Parade, took place in [[Madrid]]. About 2.5 million people attended more than 300 events over one week in the Spanish capital to celebrate Spain as the country with the most developed LGBT rights in the world. Independent media estimated that more than 200,000 visitors came from foreign countries to join in the festivities. Madrid gay district [[Chueca, Madrid|Chueca]], the biggest gay district in Europe, was the centre of the celebrations. The event was supported by the city, regional and national government and private sector which also ensured that the event was financially successful. [[Barcelona]], [[Valencia]] and [[Seville]] hold also local Pride Parades. In 2008 [[Barcelona]] hosted the [[EuroGames]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=EGLSF |date=2008-07-28 |title=Barcelona 2008: EuroGames 2008 concluded |url=https://www.eglsf.info/news/barcelona-2008-eurogames-2008-concluded/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=EGLSF.info |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2014, Winter Pride Maspalomas was held for the first time at [[Maspalomas]], Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, one of one Europe's most popular LGTB tourist destinations. Within a few years of its existence, Winter Pride Maspalomas became a major Pride celebration within Spain and Europe. During its 6th edition in November 2019, the Pride Walk LGBT equal rights march had over 18,000 international visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20191204/472058971346/la-sexta-edicion-del-winter-pride-maspalomas-duplico-los-asistentes.html|title=La sexta edición del Winter Pride Maspalomas duplicó los asistentes|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=2019-12-09|language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213122737/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20191204/472058971346/la-sexta-edicion-del-winter-pride-maspalomas-duplico-los-asistentes.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 2017, Madrid hosted the [[WorldPride]]. It would be the first time WorldPride was celebrated in a Spanish city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/worldpride/ | title=Madrid WorldPride 2017 | date=2016-11-23 | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819062934/http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/worldpride/ | archive-date=August 19, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Spain 2017">{{cite news |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/party-security-madrid-gears-worldpride-march-024249481.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANABGRnDQzZMuIuQ5vxZtLIQ0_JlC2_YQTCrKatWf1hcLBokZqOBn3zWeNEbFhz1RFt8bkDbrCl2GU0Ca-Ab5EpVMW5iyOkrO4zlSvq0M3eLIJevrfSSnaF2CTlrcH6Lo4BgzbCej_cqAbYlfkz6Obq0mRpJiz_4c_CBOq70Yo5X |last1=Boutreux |first1=Laurence |title=Party and security: Madrid gears up for WorldPride march |agency=Associated Press |via=Yahoo! News |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=March 4, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="Mr Gay Pride Spain">{{cite web|title=Mr Gay Pride Grand Final|url=http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/agenda/eventos/madrid/mrgay_pride_granfinal.html|website=Spain info|publisher=Spain government|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328195655/http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/agenda/eventos/madrid/mrgay_pride_granfinal.html|archive-date=March 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mr Gay Pride 10th anniversary|url=http://mrgaypride.es/|website=Mr Gay Pride}}</ref>

====Sweden====
The [[Stockholm Pride]], sometimes styled as ''STHLM Pride'', is the biggest annual Pride event in the Nordic countries with over 60,000 participants early and 600,000 people following the parade. The Stockholm Pride is notable for several officials such as the [[Swedish Police Authority]] and [[Swedish Armed Forces]] having their own entities in the parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/stockholm-pride-swedens-armed-forces-lace-up-their-military-boots-with-color/|title=Stockholm Pride: Sweden's Armed Forces Lace Up Their Military Boots With Color|date=2017-08-04|access-date=2021-06-02|website=The Culture Trip|last=Lembke|first=Judi}}</ref>

[[File:Europride parade Stockholm 2018 718.jpg|thumb|[[EuroPride]] parade in Stockholm, Sweden, 2018]]

Several Swedish cities have their own Pride festivals, most notably [[Gothenburg]] and [[Malmö]]. In 2018, Stockholm Pride and Gothenburg West Pride, co-hosted the 25th annual [[EuroPride]] parade.<ref>{{cite web|title=EuroPride 2018 – Stockholm & Gothenburg|url=http://epoa.eu/europride/europride-2018-sweden/|website=European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA)|date=2018|access-date=10 July 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140611/http://epoa.eu/europride/europride-2018-sweden/}}</ref>

====Turkey====
[[File:Gay pride Istanbul at Taksim Square.jpg|thumb|Istanbul LGBT pride parade in 2011, [[Taksim Square]], Istanbul]]

Turkey was the first Muslim-majority country in which a gay pride march was held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pride.yahoo.com/2010/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213161714/http://pride.yahoo.com/2010/|url-status=dead|title=Yahoo Pride|archivedate=February 13, 2012}}</ref> Gay pride march in [[Istanbul]] started with 30 people in 2003. Similar pride marches were being held each year in other cities including [[Ankara]] (since 2008), [[İzmir]] and [[Antalya]] (since 2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=14410 |title=İzmir'de İlk Onur Yürüyüşünde Sokaklar Doldu Taştı &#124; Kaos GL Gey Lezbiyen Biseksüel Trans Eşcinsel Haber Portalı |publisher=Kaosgl.com |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110125712/http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=14410 |archive-date=November 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siyahpembe.org/index.php/antalya-ve-izmir-onur-haftasini-yuruyusle-selamlayacak/ |access-date=July 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701210325/http://www.siyahpembe.org/index.php/antalya-ve-izmir-onur-haftasini-yuruyusle-selamlayacak/ |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |title=Antalya ve İzmir, Onur Haftası'nı Yürüyüşle Selamlayacak |date=June 29, 2013 }}</ref> In Istanbul, the numbers have increased each year, reaching roughly 15,000 people by 2011. The 2014 pride attracted more than 100,000 people, therefore making Gay Pride Istanbul the biggest march of its kind in the Muslim World. The [[European Union]] praised Turkey that the parade went ahead without disruption.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2013/package/brochures/turkey_2013.pdf |title=Turkey 2013 |access-date=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115052535/http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2013/package/brochures/turkey_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/21696299/__Gay_Pride_in_Istanbul_groot_succes__.html |title=Gay Pride in Istanbul groot succes – Nieuws &#124; Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws met Telegraaf.nl [tv&#93; |publisher=Telegraaf.nl |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728210152/http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/21696299/__Gay_Pride_in_Istanbul_groot_succes__.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Politicians of the biggest opposition party, [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] and another opposition party, [[Peace and Democracy Party|BDP]] also lent their support to the demonstration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25227029/ |title=İstiklal Caddesi 10 bin renk! – Genel |publisher=ntvmsnbc.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095803/http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25227029/ }}</ref> 

The pride march in Istanbul does not receive any support of the municipality or the government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=istanbul-becoming-proud-of-pride-week-2011-06-19 |title=ARTS-CULTURE – Istanbul becoming proud of Pride Week |publisher=Hurriyetdailynews.com |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051211/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=istanbul-becoming-proud-of-pride-week-2011-06-19 }}</ref> For more than a decade, the march along with similar parades in Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Mersin and others proceeded without major incidents or violence. This stood in sharp contrast to the violent disruptions and bloody confrontations in countries like [[LGBTQ rights in Bulgaria#Pride parades|Bulgaria]], [[Zagreb Pride#History|Croatia]], [[Belgrade anti-gay riot|Serbia]], [[LGBTQ rights in Slovakia#Living conditions|Slovakia]], [[LGBTQ rights in Ukraine#Pride parades and rallies|Ukraine]], and [[Moscow Pride|Russia]]. However, since 2015, the Turkish government has banned the parades, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/turkey-rights-gay-pride-idINKCN0P80O420150628 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102335/http://in.reuters.com/article/turkey-rights-gay-pride-idINKCN0P80O420150628 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |title=Turkish police use water cannon to disperse gay pride parade - by Mehmet, Caliskan and Yesmin Dikmen|agency=in.reuters.com |date= 28 June 2015|access-date=2015-06-28|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> In 2016, the pride march was banned by the [[Governor of İstanbul|Istanbul Governor's Office]] "for the safety of our citizens, first and foremost the participants'."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/25/turkish-police-break-up-gay-pride-protest-in-istanbul Turkish police break up gay pride protest in Istanbul], ''The Guardian''([https://web.archive.org/web/20230517170911/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/25/turkish-police-break-up-gay-pride-protest-in-istanbul Archive])</ref> 

In 2019, for the fifth consecutive year the Istanbul Governor's Office yet again banned the LGBTQ Pride Parade, citing security concerns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/pride-march/authorities-block-pride-march-second-istanbul-location|title=Authorities block Pride March in second Istanbul location|website=Ahval|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912115725/https://ahvalnews.com/pride-march/authorities-block-pride-march-second-istanbul-location|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 29 June, hundreds of people defied the ban, they were met with tear gas and water cannon from the police. Activists continue to organize Pride events in defiance of the bans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bianet.org/haber/police-attack-with-shields-pepper-gas-after-pride-parade-statement-read-209921|title=Police Attack with Shields, Pepper Gas After Pride Parade Statement Read|website=bianet.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/5617924/istanbul-police-turkey-lgbt-pride-tear-gas/|title=&#124; Time|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702235421/https://time.com/5617924/istanbul-police-turkey-lgbt-pride-tear-gas/|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/istanbul-police-use-tear-gas-to-disperse-gay-pride-march/a-49421078|title=Istanbul police use tear gas to disperse gay pride march &#124; DW &#124; 30.06.2019|website=DW.COM}}</ref>

On 10 June 2018, the 6th [[İzmir Pride]] was held. Around 50,000 people participated at the Pride.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bianet.org/english/lgbti/198048-6th-izmir-pride-parade-we-ll-walk-up-to-fear |title=6th İzmir Pride Parade: 'We'll Walk Up to Fear'|publisher= bianet.org |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>

====Northern Cyprus====
The annual pride parade has been held in [[North Nicosia]] without incidents since 2014. In 2024, Mayor&nbsp;[[Mehmet Harmanci]] participated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=North holds LGBT pride parade |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/05/17/north-holds-lgbt-pride-parade/ |access-date= |website=cyprus-mail.com |language=en}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
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There are five main pride events in the UK LGBT pride calendar: [[London Community Pride|London]], [[Brighton Pride|Brighton]], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester Pride|Manchester]], and [[Birmingham Pride|Birmingham]] being the largest and are the cities with the biggest gay populations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-21 |title=Top Five Pride Experiences in Britain for 2023 |url=https://www.visitbritain.com/gb/en/media/story-ideas/top-five-pride-experiences-britain-2023-0 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=VisitBritain |language=en-gb}}</ref>

[[Pride in London]] is one of the biggest in Europe and takes place on the final Saturday in June or first Saturday in July each year.  London also hosted a Black Pride in August and Soho Pride or a similar event every September. During the early-1980s, there was a women-only Lesbian Strength march held each year a week before the Gay Pride march. 2012 saw [[World Pride]] coming to London.<ref>Prynn, Jonathan. (17 December 2024). [https://www.standard.co.uk/business/outernet-worldpride-bid-london-lgbtq-b1200422.html 'Outernet boss to co-chair London's bid for WorldPride in 2030']. ''[[Evening Standard]]''.</ref>

Starting in 2017, there is a Pride parade for the city's [[Black British people|black]] community that takes place the day after the main Pride parade, at the [[Vauxhall Gardens]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Baggs |first=Michael |date=6 July 2018 |title=Black Pride: Why we need an event to celebrate being black and gay |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44725126 |work=BBC News |access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref>  In February 2018, the charity [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]] announced that they would support Black Pride instead of the main Pride parade.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/blog/stonewalls-attendance-at-pride-events-in-2018 |title=Stonewall's attendance at Pride events in 2018 |date=21 February 2018 |access-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707230605/https://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/blog/stonewalls-attendance-at-pride-events-in-2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 5 July 2025, the Pride in London parade was carried out from Hyde Park Corner to its destination in Whitehall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-05 |title=Pride in London2025: Thousands line streets to watch parade |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d0rlp58k5o |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

[[Brighton Pride]] is held on the first Saturday of August (apart from in 2012 when the event was moved to September due to the 2012 Olympics). The event starts from the seafront and culminating at [[Preston Park, Brighton|Preston Park]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=J |title=Parade Route For 2019 |url=https://www.brighton-pride.org/parade-route-for-2019/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Brighton & Hove Pride |language=en-GB |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629213219/https://www.brighton-pride.org/parade-route-for-2019/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Liverpool Pride]] was launched in 2010, but by 2011 it became the largest free Gay Pride festival in the United Kingdom outside London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gayradiouk.com |title=Liverpool Pride 2012 |publisher=Gaydar Radio |date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909030739/http://www.gayradiouk.com/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dean Booth |url=http://outoncampus.org/uk/events/878/liverpool-pride-2012 |title=Liverpool Pride 2012 |date=May 24, 2012 |publisher=Out on Campus |access-date=2012-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529065119/http://outoncampus.org/uk/events/878/liverpool-pride-2012 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jonathon Gilbert |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/04/07/liverpool-pride-expected-to-bring-30-000-people-to-city-for-august-festival-100252-28475192 |title=Liverpool Pride expected to bring 30,000 people to city for August festival |date=April 7, 2011 |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=2012-05-30}}</ref> ([[LGBTQ culture in Liverpool|Liverpool's LGBTQ]] population was 94,000 by mid-2009 according to the North West Regional Development Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.vsnw.org.uk/files/Publications/Final_report_Jan_2012.pdf |title= Voluntary Sector North West - Archives}})</ref>

[[Manchester Pride]] has been running since 1985 and centres around the famous [[Canal Street (Manchester)|Canal Street]]. It is traditionally a four-day celebration held over the [[Public holidays in the United Kingdom|August bank holiday]] weekend.

[[Birmingham Pride]] usually takes place during the final Spring bank holiday weekend in May, and focuses on the [[Birmingham Gay Village]] area of the city, with upwards of 70,000 people in attendance annually.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birmingham Pride - Visit Birmingham |url=https://visitbirmingham.com/event/birmingham-pride/132458101/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=visitbirmingham.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

Pride events also happen in most other major cities such as [[Pride Cymru]] in [[Cardiff]] and events in [[Belfast]], [[Bristol Pride|Bristol]], [[Pride Scotia|Edinburgh]], [[Pride Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[Pride in Hull|Hull]], [[Leeds Pride|Leeds]], [[Leicester Pride|Leicester]], [[Northern Pride (festival)|Newcastle]], [[Nottingham Pride|Nottingham]] and Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK & Ireland Gay Pride Events Calendar 2022 |url=https://gayprideshop.co.uk/pages/uk-gay-pride-calendar-2022 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=www.gayprideshop.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025 the [[Christian Institute]] was planning a judicial review of [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|civil service]] staff participation in Pride events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christian campaigners launch legal action to ban civil servants from Pride events and rainbow lanyards |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-institute-civil-service-pride-ban-lanyards-b2810866.html |access-date=25 August 2025 |publisher=Independent |date=20 August 2025}}</ref>

===North America===
====Barbados====
{{Further|LGBTQ rights in Barbados}}
The island nation held its first pride parade in July 2018. It attracted a diverse group, which included members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, allies of the community, tourists and at least one member of the local clergy who came out strongly in support of the LGBT movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/07/23/pride-march-organizers-pleased-with-the-outcome/|title='Pride march' organizers pleased with the outcome|date=2018-07-24|website=Barbados Today|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231043112/https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/07/23/pride-march-organizers-pleased-with-the-outcome/}}</ref>

====Canada====
=====Montreal=====
{{Main|Fierté Montréal}}

[[File:DEA18 0819 Pride 8803A.jpg|thumb|[[Montreal]] Pride Parade in 2018.]]
[[Fierté Montréal|Montreal Pride Parade]], is held in mid-August and has taken place every year since 1979, when a group of 200 people commemorated New York City's 1969 [[Stonewall Riots]] with ''"Gairilla"'', a precursor to Montreal's gay pride parade celebrations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://montreal.about.com/od/montrealevents/a/pride_montreal_parade_defile_de_la_fierte_gai_celebrations.htm |title=Pride Montreal 2013 – Gay Pride Montreal 2013 Parade – Défilé de la fierté gai Celebrations |publisher=Montreal.about.com |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812051112/http://montreal.about.com/od/montrealevents/a/pride_montreal_parade_defile_de_la_fierte_gai_celebrations.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The LGBTQ+ festivities take place over eleven days, with events centered around the [[Gay Village, Montreal|Gay Village]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://fiertemtl.com/en/about-us/history/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Fierté Montréal|language=en-US}}</ref>

In May 2023, Montreal Pride launched a comprehensive rebrand of its website and logo, meant to signal that the non-profit had moved on from the last-minute cancellation of the 2022 parade, which was cancelled due to a lack of organization.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevenson |first=Verity |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Disorganization and a misunderstanding led to cancelling of Montreal Pride parade: report |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/report-pride-parade-cancellation-1.6607024 |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>

Montreal Pride has hired 200 additional employees with event planning experience to ensure the August 13, 2023 parade is well-organized and prepared for the 100,000 expected attendees.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stevenson |first1=Verity |last2=Oduro |first2=Kwabena |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Montreal Pride launches rebrand, says it's confident parade will go on as planned this year |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pride-confident-parade-1.6848006 |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>

=====Ottawa=====
{{Main|Capital Pride (Ottawa)}}

[[File:Parade2007.jpg|thumb|Parade marchers passing the [[Canadian Parliament Buildings]] during the Ottawa Capital Pride parade on August 26, 2007.]]
[[Capital Pride (Ottawa)|Ottawa Pride Parade]], inaugurated in 1989, is an annual LGBT pride event spanning Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, and its neighbour Gatineau, Quebec. Over the years, this event has significantly grown and is now a prominent fixture held on the fourth Sunday of August.<ref>{{cite web|title='Absolutely spectacular': Capital Pride celebrates largest ever Pride Parade|date=August 28, 2022 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/absolutely-spectacular-capital-pride-celebrates-largest-ever-pride-parade/|publisher=CTV News Ottawa. Published August 28, 2022|access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Rainbows, sunshine and serious conversations mark Capital Pride parade|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/rainbows-sunshine-and-serious-conversations-mark-capital-pride-parade|publisher=Ottawa Citizen. Published August 27, 2023|access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>

Ottawa's inaugural Pride Parade took place on Sunday, June 18, 1989,<ref>{{Cite news |date=Aug 20, 2016 |title=Ottawa holds 1st Pride parade in 1989 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-pride-parade-first-1989-archives-1.3728027 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> initially occurring annually in June until 1994 when it was rescheduled to July. In 2005, the Pride Festival moved from Bank Street back to Festival Plaza due to the high costs and outstanding debts of the Pride Committee. Consequently, the festival's dates were shifted from July to August, aligning with constraints at Festival Plaza. This scheduling adjustment is the reason why Ottawa's Pride Parade is held on the fourth Sunday of August each year.<ref>{{cite web|title= Students' centre takes Pride before tackling phobias|url=https://archive.org/details/thecharleton35carl/page/42/mode/2up|publisher=The Charlatan 2005-06, Carleton University website. Published August 25, 2005|access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>

=====Toronto=====
{{Main|Pride Toronto}}

[[Image:Pride2006 049.jpg|thumb|right|Toronto: Several City Councillors taking part in the 2006 Pride Parade.]]
Toronto's pride parade has been held yearly or every June since 1981; the first pride parade in Toronto was held in June 1981. In 2003, its activists helped score a major victory when the Ontario Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling which made same-sex marriage legal in Ontario, the first jurisdiction in North America to do so.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-men-wed-following-court-ruling-1.366432 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017080259/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2003/06/10/ont_samesex030610.html | url-status=live | archive-date=October 17, 2006 | work=CBC News | title=Ontario men wed following court ruling | date=June 13, 2003}}</ref> By this time the Toronto Pride Week Festival had been running for twenty-three years. It is also one of the largest, attracting around 1.3 million people in 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/world-pride-celebration-coming-to-town-in-2014/article1328774/| title=World Pride celebration coming to town in 2014| date=October 19, 2009| location=Toronto| work=The Globe and Mail| access-date=September 8, 2017| archive-date=August 19, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819064655/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/world-pride-celebration-coming-to-town-in-2014/article1328774/}}</ref> The 38th pride parade in Toronto was held on June 24, 2018. Toronto hosted [[WorldPride]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-06-29|title=Rainbow of revellers in Toronto WorldPride parade|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/rainbow-of-revellers-in-toronto-worldpride-parade/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=CTVNews|language=en}}</ref>

=====Vancouver=====
{{Main|Vancouver Pride Parade}}

[[File:Justin Trudeau at the Vancouver Pride Parade - 2018 (42968601755).jpg|thumb|Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] and Vancouver Mayor [[Gregor Robertson (politician)|Gregor Robertson]] at the 2018 Pride Parade.]]
[[Vancouver Pride Festival|Vancouver's Pride Parade]] takes place each year during the August long weekend ([[Civic Holiday|BC Day]] falls on the first Monday of August in the province of British Columbia). The parade takes place in the downtown core with over 150 floats moving along Robson Street, Denman Street and along Davie Street. The parade has a crowd of over 150,000 attendees with well over half a million in attendance for the August 4, 2013 Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tam |first=Christine |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/761407/vancouver-pride-parade-brightens-up-vancouver/ |title=Hundreds of thousands shine bright at Vancouver Pride Parade – BC |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=August 4, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |title=Vancouver Pride Parade expected to draw record crowd – News – MSN CA |publisher=News.ca.msn.com |date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |archive-date=August 6, 2013 }}</ref> New for 2013 are the permanently painted rainbow crosswalks in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood at Davie and Bute streets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lupick |first=Travis |url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/405246/photos-vancouver-loves-its-new-rainbow-crosswalks |title=Photos: Vancouver loves its new rainbow crosswalks &#124; Georgia Straight |publisher=Straight.com |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref> The city of [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], in the [[Metro Vancouver]] area also hosts a Pride Festival, though on a much smaller scale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |title=Surrey Pride Festival July 7 at Holland Park |publisher=Surrey Leader |date=July 5, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025042757/http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html }}</ref>

=====Winnipeg=====
{{Main|Pride Winnipeg}}

[[File:Winnipeg-pride-parade-2023-06-04.png|thumb|right|'Walk Loud, Walk Proud' - Capturing the vibrant spirit of Winnipeg's Pride Parade on June 4, 2023.]]
[[Pride Winnipeg|Winnipeg's Pride Parade]] takes place annually over the course of several days and is one of the largest Pride events in central Canada with 10 days of community based events and activities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=CBC news |date=June 2, 2013 |title=Winnipeg Pride Parage draws crowds |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-pride-parade-draws-crowds-1.1302258 }}</ref> Winnipeg's first Pride event came about after the government voted in favour of including the provision of sexual orientation, under the prescribed provincial human rights code in 1987. The parade started as a march of celebration led by activists and supporters who gathered outside Manitoba's Legislative Assembly awaiting the announcement of the governments decision, when it was released, activists numbered around 250, including notable figures such as Albert McLeod and Connie Merasty who were active parts of community organizations advocating for human rights recognition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michelin |first=Ossie |date=2023-06-08 |title=After 30 years, Albert McLeod continues to blaze a trail for queer Indigenous people |url=https://broadview.org/two-spirit-albert-mcleod/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Broadview Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

On June 4, 2023, Winnipeg's Pride president Barry Karlenzig revealed that a record-breaking 10,000 people had registered to march. This marked the largest parade in the event's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=CBC news |date=June 4, 2023 |title=Thousands celebrate in sweltering heat at Winnipeg's biggest Pride parade |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-pride-parade-2023-1.6865265 }}</ref>

====Mexico====
[[File:EagleFloat2009MarchaDF.JPG|thumb|right|[[Float (parade)|Float]] with [[Eagle warrior|Aztec Eagle Warrior]] theme at 2009 [[Pride Parade|LGBT Pride Parade]] in Mexico City|alt=Gay-rights parade float with Aztec eagle-warrior theme]]
The first gay pride parade in [[Mexico]] occurred in [[Mexico City]] in 1979, and it was attended by over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |title=Mexico City Gay Pride/Orgullo LGBT Mexico City &#124; Gay Pride |publisher=Gaypedia.com |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907165254/http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Ever since, it has been held annually under different slogans, with the purpose of bringing visibility to sexual minorities, raising awareness about [[HIV/AIDS]], fighting homophobia, and advocating for LGBT rights, including the legalization of [[civil union]]s, [[same-sex marriage]]s, and [[LGBTQ adoption]]. In 2009, more than 350,000 people attended the gay pride march in [[Mexico City]]—100,000 more than the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |title=Festeja la Ciudad de México el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105215503/http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Guadalajara]] has also held their own [[Guadalajara Gay Pride]] every June since 1996, and it is the second largest gay pride parade in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |title=Guadalajara Has Vibrant Gay Scene &#124; Rainbow Tourism Gay & Lesbian Travel Blog – Inside Gay and Lesbian Travel |publisher=Gaytravel.in |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005952/http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Gay pride parades have also spread to the cities of [[León, Guanajuato]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |title=Periódico Express de Nayarit - Encabeza Le Naché, Marcha del Orgullo Gay en León, Gto |publisher=Periodicoexpress.com.mx |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625133301/http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |archive-date=June 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |title=Convocan a juntas para la 8 Marcha del Orgullo LGBT en Puebla |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311002816/http://www.anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |archive-date=March 11, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Tijuana]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |title=Se tiñe Tijuana de arco iris con el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813084050/http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Toluca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |title=Tendrá Toluca su Marcha del Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Cancún]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/690823.html |title=Realizan marcha del orgullo LGBTen Cancъn |newspaper=El Universal |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630175431/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/690823.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Acapulco]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |title=Realizan Marchas del Orgullo gay en Mérida y Acapulco |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113091944/http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=876 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104092147/http://notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=876 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |title=Anuncian Marcha del Orgullo gay en Mérida |publisher=Notiese.org |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref> [[Xalapa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |title=Realizan Sexta Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Xalapa |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904062755/http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Cuernavaca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |title=Celebran V Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Cuernavaca |publisher=Anodis |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Chihuahua, Chihuahua|Chihuahua]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |title=Omnia |publisher=Omnia |date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233630/http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |title=Matamoros holds first gay pride parade in Tamaulipas history: News |publisher=ValleyCentral.com |date=June 25, 2012 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702154437/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So }}</ref> [[Saltillo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |title=Anuncian marcha por el orgullo gay en Saltillo |publisher=Vanguardia.com.mx |date=May 19, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630032030/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html }}</ref> [[Mazatlan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |title=Hoteles &#124; Bienes Raices &#124; Paseos &#124; Restaurantes – Marcha Gay Mazatlan 2011 |publisher=Mazatlan Interactivo |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329090024/http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Los Cabos]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |title=Por quinta ocasión en Los Cabos se realiza Marcha del Orgullo Gay &#124; Noticias.Cabovision.TV – Las Noticias de Los Cabos en tu email. Videos, Editoriales y Reportajes Ecoturísticos |publisher=Noticias.Cabovision.TV |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221251/http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Puerto Vallarta]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaypv.mx/blog/2014/05/successful-gay-pride-parade-and-artistic-festival-in-puerto-vallarta/ |title=GayPV &#124; Successful Gay Pride Parade and Artistic Festival in Puerto Vallarta |publisher=[[Gay PV|Gaypv]].mx |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215734/http://gaypv.mx/blog/2014/05/successful-gay-pride-parade-and-artistic-festival-in-puerto-vallarta/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and [[Hermosillo]], among others.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Trinidad and Tobago====
{{Further|LGBTQ rights in Trinidad and Tobago}}
Trinidad and Tobago organised its first pride parade on 27 July 2018 at the Nelson Mandela Park in [[Port of Spain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2018/07/28/we-are-part-of-tt/|title=We are part of TT|date=2018-07-29|website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref> Expressing his opinion on the march, Roman Catholic Archbishop Rev. Jason Gordon said: "TT is a democracy and as such members of society have a right to protest whenever they believe their rights are not being upheld or violated. (The) LGBT+ community has several areas where there is legitimate concern and these have to be taken seriously by the country and by the government and people of TT.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/03/democracy-alive-and-well/|title=Democracy alive and well|date=2018-08-03|website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref> "

====United States====
The first pride parade was the [[Chicago Pride Parade]], which has been hosted annually since June 27, 1970. It also is the largest pride parade in Illinois. Pride parades would eventually be greater media visibility and participation in the 1990s, which led to US President Bill Clinton issuing Presidential Proclamation 7203, which declared June 1999 the first national Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayes |first=Suyin |date=June 26, 2020 |title=What's Changed—and What Hasn't—in 50 Years of Pride Parades |url=https://time.com/5858086/pride-parades-history/ |accessdate=November 20, 2022 |publisher=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 1999 |title=Proclamation 7203—Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, 1999 |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-7203-gay-and-lesbian-pride-month-1999 |accessdate=November 20, 2022 |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}</ref><ref name="people2" /><ref name="history" /> In 2015, the [[Stonewall Inn]] was declared a historic landmark by the [[City of New York]], which was then upgraded the next year by [[US President Barack Obama]] to a [[US national monument|national monument]].<ref name="people2" /><ref name="cnn" /><ref name="history" />

=====Rural & small-towns=====
[[File:First Pride March in Homer with dinosaur.jpg|alt=photo of Pride Parade in Homer, Alaska|thumb|First LGBTQ Pride Parade in [[Homer, Alaska]] ]]
Pride festivals, celebrations of LGBTQ+ identity and community, are often associated with major metropolitan areas. However, rural and small-town America has witnessed a flourishing of pride events in recent decades.   While the exact number is difficult to pinpoint due to varying levels of promotion, estimates suggest that nearly half of all pride celebrations in the United States take place in towns with fewer than 50,000 residents.<ref name="ruralpride">{{Cite web |title=14 LGBTQ+ Pride Celebrations Held in Rural or Small-Town America |url=https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/7/11/14-lgbtq-pride-celebrations-held-rural-or-small-town-america |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.advocate.com |language=en}}</ref> These rural pride festivals hold a special significance.  They provide a vital space for LGBTQ+ individuals in smaller communities to connect, celebrate their identities, and find acceptance.  In areas where isolation and discrimination can be more pronounced, pride festivals offer a sense of belonging and foster important social networks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publication Details: Small-Town Pride Celebrations Supporting Social Connectedness & Well-Being for LGBTQ+ Rural Residents - Rural Health Research Gateway |url=https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/publications/1501 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.ruralhealthresearch.org |language=en}}</ref>

Rural Pride festivals often possess a distinct character compared to their urban counterparts.  Events tend to be smaller in scale, fostering a closer-knit atmosphere. Local businesses and community organizations are frequently involved, lending the celebrations a personal touch.<ref name="ruralpride" /> Events may feature parades, drag performances, barbecues, potlucks, and line dancing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Erica Pearson Star |title='A total unicorn': How Pine City, Minn., became a pioneer in rural Pride |url=https://www.startribune.com/lgbtq-pride-pine-city-rural-gay-festival/600369820/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Jen Hamilton |date=2022-06-23 |title=Small Town, Big Pride: A Wave of LGBTQ Celebrations Comes to Central Texas |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-celebrations-central-texas/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}</ref>

The Borderland Pride parade is a distinctive rural Pride celebration originally held each year between [[International Falls, Minnesota]], and [[Fort Frances|Fort Frances, Ontario]], making it the only Pride march to cross an international border.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stern |first=Randy |date=2022-05-19 |title=Borderland Pride {{!}} Lavender Magazine |url=https://lavendermagazine.com/featured-home-page/borderland-pride/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> Participants began the event at Smokey Bear Park in International Falls, proceeded to the [[Canada Border Services Agency|Canadian Border Services Agency]], and concluded at Rainy Lake Square in Fort Frances with festivities featuring food and entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pride Parade 2024: Pride Has No Borders – R & J Broadcasting Inc. |url=https://rjbroadcasting.com/pride-parade-2024-pride-has-no-borders/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> However, the cross-border parade was discontinued in 2025 due to rising safety and anxiety concerns related to U.S. policies and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric under the Trump administration, which made many participants, especially [[Gender nonconformity|gender-diverse]] individuals, feel unsafe crossing the border. Since then, the event has taken place entirely within Fort Frances, Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hyatt |first=Kim |date=2025-06-06 |title=Canadian organizers cancel Pride march via International Falls to protest Trump |url=https://www.startribune.com/pride-march-from-international-falls-into-canada-canceled-in-protest-of-trump/601366064 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250610215359/https://www.startribune.com/pride-march-from-international-falls-into-canada-canceled-in-protest-of-trump/601366064 |archive-date=2025-06-10 |access-date=2025-12-19 |language=en}}</ref>

=====New York=====
{{See also|NYC Pride March}}
[[File:07.DykeMarch.NYC.25June2022 (52197487842).jpg|thumb|NYC [[Dyke March]], June 25, 2022]]The annual [[New York City Pride March]] began on June 28, 1970.<ref name="metcalf" /><ref name="them" /> The New York City Pride March rivals the [[Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade]] as the largest pride parade in the world, attracting tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June.<ref name="NYCWorld'sLargestPrideParade">{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/06/25/48th-nyc-pride-march/|title=Revelers Take To The Streets For 48th Annual NYC Pride March|publisher=CBS New York|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2017|quote=A sea of rainbows took over the Big Apple for the biggest pride parade in the world Sunday.}}</ref><ref name="NYCWorld'sMediaCapitalLargestPrideParade">{{cite web |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/05/first-nyc-pridefest-will-televised/ |title=ABC will broadcast New York's pride parade live for the first time |author=Dawn Ennis |publisher=LGBTQ Nation |date=May 24, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2018|quote=Never before has any TV station in the entertainment and news media capital of the world carried what organizer boast is the world's largest Pride parade live on TV.}}</ref>

On June 30, 2019, [[State of New York]] hosted the [[List of largest LGBTQ events|largest international LGBTQ pride celebration in history]], known as [[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-commemoration-50th-anniversary-stonewall-rebellion-2019|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rebellion in 2019|publisher=State of New York|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=November 4, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002637/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-commemoration-50th-anniversary-stonewall-rebellion-2019}}</ref> commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The twelve-hour parade included 150,000 pre-registered participants among 695 groups and an estimated five million visitors.<ref><nowiki><ref></nowiki>{{Cite web |last=Burnett |first=Richard |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Cost, corporatization: Fierté Montréal preps bid for 2023 WorldPride |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cost-corporatization-fierte-montreal-preps-bid-for-2023-worldpride |access-date=2019-07-10 |website=Montreal Gazette |language=en}}</ref>

On June 28, 2020, on the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the Queer Liberation March Protest in New York City clashed with [[New York Police Department]] officers. Police alleged that this feud started as a result of a participant vandalizing an NYPD vehicle. Participants claimed tensions began when police attempted to arrest one protester, leading to them beginning to arrest other protestors. Participants also claimed that police pepper sprayed them and used tear gas. [[GLAAD]] condemned the police's use of force, comparing it to the actions of police in the original Stonewall riots.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Rikki |last1=Reyna |first2=Dave |last2=Goldiner |first3=John |last3=Annese|title=Police clash with gay pride and BLM protesters in Manhattan on anniversary of Stonewall riots|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-protest-stonewall-police-clash-20200628-sj2iqf5yu5bg7l2emyodzmcef4-story.html|access-date=2020-06-29|website=nydailynews.com|date=June 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NYPD clashes with protesters during pride rally on anniversary of Stonewall riots|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/nypd-clashes-protesters-pride-rally-anniversary-stonewall-riots/story?id=71510651|access-date=2020-06-29|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>

=====Puerto Rico=====
{{Further|LGBTQ in Puerto Rico}}
There are two cities in the [[U.S. territory]] of [[Puerto Rico]] that celebrate pride parades/festivals. The first one began in June 1991 in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]; later in 2003, the city of [[Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico|Cabo Rojo]] started celebrating its own pride parade.<ref name="Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience">{{cite book|title=Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience|isbn = 9781610693998|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8r2aBQAAQBAJ&q=san+juan+1990+gay+pride+parade&pg=PA1159|last1 = Stewart|first1 = Chuck|date = December 16, 2014| publisher=Abc-Clio }}</ref> The pride parade in Cabo Rojo has become very popular and has received thousands of attendees in the last few years. San Juan Pride runs along Ashford Avenue in the Condado area (a popular tourist district), while Cabo Rojo Pride takes place in Boquerón.<ref name="Rock the Rainbow: An LGBT Guide to Puerto Rico">{{cite web|title= Rock the Rainbow: An LGBT Guide to Puerto Rico|date= January 30, 2017|url= https://traveler.marriott.com/puerto-rico/lgbt-travel-guide-puerto-rico/|publisher= Marriott Traveler|access-date= December 10, 2019|archive-date= May 17, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210517121429/https://traveler.marriott.com/puerto-rico/lgbt-travel-guide-puerto-rico/|url-status= dead}}</ref>

=====Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul)=====
{{Further|Twin Cities Pride}}
Twin Cities Pride is a nonprofit organization in Minnesota that holds an annual celebration each June focused on the LGBTQ+ community. The centerpiece is a multi-day festival held in Loring Park, Minneapolis, featuring local LGBTQ+ and BIPOC vendors, food stalls, a beer garden, and entertainment stages. There is also a block party spanning several days. The event draws up to 600,000 attendees<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twin Cities Pride |url=https://tcpride.org/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Renee |date=2024-06-29 |title=600,000 expected at 2024 Twin Cities Pride Festival |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/600000-expected-at-2024-twin-cities-pride-festival/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News |language=en-US}}</ref>

The most prominent event is the Ashley Rukes Pride Parade, named after the late parade organizer and transgender activist.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Duxter |first1=Adam |last2=Staff |first2=WCCO |date=2023-06-25 |title=Thousands attend 51st annual Twin Cities Pride Parade in downtown Minneapolis - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/thousands-expected-to-attend-twin-cities-pride-parade-in-downtown-minneapolis/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Held on the Sunday of Pride weekend, the parade winds its way down Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis, drawing crowds of more than 200,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Premo |first=Cole |date=2024-06-30 |title=Thousands attend 2024 Twin Cities Pride Parade in downtown Minneapolis - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/2024-twin-cities-pride-parade-kicks-off-sunday-with-thousands-expected-to-attend/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Oceania===

====Australia====
[[File:Sydney Mardi Gras 2006.jpg|thumb|Sydney's pride parade, [[Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras]], is one of the world's largest and is held at night]]
Australia's first pride marches were held during a national Gay Pride Week in September 1973 organised by gay liberation groups in Sydney,<ref name="gaypridesyd">{{cite web |url=http://www.takver.com/history/sydney/gay_pride1973.htm |title=Gay Pride 1973 - Gay Liberation hits the streets of Sydney|access-date=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="gayprideweek">{{cite web |author=Marcus Bunyan |url=https://artblart.com/2014/07/25/exhibition-out-of-the-closets-into-the-streets-gay-liberation-photography-1971-73-at-edmund-pearce-gallery-melbourne-video/ |title=Exhibition: 'Out of the closets, into the streets: gay liberation photography 1971-73' at Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne |date=25 July 2014 |website=Art Blart |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> Melbourne,<ref name="gayprideweek"/> Adelaide,<ref name="gayprideweek"/> and Brisbane.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]] is the largest Australian pride event and one of the largest in the world.<ref name="abc2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/08/2510295.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310083113/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/08/2510295.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2009 |title=Economic woes fail to rain on Mardi Gras parade |access-date=2009-06-17 |date=March 9, 2009 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref> The inaugural event was held on 24 June 1978, and was organised by the Gay Solidarity Group and was intended to be a street festival, one of three events as part of a Day of International Gay Solidarity, produced in response to a call from the organisers of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day, and highlighting local gay and lesbian rights issues. Following a police riot and assault at the end of the street festival, 53 were arrested; with over 120 more arrested at subsequent protests. The then Sydney Gay Mardi Gras subsequently became an annual event from 1979. The parade is held at night with ≈12,000 participants on and around elaborate floats.<ref name="abc2009"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mardigras.org.au/internal.cfm?sub=Parade&nav=Mardi%20Gras%202009 |title=Mardi Gras 2009 Parade |work=New Mardi Gras |publisher=mardigras.org.au |access-date=2009-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607201208/http://mardigras.org.au/internal.cfm?sub=Parade&nav=Mardi%20Gras%202009 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Brisbane's Pride March began in July 1990,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=David |date=2015-09-21 |title=Brisbane Pride Festival rally, parade and Fair Day makes history, achieves crowd attendance record |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/queensland-news/brisbane-pride-festival-rally-parade-and-fair-day-makes-history-achieves-crowd-attendence-record/140968 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> and is organised by Brisbane Pride. The March kicks off the [[Brisbane Pride Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=Queensland |url=https://australianpridenetwork.com.au/lgbtiq-festivals/queensland/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Australian Pride Network |language=en-US}}</ref>

Perth's Pride March was established in October 1990, by the newly formed WA Pride Collective (now WA Pride).<ref name="wapride">{{cite web |url=http://www.pridewa.com.au/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010082620/http://www.pridewa.com.au/|archive-date=October 10, 2012|title=WA Pride |access-date=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref>

Melbourne's Pride March, now part of the [[Midsumma Festival]] (1989–), was established in 1996.<ref name="midsumma">{{cite web |url=http://midsumma.org.au/midsumma-history |title=Midsumma History |access-date=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002919/http://midsumma.org.au/midsumma-history |archive-date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref>  The event sees over 5000 participating in the Parade, and 20,000 lining Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Adelaide's Pride March was established on an annual basis in 2003,<ref name="pridemarchadl">{{cite web |url=http://www.prideadelaide.org/history.html |title=Pride March Adelaide - History |access-date=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902041815/http://prideadelaide.org/history.html }}</ref> on the anniversary of their first Pride March in 1973. Since then, the [[Adelaide Pride March]] has opened the annual [[Feast Festival]].

====New Zealand====

Auckland's City [[Auckland Pride Festival]] holds its Pride March in February every year.<ref name="aklpride">{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandpridefestival.org.nz/ |title=Auckland Pride Festival |publisher=aucklandpridefestival.org.nz |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322014044/https://aucklandpridefestival.org.nz/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017 }}</ref> In 2018,  [[Jacinda Ardern]] became the first sitting New Zealand Prime Minister to walk in the Auckland Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/jacinda-ardern-becomes-first-prime-minister-walk-in-pride-parade|title=Jacinda Ardern becomes the first prime minister to walk in a Pride Parade|date=15 February 2018|newspaper=TVNZ}}</ref>

In March, Wellington also holds a pride parade during the Wellington Pride Festival.<ref name="wgnpride">{{cite web |url=https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz/ |title=Wellington Pride Festival |publisher=wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321170227/https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz/ |archive-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>

At Labour Weekend, October, Paekakariki holds its Pride Festival, A Rainbow in the Village, every year. It holds the unofficial title of having the World's Shortest Pride Parade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/97718432/paekkriki-about-to-get-its-queer-on-with-worlds-shortest-gay-pride-parade|title = Paekākāriki about to get its queer on with 'world's shortest' gay pride parade|newspaper = Stuff|date = October 10, 2017}}</ref>

Christchurch holds an annual Pride Festival and parade.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Tatiana |date=2022-06-17 |title='Celebrating who we are': Vibrant frocks and rainbow flags on show as Pride Week kicks off |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/129009036/celebrating-who-we-are-vibrant-frocks-and-rainbow-flags-on-show-as-pride-week-kicks-off |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

===South America===

====Argentina====
[[File:XXX Marcha del Orgullo LGBTIQ+ Buenos Aires – Argentina 04.jpg|thumb|Marcha del Orgullo (March of Pride) LGBTIQ+ [[Buenos Aires]]]]
[[Buenos Aires]] has held the [[March of Pride (Buenos Aires)|March of Pride]] since 1992.<ref>{{cite web|last=Destape|first=El|title=La convocatoria de la Marcha del Orgullo LGBTIQ exige la liberación de Milagro Sala|url=https://www.eldestapeweb.com/nota/la-convocatoria-de-la-marcha-del-orgullo-lgbtiq-exige-la-liberacion-de-milagro-sala-2016-11-26-17-14-0|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.eldestapeweb.com|date=November 26, 2016 |language=es}}</ref>
[[Córdoba, Argentina|Cordoba]]  has held pride parades since 2008, and [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]] since 2011. Argentina was one of the first countries in the [[Western Hemisphere]] to legalize [[gay marriage]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 15, 2010|title=Argentina becomes second nation in Americas to legalize gay marriage|work=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/argentina-becomes-second-nation-in-americas-to-legalize-gay-marriage/|access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref>


====Brazil====
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2012}}

[[File:Bandeira LGBT no Congresso Nacional.jpg|thumb| LGBT flag extended in the Parliament of [[Brazil]]]]
{{Main|LGBTQ rights in Brazil}}

The [[São Paulo Gay Pride Parade]] happens in [[Paulista Avenue]], in the city of [[São Paulo]], since 1997. The 2006 parade was named the biggest pride parade of the world at the time by ''[[Guinness World Records]]''; it typically rivals the [[New York City Pride March]] as the largest pride parade in the world.<ref name="NYCWorld'sLargestPrideParade"/> In 2010, the city hall of São Paulo invested R$1 million in the parade.

The Pride Parade is heavily supported by the federal government as well as by the Governor of São Paulo, the event counts with a solid security plan, many politicians show up to open the main event and the government not rarely parades with a float with politicians on top of it. In the Pride the city usually receives about 400,000 tourists and moves between R$180 million and R$190 million.

The Pride and its associated events are organized by the ''Associação da Parada do Orgulho de Gays, Lésbicas, Bissexuais e Travestis e Transsexuais'', since its foundation in 1999. The march is the event's main activity and the one that draws the biggest attention to the press, the Brazilian authorities, and the hundreds of thousands of curious people that line themselves along the parade's route. In 2009, 3.2 million people attended the 13th annual Gay Pride Parade.

The second biggest Pride Parade in Brazil is [[Rio de Janeiro]] Gay Pride Parade, numbering about 2 million people, traditionally taking place in [[Zona Sul]] or Rio's most affluent neighborhoods between the city center and the world-famous oceanic beaches, which usually happens in the second part of the year, when it is winter or spring in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], generally characterizing milder weather for Rio de Janeiro (about 15[[Celsius|°C]] in difference), except for occasional stormy cold fronts. The Rio de Janeiro Gay Pride Parade and its associated events are organized by the NGO Arco-Íris ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''rainbow''). The group is one of the founders of the [[Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis, Transexuais e Intersexos]] (Brazilian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites (this word used as a synonym for transgender persons in Brazil) and Transsexuals and Intersex people). Other Pride Parades which happen in [[Greater Rio de Janeiro]] take place in [[Niterói]], Rio de Janeiro's ex-capital in the times when Rio was the Brazilian capital and a separated [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]], and [[Nova Iguaçu]], where about 800,000 persons live and is located in the center of [[Baixada Fluminense]], which compose all northern suburban cities of Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area numbering 3.5 million people.

Other [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeastern Brazilian]] parades are held in [[Cabo Frio]] ([[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]]), [[Campinas]] ([[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]), [[Vitória, Espírito Santo|Vitória]] (capital of [[Espírito Santo]]), and [[Belo Horizonte]] and [[Uberaba]] ([[Minas Gerais]]). [[South Region, Brazil|Southern Brazilian]] parades take place in [[Curitiba]], [[Londrina]], [[Florianópolis]], [[Porto Alegre]] and [[Pelotas]], and [[Center-West Region, Brazil|Center-Western]] ones happen in [[Campo Grande]], [[Cuiabá]], [[Goiânia]] and [[Brasília]]. Across [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeastern Brazil]], they are present in all capitals, namely, in [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Aracaju]], [[Maceió]], [[Recife]], [[João Pessoa, Paraíba|João Pessoa]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Fortaleza]], [[Teresina]] and [[São Luís, Maranhão|São Luís]], and also in [[Ceará]]'s [[Sertão|hinterland]] major urban center, [[Juazeiro do Norte]]. [[North Region, Brazil|Northern Brazilian]] parades are those from [[Belém]], [[Macapá]], [[Boa Vista, Roraima|Boa Vista]] and [[Manaus]].

====Chile====
[[File:Marcha gay en Santiago de Chile, 2009.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pride parade in front of [[Palace of La Moneda]], in Santiago in 2009]]
Since 2006, pride events have been held each year, concentrated  mainly in [[Santiago]]. In its first version the event gathered over 12,000 people. In the following years, the event has continued to grow in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gay Parade Chile / OPEN MIND FEST|url=http://www.movilh.cl/gayparade/gay-parade/|website=movilh.cl}}</ref>

====Guyana====
Guyana held its first pride parade in June 2018.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://demerarawaves.com/2018/06/02/virtually-incident-free-gay-pride-parade-held-in-guyana-to-demand-election-promises/|title=Virtually incident-free gay pride parade held in Guyana to demand election promises|last=Chabrol|first=Denis|date=2018-06-03|website=Demerara Waves|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> It was the first in the Anglo-phone Caribbean and was successfully staged in spite of religious opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Colin |date=2018-06-04 |title=Guyana Pride: Anglican bishop lends support; opponents lose |url=https://76crimes.com/2018/06/04/guyana-pride-anglican-bishop-lends-support-opponents-lose/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Erasing 76 Crimes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Church group says no to gay parade |url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2018/06/02/church-group-says-no-to-gay-parade/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Guyana Chronicle |date=June 2, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Largest pride events==
{{Main|List of largest LGBTQ events}}

[[File:NYC Pride 2019 05.jpg|thumb|An estimated 5 million people attended [[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019]], the [[List of largest LGBTQ events|world's largest LGBTQ event in history]], with 4 million at the [[NYC Pride March]].]]
Although [[crowd counting|estimating crowd size]] is an imprecise science, as of June 2019, [[LGBTQ culture in New York City|New York City]]'s [[NYC Pride March]] is North America's biggest Pride parade. The parade had 2.1 million people in 2015, which rose to 2.5 million in 2016.<ref name=":992">{{cite web|url=https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/worlds-biggest-pride-parades|title=The World's Biggest Pride Parades|date=2018-06-04|website=The Active Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> In 2018, attendance was estimated around 2 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyc-pride-march-tries-new-route-to-prepare-for-next-years-parade-1529868584|title=NYC Pride March Tries New Route to Prepare for Next Year's Event|last=Passy|first=Charles|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=June 24, 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> For [[Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019]] an estimated 5 million took part over the final weekend,<ref name=":9916">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338|title=Millions more attended WorldPride than expected|last1=Allen|first1=Karma|last2=Katersky|first2=Aaron|date=July 2, 2019|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-idUSKCN1TV0T2|title=Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality: organizers|last1=Caspani|first1=Maria|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-07-08|last2=Lavietes|first2=Matthew}}</ref> with 4 million in attendance at the NYC Pride March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/irish-out-march-world-pride-new-york-city|title=Irish march at historic World Pride in New York City|last=O'Doherty|first=Cahir|date=July 4, 2019|website=IrishCentral.com|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=5d1a0666fa7735000188ec04|title=Photos: Massive Turnout For Euphoric NYC Pride March: Gothamist|last=Lynch|first=Scott|website=Gothamist|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703202525/https://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=5d1a0666fa7735000188ec04}}</ref>

[[São Paulo]], Brazil's, event, [[Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo]], is South America's largest, and was listed by [[Guinness World Records]] as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people.<ref name=":991">{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/colunas/destaquesgls/ult10009u406368.shtml|title=Guinness exclui recorde da Parada Gay - 28/05/2008|last=Ripardo|first=Sérgio|date=May 28, 2008|website=Folha Online|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees.<ref name="Lawler">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/18/brazil-holds-worlds-largest-pride-parade|title=Brazil Holds World's Largest Pride Parade|last=Lawler|first=Opheli Garcia|date=June 18, 2017|website=The Fader|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> It kept the title from 2006 to at least 2016.<ref name="Sheets">{{cite web|url=http://www.pride.com/pride/2016/6/02/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-pride|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Pride|last=Sheets|first=Cassie|date=June 1, 2017|website=Pride.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> It had up to five million attendees in 2017.<ref name=":992" /><ref name=":990" /> {{As of|2019|June|df=}}, it had 3 to 5 million each year.<ref name="Nomadic Boys">{{cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-america/travel-tips-and-articles/south-americas-best-pride-parades/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2755fd4|title=South America's best Pride parades|date=June 11, 2019|website=Lonely Planet|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> In 2019, it had 3 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/sao-paulo/2019-lgbt-parade-in-sao-paulo-raised-r403-million-for-the-city/|title=2019 LGBT Parade in São Paulo Raised R$403 Million for the City|last=Petrov|first=Arkady|date=2019-06-30|website=The Rio Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>

The [[Tokyo Rainbow Pride]] parade in Japan is one of the largest Pride parades in Asia.

In 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic]], most Pride parades and events were either cancelled or held online.<ref>{{cite web|title=What Will LGBTQ Pride Celebrations Look Like This Year?|url=https://www.afar.com/magazine/global-pride-2020-pride-parades-go-virtual-amid-coronavirus-pandemic|access-date=2020-11-01|website=AFAR Media|date=June 19, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> One of the exceptions was Taiwan Pride, held on October 31, 2020, with the country having contained the virus outside its borders and therefore becoming the largest Pride event in the world for that year.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Thousands March in Taiwan's Pride Parade With Outbreak Contained|language=en|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-31/thousands-march-in-taiwan-s-pride-parade-with-outbreak-contained|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2020-10-31|title=Social Media Buzz: Connery Dies; American Rescued; Taiwan Pride - BNN Bloomberg|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/social-media-buzz-connery-dies-american-rescued-taiwan-pride-1.1515834|access-date=2020-11-01|website=BNN}}</ref>

{{As of|2019|June|df=}}, [[Spain]]'s [[Madrid Pride|Madrid Pride, Orgullo Gay de Madrid]] (MADO), is Europe's biggest; it had 3.5 million attendees when it hosted [[WorldPride]] in 2017.<ref name=":990" />

{{As of|2019|June|df=}}, the largest LGBTQ events include:

* in [[Asia]], it is [[Taiwan Pride]] in [[Taipei]];<ref name=":990" /> 
* in the [[Middle East]], it is [[Tel Aviv Pride]] in [[Israel]];<ref name=":990">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/2019/06/10/pride-2019-worlds-biggest-lgbtq-festivals/39552479/|title=Pride 2019: The world's 15 biggest LGBTQ celebrations, from New York to Tel Aviv|date=June 10, 2019|website=[[USA Today]] Travel|language=en|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref> 
* in [[Oceania]], it is [[Australia]]'s [[Sydney Mardi Gras Parade]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/20/glitter-banned-sydney-mardi-gras-australia-pride/|title=Glitter has been banned from Australia's biggest Pride celebration|last=Duffy|first=Nick|date=February 20, 2019|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>
* in [[Africa]], it is [[South Africa]]'s [[Johannesburg Pride]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/pride-pictures-johannesburgs-pride-parade-biggest-africa-theres-reason/|title=Pride in Pictures: Johannesburg's Pride parade is the biggest in Africa & there's a reason why|last=Mohamed|first=Amarra|date=2019-06-06|website=www.lgbtqnation.com|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>

==Opposition==
{{Further|Religion and LGBTQ people}}
[[File:Queer Liberation Not Rainbow Capitalism.jpg|thumb|Queer activists at LGBTQ Pride in [[Dublin, Ireland]] 2016]]
There is opposition to pride events both within LGBT and mainstream populations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-kink-at-pride-discourse-needs-to-retire/|title=The 'Kink at Pride' Discourse Needs to Retire|website=Vice.com|date=June 2, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/06/kink-pride-debate-lgbtq-generational-clash/619211/|title=The Generational Clash at Pride Is Actually a Sign of Progress|first=Spencer|last=Kornhaber|date=June 16, 2021|website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/29/pride-month-kink-consent/ |title=Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2021-06-29 |access-date=2022-06-11}}</ref>

Critics, such as [[Gay Shame]], charge the parades with an undue emphasis on sex and [[sexual fetish|fetish-related]] interests, which they see as counterproductive to LGBT interests, and expose the "gay community" to ridicule.

Various critics have denounced what they view as a ''[[merchandization]]'' of Pride parades,<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://blogs.publico.es/shangaylily/2014/07/02/gaypitalismo-orgullo-empresarial/ Gaypitalismo: Orgullo Empresarial.] Público. 2 July 2014</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://www.diagonalperiodico.net/cuerpo/27129-mercadeo-rosa-para-la-amnesia-del-movimiento.html Mercadeo rosa para la amnesia del movimiento.] Diagonal Periódico. 2 July 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/28/lgbt-night-march-decries-prides-corporate-sponsorship.html LGBT Night March decries Pride's corporate sponsorship.] The Star. 28 June 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/25/san-francisco-gay-pride-corporate-orlando-shooting Too straight, white and corporate: why some queer people are skipping SF Pride.] The Guardian. 25 June 2016</ref> while some religious and cultural groups oppose Pride parades on ideological grounds, and view LGBTQ+ identities and relationships as contrary to their beliefs and traditions. These objections often lead to tensions and conflicts during Pride events, as LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies assert their rights to visibility and inclusion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Religious beliefs and views of homosexuality |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/06/06/section-3-religious-belief-and-views-of-homosexuality/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=[[The Spectator]] |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|author=<!--Not stated--> |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422070350/http://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/06/06/section-3-religious-belief-and-views-of-homosexuality/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Socially conservative|Social conservatives]] are sometimes opposed to such events because they view them to be contrary to public morality. This belief is partly based on certain displays often found in the parades, such as public nudity, [[BDSM]] paraphernalia, and other sexualized features. Within the academic community, there has been criticism that the parades actually set to strengthen homosexual-heterosexual divides and increase essentialist views.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22463879/kink-at-pride-discourse-lgbtq|title=Can Pride even be radical or kinky if it's sponsored by Target and JPMorgan?|first=Alex|last=Abad-Santos|date=June 2, 2021|website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/commentary/2022/4/15/no-kink-pride-what-discourse-leaves-out-about-lgbtq-history|title='No Kink at Pride:' What the Discourse Leaves Out About LGBTQ+ History|date=April 15, 2022|website=www.out.com}}</ref> In some countries pride parades have been banned, including Russia,<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay parades banned in Moscow for 100 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19293465 |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=BBC News |date=2012-08-17}}</ref> Turkey,<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkey Has No Excuse to Ban Istanbul Pride March |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/28/turkey-has-no-excuse-ban-istanbul-pride-march |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=Human Rights Watch |date=2018-06-28 |language=en}}</ref> and Poland.<ref>{{cite news |work=Deutsche Welle|title=Thousands Rally for Gay March in Warsaw |date=2006-06-10 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/thousands-rally-for-gay-march-in-warsaw/a-2051002 |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="history" />

{{As of|2025|June|df=}}, Pride parades are banned in the following places:

China
* [[Shanghai Pride]] (2020–present)

Hungary
* [[2025 Hungarian Pride ban|Budapest Pride]] (2025–present)
: In spite of the ban, a pride parade still was held in 2025, on June 28.  The organisers claim that a record 200,000 persons may have participated in the parade.  The organisers faced up to 1 year in prison, and attendees risked a fine of up to €500.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23g02dl1z8o "Budapest Pride draws huge crowds in defiance of Orban legal threats"] ''BBC'' (June 28, 2025)</ref>
 
Russia
* [[Moscow Pride]] (2008–present)
Turkey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EUR4487602024ENGLISH.pdf|title= Türkiye: activists remain defiant despite chilling effect of unlawful bans of prides|website=amnesty.org|access-date=2024-12-19}}</ref>
* [[Istanbul Pride]] (2015–present)
* [[March against Homophobia and Transphobia|Ankara Pride]] (2017–present)
* [[LGBTQ rights in Turkey#Restriction of expression|Adana Pride]] (2018–present)
* [[LGBTQ rights in Turkey#Restriction of expression|Antalya Pride]] (2019–present)
* [[İzmir Pride|Izmir Pride]] (2019–present)
* [[LGBTQ rights in Turkey#Restriction of expression|Mersin Pride]] (2019–present)
* [[LGBTQ rights in Turkey#Restriction of expression|Eskişehir Pride]] (2021–present)

==See also==
{{Portal|LGBTQ}}
{{Commons category|LGBT Pride}}
* {{anl|Bear (gay culture)}}
* {{anl|Black gay pride}}
* {{anl|Circuit party}}
* {{anl|Córdoba Pride}}
* {{anl|Lisbon Pride}}
* {{anl|Peace flag}}
* {{anl|Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)|Pride Flag}}
* {{anl|Pride Month}}
* {{anl|Rio LGBTI Pride Parade}}
* {{anl|Straight pride}}
* {{anl|Trans march}}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
{{refbegin|30em}}
# Bell, David (1991). ''Insignificant Others; Lesbian and Gay Geographies''. Wiley Blackwell.
# Brown, M (2012). ''Gender and Sexuality I; Intersectionality Anxieties''. Sage Journals.
# Bruce, Katherine McFarland (2016). ''Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World''. New York University Press. {{ISBN|978-1479869541}}.
# Carter, David (2004). ''Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution''. St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|0-312-34269-1}}.
# de Waal, Shaun; Manion, Anthony; Cameron, Edwin. (Editors) ''Pride: Protest and Celebration.'' {{ISBN|978-1770092617}}.
# Duberman, Martin (1993). ''Stonewall'' New York, Dutton. {{ISBN|0-452-27206-8}}.
# Johnston, Lynda (2009). ''Queering Tourism: Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades''. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0415482103}}.
# Knopp, Larry (2007). ''From Lesbian and Gay to Queer and Geographies; Past, Prospects and Possibilities''. Ashgate Publishing Group.
# Loughery, John (1998). ''The Other Side of Silence – Men's Lives and Gay Identities: A Twentieth-Century History''. New York, Henry Holt and Company. {{ISBN|0-8050-3896-5}}.
# Lundberg, Anna (2007). ''Queering Laughter in the Stockholm Pride Parade''. International Institute for Social Geography, 52.
# Marotta, Toby (1981). ''The Politics of Homosexuality''. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. {{ISBN|0-395-31338-4}}.
# Nash, Catherine and Bain, Alison (2007). ''{{'}}Reclaiming raunch'? Spatializing queer identities at Toronto women's bathhouse events''. Taylor and Francis.
# Stewart, Chuck (Editor) (2010). ''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide''. Greenwood Press: ABC-CLIO. {{ISBN|9780313342318}}.
# Teal, Donn (1971). ''The Gay Militants''. New York, Stein and Day. {{ISBN|0-8128-1373-1}}.
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==External links==
{{Wiktionary|pride parade|Pride}}

* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs01991430/ ''Gay and Proud''], documentary film by [[Lilli Vincenz]] of the 1970 march in New York City
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161124091009/http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/ World Pride 2017] Madrid
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150512085142/http://www.thegaydirectory.net/category/entertainment-and-leisure/pride-events/ List of Pride Events]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213064335/http://www.gaycityusa.com/pride.htm International Gay Pride Guide]
* [https://www.interpride.org/ Interpride] The International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators

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