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It was announced on March 31, 2020, that Toronto's in-person Pride parade and festivities, originally scheduled for June 26 to 28, 2020, had been cancelled, as mandated by the City of Toronto's prohibition on city-led mass events, parades and festivities until at least June 30, 2020, owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada ...
Pride Toronto is the largest pride event in North America (and Canada) while NYC Pride is the largest Pride event in the United States, with Mexico City Pride as the largest Pride event in Mexico. In Asia, Taiwan Pride, Tokyo Rainbow Pride in Japan and Tel Aviv Pride in Israel are Asia's largest pride events.
Pride gatherings have historical roots in the first large-scale protests for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights. The We Demand Rally was the first large-scale LGBT rights demonstration in Canada. The rally occurred on August 28, 1971, in Ottawa , and was organized by the gay rights activist groups Toronto Gay Action (TGA) and Community Homophile Association of ...
Nepal Pride Parade: Kathmandu: June 29 2019 Queer Womxn Pride: Kathmandu: Queer Rights Collective March 8 2019 Mitini Nepal Pride Parade: Kathmandu: Mitini Nepal February 14 2005 Blue Diamond Society Pride Parade: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar: www.bds.org.np: Gai Jatra: 2016 National LGBTI Day (Nepal) Nepal: Puash 6 (Bikram Sambat) 2015
The largest current pride event, Pride Week in Toronto, was launched in 1981 following that year's Operation Soap by Toronto Metropolitan Police; the bathhouse raid and reaction by LGBT people is considered the Canadian equivalent of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.
The 2009 pride parade, with the motto "Rainbow Friendship" attracted more than 300 participants from Bulgaria and tourists from Greece and 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]
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