List of gay pride events

The following is a list of LGBT events. This mainly encompasses gay pride parades but can also include some sporting events and film festivals. LGBT events are organised to promote tolerance or to campaign for LGBT social movements|equal rights between all sexual orientations. The most common symbol used at such events is the six-color rainbow flag.

Africa

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
South Africa
Cape Town Pride	Cape Town, Western Cape	www.capetownpride.co.za		2001
Johannesburg Pride	Johannesburg, Gauteng	www.joburgmardigras.co.za	September	1990
Mother City Queer Costume Party	Cape Town, Western Cape	www.mcqp.co.za	December
Pink Loerie Mardi Gras	Knysna, Western Cape	www.pinkloerie.com	May

Asia

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Japan
Tokyo Pride	Tokyo	www.tokyo-pride.org
Philippines
Manila Pride	Manila		June
Taiwan
Taiwan Pride	Taiwan	www.twpride.net
Thailand
Bangkok Together	Bangkok	www.pridefestival.org

Europe

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Europe
Euro Games	Europe	www.eurogames.info		2002
Europride	Europe	www.europride.info		1992
Mr Gay Europe	Europe	www.mrgayeurope.com		2003
Austria
Identities Queer Film Festival	Vienna	www.identities.at	June
Life Ball	Vienna	www.lifeball.org	May
Regenbogen-Parade (Vienna Rainbow Parade)	Vienna	www.hosiwien.at	July
Belgium
Belgian Lesbian and Gay Pride	Brussels	www.blgp.be	May
Croatia
Zagreb Pride	Zagreb	www.zagreb-pride.net	June	2002
Queer Zagreb	Zagreb	www.queerzagreb.org	April/May	2003
Denmark
Copenhagen Pride	Copenhagen	www.copenhagenpride.dk
Estonia
Tallinn Pride	Tallinn	www.pride.ee
Finland
Helsinki Pride	Helsinki	www.helsinkipride.fi
France
Grenoble International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Grenoble, Isère	www.vuesdenface.com	April
Gay Pride Lorraince	Lorraine	gaypridelorraine.free.fr
Lesbian & Gay Pride Lille	Lille	www.lgplille.org
Lesbian & Gay Pride Montpellier	Montpellier	www.montpelliergay.com
Marseille Pride	Marseille	www.marseillepride.org
Paris Pride	Paris	www.inter-lgbt.org	June
Solidays	Paris	www.solidarite-sida.org	July
Germany
International German Bear Pride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.bearscologne.de	May
Christopher Street Day	Berlin	www.csd-berlin.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Dresden, Saxony	www.csd-sachsen.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Hamburg	www.hamburg-pride.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Munich	www.csd-munich.de	July
Cologne Pride	Cologne	www.colognepride.de	July
Come-Together-Cup	Cologne & Berlin & Essen	www.come-together-cup.de	June
Easter Weekend & German Mr. Leather	Berlin	www.blf.de	March
Festival at Pulverteich	Hamburg	www.heinfiete.de
Folsom Europe Street Fair	Berlin	www.folsomeurope.com	September
Frankfurt Gay Pride	Frankfurt
Friedrichshain Gay & Lesbian Park Party	Berlin	www.parkfest-friedrichshain.de
Gay Oktoberfest im Bräurosi	Munich, Bavaria		September
Hamburg Pride	Hamburg	www.hamburgpride.com
IGLTA World Convention	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.iglta.com	May
International Gay Rubber Weekend	Berlin	www.blf.de	September
Lesbian & Gay City Festival Berlin	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.gay-stadtfest.de	June
Run For More Time	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse	www.lauf-fuer-mehr-zeit.de	September
Sylvester on Mehringdamm	Berlin	www.aha-berlin.de	December
Verzaubert Queer Film Festival	Munich, Bavaria	www.verzaubertfilmfest.com	October
Greece
Athens Pride	Athens	www.athenspride.eu	June	2005
Hungary
Budapest Pride	Budapest	www.gaypride.hu
Iceland
Reykjavík Gay Pride	Reykjavík	www.gaypride.is
Ireland
Cork Pride	Cork	www.corkpride.com
Dublin Pride	Dublin	www.dublinpride.org	June
Dublin Lesbian Gay Film Festival	Dublin	www.dlgff.ie
Galway Gay Pride	Galway	www.brodireland.com
Italy
European Gay Ski Week	Pila, Valle d'Aosta	www.alternative-holidays.com	March
Gay Open Tennis	Milan, Lombardy	www.atomoitalia.org	September
Gay Village, Italy	Rome, Lazio	www.gayvillage.it	June - September
International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Torino, Piedmont	www.turinglfilmfestival.com	April
Milan Pride	Milan, Lombardy	www.pridemilano.org	June
Torino Pride	Turin	www.torinopride2006.it
Latvia
Latvia Pride	Riga	www.mozaika.lv
Moldova
Moldova Lesbian and Gay Pride	Chi?in?u	www.gay.md
Netherlands|The Netherlands
Amsterdam Gay Skinhead Week	Noord-Holland	www.agskins.nl	April
Amsterdam Pride	Noord-Holland	www.amsterdamgaypride.nl
Amsterdam Leather Pride	Noord-Holland	www.leatherpride.nl
The Midsummer Canal Festival	Utrecht	www.midzomergracht.nl	June
The Pink Kermis	Noord-Brabant	www.tilburgsekermis.nl
Pinkster Tennis Tournament	Noord-Holland	www.smashing-pink.nl	May
White Party	Noord-Holland	www.riedijkproductions.com
Norway
Bergen Pride	Bergen	www.bergengaypride.com
Skeive dager	Oslo	www.skeivedager.no
Poland
Kraków Gay & Lesbian Culture Festival	Kraków	www.tolerancja.org.pl	April
Equality Parade	Warsaw	www.gej.net	June
Parada Równo?ci	Warsaw	www.paradarownosci.pl
Portugal
Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.lisbonfilmfest.org	September
Lisbon LGBT Pride Parade	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.portugalpride.org	June
Arraial Pride Party	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.ilga-portugal.pt	June
Porto Pride Party	Porto	www.portopride.org	July (2nd weekend)
Porto LGBT Pride Parade	Porto	www.orgulhoporto.org	July (2nd weekend)
Romania
GayFest	Bucharest	www.accept-romania.ro		2004
Russia
Moscow Pride	Moscow	www.moscowpride.ru
Slovenia
Ljubljana Pride	Ljubljana	www.ljubljanapride.org	July	2001
Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Ljubljana	Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	December	1984
Spain
Bearcelona	Barcelona	www.bearcelona.org	March
Barcelona Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Barcelona, Catalonia	www.gaybarcelona.net	July
Madrid Gay Pride	Madrid	www.madridgaypride.com
Maspalomas Pride	Maspalomas, Canary Islands	www.gaypridemaspalomas.com	May
Sweden
Mr Gay Sweden	Stockholm	www.qx.se		1999
Stockholm Pride	Stockholm	www.stockholmpride.org		1998
Regnbågsfestivalen	Malmö	www.rfsl.se		1995
Switzerland
Luzern Pride	Luzern	www.gay.ch	June
Swiss Gay Pride	Lausanne	pridelausanne.canalblog.com
Switzerland Gay Ski Week	Davos, Graubünden	gayskitrips.com	March
Zürich Pride	Zürich	www.csdzh.ch	June
Turkey
Lambda Istanbul Pride Week March	Istanbul	www.lambdaistanbul.org/
LEGATO Pride March	Istanbul	www.unilegato.org
United Kingdom
Belfast Pride	Belfast, Northern Ireland	www.belfastpride.com	August	1991
Birmingham Pride	Birmingham, England	www.birminghampride.com	May
Bourne Free	Bournemouth, England	www.bournefree.co.uk
Brighton Pride	Brighton, England	www.brightonpride.org
Cardiff Mardi Gras	Cardiff, Wales	www.cardiffmardigras.co.uk	September
The London Drag Olympics	London, England	www.thewayoutclub.com	April
Glasgay! LGBT Arts Festival	Glasgow, Scotland	www.glasgay.co.uk	October
Hull Pride	Hull, England	www.hullpride.org.uk
Leeds Pride	Leeds, England	www.leedspride.com
Leicester Pride	Leicester, England	www.leicesterpride.co.uk
Cardiff Lesbian & Gay Ball	Cardiff, Wales	www.gaywales.co.uk	May
Lincolnshire Pride	Lincoln, England	www.lincolnshirepride.com	July	2006
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	London, England	www.llgff.org.uk	March
London Pride Festival Fortnight	London, England	www.pridelondon.org	June
London Pride Parade & Rally	London, England	www.pridelondon.org	July
Manchester Pride	Manchester, England	www.manchesterpride.com
UK National Student Pride	United Kingdom	www.studentpride.co.uk
Nottingham Pride	Nottingham, England	www.nottinghampride.co.uk
Oxford Pride	Oxford, England	www.oxfordpride.org.uk	April
Cambridge Pink Festival	Cambridge, England	www.pinkfestival.com
Pride in Aberdeen	Aberdeen, Scotland	www.prideinaberdeen.org.uk
Pride in Canterbury	Canterbury, England	www.prideincanterbury.org.uk
Pride London	London, England	www.pridelondon.org
Pride Scotia	Edinburgh, Scotland	www.pride-scotia.org
Reading Pride	Reading, England	www.readingpride.co.uk	September

Latin America

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Argentina
Buenos Aires Pride	Buenos Aires	www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar
Brazil
Parada do Orgulho LGBT de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo Pride)	Sao Paulo	www.paradasp.org.br
Pride Parade Brasilia	Brasilia, Brazilian Federal District|Distrito Federal	www.mixbrasil.uol.com.br	July
Pride Salvador	Salvador, Bahia	www.ggb.org.br	June
Mexico
Cancun International Gay Festival	Cancún, Quintana Roo	www.arcoiristours.com	May
Mexico City Pride	Mexico City	www.mexcity.8m.com	June
Peru
Marcha de Orgullo	Lima	orgulloglbtperu.tripod.com
Venezuela
Caracas Pride	Caracas	www.lamdavenezuela.org	May

Middle East

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Israel
Tel Aviv Pride Parade	Tel Aviv
Jerusalem Pride Parade	Jerusalem
Eilat Pride Parade	Eilat
World Pride	Jerusalem	www.worldpride.net
Lebanon
International Day Against Homophobia	Beirut	www.helem.net

North America

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Canada
Black & Blue Festival	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	October
Capital Pride	Ottawa, Canada
Divers/Cité	Montreal, Quebec	www.diverscite.org
Folsom Fair North	Toronto, Ontario	www.folsomfairnorth.com
Hot & Dry Weekend	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org
image+nation	Montreal, Quebec	www.image-nation.org	November
Leather Ball & Church Street Fetish Fair	Montreal, Quebec	www.mrlt.com	August
Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	Toronto, Ontario	www.insideout.on.ca
Montreal Pride	Montreal, Quebec	www.diverscite.org	July
Mr. Leather Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario	www.ottawaknights.com	November
Mr. Leatherman Toronto	Toronto, Ontario	www.mrlt.com	November
Pride Week	Toronto, Ontario	www.pridetoronto.com
Vancouver Pride Week	Vancouver, British Columbia	www.vancouverpride.ca	July
Sudbury Pride	Greater Sudbury, Ontario	www.sudburypride.ca
Twist Week End	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	July
Windsor Pride	Windsor, Ontario	www.windsorpride.com
Winnipeg Pride	Winnipeg, Manitoba	www.gaypridewinnipeg.com
United States
AIDS Walk Miami	Miami, Florida	www.kintera.org	April
Albuquerque Pride	Albuquerque, New Mexico	www.abqpride.com	June
Atlanta Pride	Atlanta, Georgia	new.atlantapride.org	June
Atlantic Stampede Rodeo	Gaithersburg, Maryland	www.asgra.org	September
Austin Pride Parade	Austin, Texas	www.austinprideparade.org	June
Bad Boys Pool Party	Palm Springs, California	www.badboyspoolparty.com	May
Baltimore Pride	Baltimore, Maryland	baltimorepride.org
Orlando Bear Bust	Orlando, Florida	www.bearbust.org
LA Bear Quake	Los Angeles, California	www.bearquake.com	July
Boston Pride	Boston, Massachusetts	www.bostonpride.org	June
Capital Pride	Washington, D.C.	www.capitalpride.org	June
Chesapeake Pride Festival	Edgewater, Maryland	www.chesapeakepridefestival.org
Chicago Bear Pride	Chicago, Illinois	www.glbears.com	May
Chicago Pride Parade	Chicago, Illinois		June
Christopher Street West	West Hollywood, California	www.lapride.org
Cleveland Pride	Cleveland, Ohio	www.clevelandpride.org
Colossus Weekend	San Francisco, California	www.guspresents.com	June
East-Central Minnesota Pride	Pine City, Minnesota	www.menscircle.org	June
Fantasia Fair	Boston, Massachusetts	www.fantasiafair.org	October
Fantasy Fest	Key West, Florida	www.fantasyfest.net	October
Folsom Street Fair	San Francisco, California	www.folsomstreetfair.com	September
Hartford Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Hartford, Connecticut	www.ctglff.org	June
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Miami, Florida	www.miamigaylesbianfilm.com	April
Gay Days at Walt Disney World	Orlando, Florida	www.gayday.com	June
Gay Easter Parade	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.gayeasterparade.com	March
Gay Mardi Gras	New Orleans, Louisiana	Gay Mardi Gras	February
Houston Gay Rodeo	Houston, Texas	www.tgra.org	October
Hairrison Street Fair	San Francisco, California	www.hairrison.org	August
Halloween New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Halloween in New Orleans	October
Heritage of Pride	New York City, New York
Houston Pride	Houston, Texas	www.pridehouston.org	June
International Gay & Lesbian Festival	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillyfests.com	July
International Gay & Lesbian Film Fest	Tampa, Florida	www.tiglff.com	October
International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	San Francisco, California	www.frameline.org	June
International Mr. Leather	Chicago, Illinois	www.imrl.com	May
LA/Valley Pride	Studio City, Los Angeles, California	www.lavalleypride.org
LA Pride & Festival	Los Angeles, California	www.lapride.org	June
Labor Day Weekend	Saugatuck, Michigan	www.dunesresort.com	September	1981
Lazy Bear Weekend	Guerneville, California	www.lazybearweekend.com	July
Liberty Open	New York City, New York	www.metrotennisgroup.com	July
Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride	Long Beach, California	www.longbeachpride.com	May	1983
Long Island Pride	Huntington, New York	liprideparade.com
Madison Pride and MAGIC Picnic	Madison, Wisconsin	www.madisonpride.org
Memorial Day Pensacola Beach Pride	Pensacola, Florida	www.memorialweekendpensacola.com
Mix NYC	New York City, New York	www.mixnyc.org	April
Mid-South Pride	Memphis, Tennessee	www.midsouthpride.org
Motor City Pride	Detroit, Michigan	www.motorcitypride.org	First Sunday in June
Nashville Pride	Nashville, Tennessee	www.nashvillepride.org	June
New York City Pride	New York City, New York	www.nycpride.org	June
OutFest (street festival)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillypride.org	October
Outfest (film festival)	Los Angeles, California	www.outfest.org	July
Palm Springs Pride	Palm Springs, California	www.pspride.org	November
Philly Pride Parade & Festival	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillypride.org	June
Pines Party	Fire Island, New York	www.fipines.com	July
PrideFest	Denver, Colorado	www.pridefestdenver.org
St. Louis PrideFest	St. Louis, Missouri	www.pridestl.org
Dallas Pride	Dallas, Texas	www.pridedallas.org
Pride Houston	Houston, Texas	www.pridehouston.org
Pride Fest	Bismarck, North Dakota and Mandan, North Dakota
Pride of South Florida	Fort Lauderdale, Florida		March
Pride Northwest	Portland, Oregon	www.pridenw.org
Reel Affirmations Film Festival	Washington, D.C.	www.reelaffirmations.org	October
Rites of Spring Parties	Birmingham, Alabama	www.ritesofspring.org	April
San Diego Pride	San Diego, California	www.sandiegopride.org	July
San Francisco Pride	San Francisco, California	www.sfpride.org	June
San Jose Pride Parade & Festival	San Jose, California	www.sanjosepride.com	June
Savannah Pride	Savannah, Georgia	www.savannahpride.org
Seattle Black Pride	Seattle, Washington	www.seattleblackpride.org	July
Seattle Pride	Seattle, Washington	www.seattlepride.org	June
South Carolina Pride	Columbia, South Carolina	www.scpride.org
Southern Decadence	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.southerndecadence.net
Spokane Pride	Spokane, Washington	www.outspokane.com	June
Texas Bear Round Up	Dallas, Texas	www.tbru.org
Tranny Fest	San Francisco, California	www.trannyfest.com	June
Twin Cities Pride	Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota	www.tcpride.org
United States Gay Open	San Francisco, California	www.gltf.org	May
Up Your Alley Fair	San Francisco, California	www.folsomstreetfair.com	July
Utah Pride Festival	Salt Lake City, Utah	www.utahpride.org
White Party Week	Miami, Florida	www.whiteparty.org	November
Winter Party	South Beach, Florida	www.winterparty.com	March

Oceania

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
Australia
Brisbane Pride Festival	Brisbane	www.pridebrisbane.org.au	June	1990
Feast Festival	Adelaide	www.feast.org.au	November
Melbourne Queer Film Festival	Melbourne	www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au	March	1991
Midsumma	Melbourne	www.midsumma.org.au	January/February	1989
Perth Pride Festival	Perth, Western Australia	www.pridewa.asn.au	September	1990
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras	Sydney	www.mardigras.org.au	February/March	1978
New Zealand
Hero Festival	Auckland	www.hero.org.nz	February	1991
Queenstown Gay Ski Week	Queenstown	www.gayskiweeknz.com	September	2003
Singapore
IndigNation	Singapore	www.hopinc.org	August	2005

Worldwide

Pride event	Location	Website	Occurs in	Started in
World
Gay Games	Various	www.gaygames.com		1982
World Outgames	Various			2006

See also

• Gay pride
• Gay pride parade

External links

• InterPride
• Pride events listed at Gay.com

This article about lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender issues Also see the article on Sexual orientation

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