Pride parade
| Pride parade | |
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Pride March on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, 2019 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Festival and parade |
| Frequency | Annually, often late June |
| Location(s) | Worldwide, including cities and towns in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. |
| Years active | 54 |
| Inaugurated | June 27, 1970 in Chicago June 28, 1970 in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. |
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A pride parade (also known as pride event, pride festival, pride march, or pride protest) is an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and 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, which was a pivotal moment in modern LGBTQ social movements. The parades seek to create community and honor the history of the movement. In 1970, pride and protest marches were held in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco around the first anniversary of Stonewall. The events became annual and grew internationally. In 2019, New York and the world celebrated the largest international Pride celebration in history: Stonewall 50 - WorldPride NYC 2019, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, with five million attending in Manhattan alone.