Pride parade
Outdoor events celebrating LGBTQ social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride
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A pride parade is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occur annually, and some take place around June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, 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, Los Angeles, New York City, 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, produced by Heritage of Pride commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, with five million attending in Manhattan alone.
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![]() Turkish police break up LGBTQ+ Pride march in Ankara, detain 30 people Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:25Published | |
![]() Tens of thousands of people take part in Pride March in Warsaw, Oslo and Paris Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:00Published | |
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