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Status | Active |
Genre | Festival and parade |
Frequency | Annually, often late June |
Location(s) | Urban locations worldwide, incl. cities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, India and Japan |
Years active | 54 |
Inaugurated | June 27, 1970 June 28, 1970 in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. | in Chicago
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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, and transgender (LGBT) 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 LGBT social movements.[1][2][3] The parades seek to create community and honor the history of the movement.[1][4] In 1970, pride and protest marches were held not only in New York City but also in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco around the first anniversary of Stonewall.[5] The events became annual and grew internationally.[6][7][8] 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.[9]
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