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The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes gay pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day. Criteria for inclusion on this list are: Active: The event is currently active. Discontinued ...
Official recognition: The first Pride marches were held a year later in 1970, but official recognition of Pride Month by the U.S. government came much later. In 1999, President Bill Clinton ...
Notable Pride parades include the largest LGBT pride event in Asia in Tel Aviv, Israel, which attracts more than 260,000 people yearly. Others include parades in Germany, the Berlin Pride and ...
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, most Pride parades and events were either cancelled or held online. [284] 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. [285] [286]
A 1970s gay liberation protest in Washington, D.C.. The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn. [3] The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights. [4]
All but one Evansville city councilor voted in favor of recognizing June as Pride Month and remembering the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
[citation needed] The March of Pride (Buenos Aires) is the largest Pride event in Argentina while São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the largest Pride event in Brazil, with Santiago Pride as the largest Pride event in Chile. Paris Pride is the largest Pride event in France while Copenhagen Pride is the largest Pride event in Denmark, with Helsinki ...