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72-610: Phoenix Pride (formerly known as Phoenix Pride March & Rally , Desert Pride , Arizona Central Pride , and Phoenix Pride Festival ) is a parade and festival held each year in Phoenix , Arizona to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual , and transgender ( LGBTQ ) people and their allies . Unlike other pride parades in major US cities, which is held in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots , Phoenix Pride has been held outside of

144-538: A police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan , New York City. The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar which catered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular with the most marginalized people in the gay community: transvestites , transgender people, effeminate young men, hustlers, and homeless youth. As the movement became more radical in

216-783: A Queer Womxn Pride is also organized on International Women's Day. In 1992, the Lesbian Collective marched during the Internal Women's Day celebrations only to be met with opposition by progressive feminist movements marching. In 1993, UP Babaylan, an LGBT student support group, participated in the University of the Philippines Diliman's Lantern March. Thanks to the positive reception from this march, members of UP Babaylan would participate in any future Lantern Marches. On June 26, 1994, to celebrate

288-491: A commemoration. They settled on a parade down Hollywood Boulevard. But securing a permit from the city was no easy task. They named their organization Christopher Street West, "as ambiguous as we could be." But Rev. Perry recalled the Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. Davis telling him, "As far as I'm concerned, granting a permit to a group of homosexuals to parade down Hollywood Boulevard would be

360-507: A demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called "Christopher Street Liberation Day". No dress or age regulations shall be made for this demonstration. We also propose that we contact homophile organizations throughout the country and suggest that they hold parallel demonstrations on that day. We propose

432-774: A nationwide show of support. All attendees to the ERCHO meeting in Philadelphia voted for the march except for the Mattachine Society of New York City, which abstained. Members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) attended the meeting and were seated as guests of Rodwell's group, Homophile Youth Movement in Neighborhoods (HYMN). Meetings to organize the march began in early January at Rodwell's apartment in 350 Bleecker Street . At first there

504-449: A nearby park or city-provided closed-off street, with information booths, music concerts, barbecues, beer stands, contests, sports, and games. The 'dividing line' between onlookers and those marching in the parade can be hard to establish in some events, however, in cases where the event is received with hostility, such a separation becomes very obvious. There have been studies considering how the relationship between participants and onlookers

576-465: A person's "contra-sexual" (transgender) feelings and fetishistic behavior, even if the latter involved wearing clothes of the other sex. The use of the term travesti meaning cross-dresser was already common in French in the early 19th century, from where it was imported into Portuguese , with the same meaning. Today, the term transvestite is commonly considered outdated and derogatory, with

648-526: A program was held with a Queer Pride Mass and solidarity remarks from various organizations and individuals. In 1995, Pro Gay Philippines and MCC did not lead a pride parade. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 large and significant marches were organized and produced by Reach Out AIDS Foundation, all of which were held in Malate, Manila, Philippines. These pride parades were organized a celebration of gay pride, but also were parading to raise awareness for discrimination and

720-543: A protest march, but a full-blown parade down world-famous Hollywood Boulevard." On Sunday, June 28, 1970, at around noon, in New York gay activist groups held their own pride parade, known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day , to recall the events of Stonewall one year earlier. On November 2, 1969, Craig Rodwell , his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy , and Linda Rhodes proposed

792-637: A safe space to voice their support for the community, for the LGBT human rights advocacy, and for the people they love and march with every year. A pride parade known as Pink Dot SG has been held in Singapore since 2009 with increasing attendance amounting to the tens of thousands. There are often held in either June or July. It is one of the largest such pride events in Southeast Asia, with attendance reaching up to 35,000. Transvestites This

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864-410: Is a critique of space which has been produced to seem heteronormative and 'straight', and therefore any act appearing to be homosexual is considered dissident by society. The Parade brings this queer culture into the space. The marches spread internationally, including to London where the first "gay pride rally" took place on 1 July 1972, the date chosen deliberately to mark the third anniversary of

936-505: Is affected by the divide, and how space is used to critique the heteronormative nature of society. Though the reality was that the Stonewall riots themselves, as well as the immediate and the ongoing political organizing that occurred following them, were events fully participated in by lesbian women, bisexual people and transgender people, as well as by gay men of all races and backgrounds, historically these events were first named Gay ,

1008-425: Is an accepted version of this page Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender . The terms transvestism and transvestite were coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910. In the early 20th century, transvestite referred to cross-dressers , and also a variety of people who would now be considered transgender . The term transvestite

1080-543: Is built on notions of celebration. Large parades often involve floats, dancers, drag queens and amplified music; but even such celebratory parades usually include political and educational contingents, such as local politicians and marching groups from LGBT institutions of various kinds. Other typical parade participants include local LGBT-friendly churches such as Metropolitan Community Churches , United Church of Christ , and Unitarian Universalist Churches, PFLAG , and LGBT employee associations from large businesses. Even

1152-511: Is now considered outdated and derogatory, and has been replaced with the more neutral word cross-dresser . Though the term was coined as late as the 1910s by Magnus Hirschfeld , the phenomenon is not new. It was referred to in the Hebrew Bible. Being part of the homosexual movement of Weimar Germany in the beginning, a first transvestite movement of its own started to form since the mid-1920s, resulting in founding first organizations and

1224-409: Is organized on June 29 every year. There are also Pride Parades organized by Blue Diamond Society and Mitini Nepal. A youth-led pride parade which uses broader umbrella terms as Queer and MOGAI, is organized by Queer Youth Group and Queer Rights Collective. Blue Diamond Society's rally on Gai Jatra is technically not considered as a Pride Parade. Mitini Nepal organizes Pride Parades on Feb 14 while,

1296-828: The Cape Town Pride parade and Khumbu Lani Pride in Cape Town , Durban Pride in Durban , and Nelson Mandela Bay Pride in Port Elizabeth . Limpopo Pride is held in Polokwane , Limpopo. In August 2012, the first Ugandan pride parade was held in Entebbe to protest the government's treatment of its LGBT citizens and the attempts by the Ugandan Parliament to adopt harsher sodomy laws, colloquially named

1368-772: The Kill the Gays Bill , which would include life imprisonment for aggravated homosexuality. A second pride parade was held in Entebbe in August 2013. The law was promulgated in December 2013 and subsequently ruled invalid by the Constitutional Court of Uganda on August 1, 2014, on technical grounds. On August 9, 2014, Ugandans held a third pride parade in Entebbe despite indications that the ruling may be appealed and/or

1440-548: The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop customer mailing list and Nixon worked to gain financial support from GLF in his position as treasurer for that organization. Other mainstays of the GLF organizing committee were Judy Miller, Jack Waluska, Steve Gerrie and Brenda Howard . Believing that more people would turn out for the march on a Sunday, and so as to mark the date of the start of the Stonewall uprising,

1512-733: The SOGIE Equality Bill . East Asia saw its first pride march on August 28, 1994, when a march was held in Tokyo in Japan . The largest ever pride march in the region was held in 2022 when over 120,000 people marched in Taiwan to support equal rights. The first pride march in South Asia was held on July 2, 1999, in the city of Kolkata in India . Central Asia 's first pride march

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1584-728: The Stonewall riots . In the 1980s, there was a cultural shift in the gay movement. Activists of a less radical nature began taking over the march committees in different cities, and they dropped "Gay Liberation" and "Gay Freedom" from the names, replacing them with "Gay Pride". The term "Gay Pride" was claimed to be coined either by Jack Baker and Michael McConnell , an activist couple in Minnesota, or by Thom Higgins , another gay rights activist in Minnesota. The Middle East had its first pride march in 1979 in Israel . The pride march has grown to over 250,000 participants by 2019. In 2017,

1656-514: The gay rights protest movement was visible at the Annual Reminder pickets, again organized by members of the lesbian group Daughters of Bilitis , and the gay men's group Mattachine Society . Mattachine members were also involved in demonstrations in support of homosexuals imprisoned in Cuban labor camps . Early on the morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, LGBTQ people rioted following

1728-751: The urbanization rate is at least 80%. On 26 June 2021, a community of the LGBT community in Malawi held its first Pride Parade. The parade was held in the country's capital city, Lilongwe. As of June 2006, the Rainbow Parade Mauritius is held every June in Mauritius in the town of Rose Hill . It is organized by the Collective Arc-En-Ciel, a local non-governmental LGBTI rights group, along with some other local non-governmental groups. The first South African pride parade

1800-524: The 1960s and 1970s a surge of public demonstrations in the US focused on civil rights, anti-war movements, and early LGBTQ+ rights activism. One of the first demonstrations for the cause of gay and lesbian rights was a 1965 "homophile march" by the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis outside the White House, highlighting discrimination in federal employment and advancing LGBTQ+ equality. Also in 1965,

1872-527: The 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (Pro Gay Philippines) and Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Manila organized the first LGBT Pride March in Philippines, marching from EDSA corner Quezon Avenue to Quezon City Memorial Circle ( Quezon City , Metro Manila, Philippines) and highlighting broad social issues. At Quezon City Memorial Circle,

1944-535: The CSLDUC scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970. With Dick Leitsch 's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by Michael Kotis in April 1970, opposition to the march by Mattachine ended. The first marches were both serious and fun and served to inspire the widening LGBT movement ; they were repeated in the following years and more and more annual marches started up in other cities throughout

2016-585: The Central Government must work to develop the community's skills and create employment opportunities that will prevent members of the community from resorting to unethical means of income and thus becoming socially marginalized." Tel Aviv hosts an annual pride parade, attracting more than 260,000 people, making it the largest LGBT pride event in Asia. Three Pride parades took place in Tel Aviv on

2088-749: The Independence Day of India), the gay community in Mumbai held its first-ever formal pride parade (although informal pride parades had been held many times earlier), to demand that India 's anti-gay laws be amended. A high court in the Indian capital, Delhi ruled on July 2, 2009, that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults was not a criminal act, although the Supreme Court later reversed its decision in 2013 under widespread pressure from powerful conservative and religious groups, leading to

2160-550: The LGBT Freedom March calling for systemic and structural change. At historic Plaza Miranda, in front of Quiapo Church, despite the pouring rain, a program with performances and speeches depicting LGBT pride was held soon after the march. In 2007, the first transgender women's group participated in the Metro Manila Pride March. On December 6, 2014, Philippines celebrated the 20th anniversary of

2232-442: The Metro Manila Pride March with the theme: Come Out for Love Kasi Pag-ibig Pa Rin (Come Out for Love Because It's Still All About Love). The theme is a reminder of the love and passion that started and sustained 20 years of taking to the streets for the recognition and respect of LGBT lives as human lives. It is also a celebration of and an invitation for families, friends, and supporters of LGBT people to claim Metro Manila Pride as

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2304-407: The city. It had originally been prohibited by a municipal ban which was canceled by the court. Many of the religious leaders of Jerusalem's Muslim , Jewish , and Christian communities had arrived at a rare consensus asking the municipal government to cancel the permit of the parades. Another parade, this time billed as an international event, was scheduled to take place in the summer of 2005, but

2376-437: The first and only LGBTIQ+ pride in the arabophone world, and its largest LGBTIQ+ event. It has been the topic of four MA theses, one post-doctoral research and six documentaries, so far covered in 17 languages in 350 articles. Its first installment gathered 4,000 persons, and 2,700 people participated in the first three days of its 2018 edition, before the police cracked it down and arrested its founder Hadi Damien. The next day,

2448-648: The first gay pride parade to be held in New York City by way of a resolution at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) meeting in Philadelphia . That the Annual Reminder, in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompass the ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged-that of our fundamental human rights-be moved both in time and location. We propose that

2520-727: The first pride march week in the Middle East was established in Lebanon . In Southeast Asia , the first pride march was celebrated on June 26, 1994, when 30-50 individuals marched in Quezon City in the Philippines . Less than three decades later, the government rejected an equality legislation, sparking the largest pride march in Southeast Asia , where over 110,000 people in 2023 marched in Quezon City in support of

2592-439: The first reported sexual reassignment surgery . Hirschfeld's transvestites therefore were, in today's terms, not only transvestites, but a variety of people from the transgender spectrum. Hirschfeld also noticed that sexual arousal was often associated with transvestism. In more recent terminology, this is sometimes called transvestic fetishism . Hirschfeld also clearly distinguished between transvestism as an expression of

2664-434: The first transvestite magazine, Das 3. Geschlecht . The rise of National Socialism stopped this movement from 1933 onwards. Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite (from Latin trans- , "across, over" and vestitus , "dressed") in his 1910 book Die Transvestiten ( Transvestites ) to refer to the sexual interest in cross-dressing. He used it to describe persons who habitually and voluntarily wore clothes of

2736-638: The late 1960s, particularly after the Stonewall Uprising, they were called Gay Liberation or Gay Freedom marches which emphasized demands for full equality and liberation. On Saturday, June 27, 1970, the Chicago Gay Liberation organized a march from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the Water Tower at the intersection of Michigan and Chicago avenues, which was the route originally planned, and then many of

2808-523: The law of "outraging public decency" by wearing only his underwear in an area of the road cordoned off for the parade. On June 29, 2008, four Indian cities ( Delhi , Bangalore , Pondicherry , and Kolkata ) saw coordinated pride events. About 2,200 people turned up overall. These were also the first pride events of all these cities except Kolkata, which had seen its first such event in 1999 - making it South Asia 's first pride walk and then had been organizing pride events every year since 2003 (although there

2880-630: The law reintroduced in Parliament and homosexual acts still being illegal in the country. The first pride march in East Timor 's capital Dili was held in 2017. The first International Day Against Homophobia pride parade in Hong Kong was held on May 16, 2005, under the theme "Turn Fear into Love", calling for acceptance and care amongst gender and sexual minorities in a diverse and friendly society. The Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008 boosted

2952-499: The march took place on a portion of Phoenix's Central Avenue Corridor , and the event in 1987 became politically focused once again, as it was combined with an event aimed at recalling controversial Governor Evan Mecham . A non-profit organization was established to coordinate the pride festival in 1991. That same year, after a decade of hosting the event in Phoenix, the pride festival was moved to Tempe Diablo Stadium . The event

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3024-708: The misinformation surrounding AIDS. In 1999, Reach Out Aids Foundation handed its organization to a newly formed Task Force Pride Philippines (TFP), a network of LGBT and LGBT-friendly groups and individuals seeking to promote positive visibility for the LGBT community. In 2003, a decision was made to move the Pride March from June to the December Human Rights Week to coincide with related human rights activities such as World AIDS Day (December 1), Philippine National Lesbian Day (December 8), and International Human Rights Day (December 10). TFP organized

3096-422: The most festive parades usually offer some aspect dedicated to remembering victims of AIDS and anti-LGBT violence. Some particularly important pride parades are funded by governments and corporate sponsors and promoted as major tourist attractions for the cities that host them. In some countries, some pride parades are now also called Pride Festivals. Some of these festivals provide a carnival-like atmosphere in

3168-671: The names were not Pride Parade until 2007). In 2005, an administrative institution, the Tokyo Pride was founded to have Pride Parade constantly every year. In May 2011, Tokyo Pride was dissolved and most of the original management went on to found Tokyo Rainbow Pride. Beirut Pride is the annual non-profit LGBTIQ+ pride event and militant march held in Beirut , the capital of the Lebanon , working to decriminalize homosexuality in Lebanon. Since its inception in 2017, Beirut Pride has been

3240-423: The necessity for the state to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to protect the rights of the gay community, adding, "The society must accept us as we are. We, too, are members of society and should not face discrimination. The source of societal biases, discrimination, and injustice directed at us is, surprisingly, a lack of knowledge. We, too, have the right to live with respect and dignity, and in order to do so,

3312-548: The opposite sex. Hirschfeld's group of transvestites consisted of both males and females, with heterosexual , homosexual , bisexual , and asexual orientations. Hirschfeld himself was not happy with the term: He believed that clothing was only an outward symbol chosen on the basis of various internal psychological situations. In fact, Hirschfeld helped people to achieve changes of their first name (legal given names were required to be gender-specific in Germany ) and performed

3384-905: The participants spontaneously marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J. Daley) Plaza . The date was chosen because the Stonewall events began on the last Saturday of June and because organizers wanted to reach the maximum number of Michigan Avenue shoppers . The West Coast of the United States saw a march in San Francisco on June 27, 1970 and 'Gay-in' on June 28, 1970 and a march in Los Angeles on June 28, 1970. In Los Angeles, Morris Kight (Gay Liberation Front LA founder), Reverend Troy Perry (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches founder) and Reverend Bob Humphries (United States Mission founder) gathered to plan

3456-590: The police commissioner to issue a parade permit citing the "constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression." From the beginning, L.A. parade organizers and participants knew there were risks of violence. Kight received death threats right up to the morning of the parade. Unlike later editions, the first gay parade was very quiet. The marchers convened on Mccadden Place in Hollywood , marched north and turned east onto Hollywood Boulevard. The Advocate reported "Over 1,000 homosexuals and their friends staged, not just

3528-794: The pride parades for two decades before the Metro Manila Pride organization would assume responsibility in 2016. On December 10, 2005, the First LGBT Freedom March, with the theme "CPR: Celebrating Pride and Rights" was held along the streets of España and Quiapo in Manila, Philippines. Concerned that the prevailing economic and political crisis in the country at the time presented threats to freedoms and liberties of all Filipinos, including sexual and gender minorities, LGBT individuals and groups, non-government organizations and members of various communities and sectors organized

3600-870: The prosecutor of Beirut suspended the scheduled activities, and initiated criminal proceedings against Hadi for organizing events "that incite to debauchery". Beirut Pride holds annual events adapted to the current circumstances in the country. Queer Culture Festivals in South Korea consist of pride parades and various other LGBT events, such as film festivals . Currently there are eight Queer Culture Festivals, including Seoul Queer Culture Festival (since 2000), Daegu Queer Culture Festival (since 2009), Busan Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeju Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeonju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Gwangju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Incheon Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), and Daejeon Queer Culture Festival (since 2024). Nepal Pride Parade

3672-562: The queer pride parade is to honor and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, as well as to raise awareness in society so that people can break free from the stigma and biases that surround them. Swabhiman, a non-governmental organization, coordinated the Queer Pride Walk. More than seven months after four transgender people in Tripura had a harrowing experience at a police station that went viral on social media,

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3744-424: The rally count above 1,000 in the second largest East Asian Pride after Taipei's. By now a firmly annual event, Pride 2013 saw more than 5,200 participants. The city continues to hold the event every year, except in 2010 when it was not held due to a budget shortfall. In the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2018, the event broke its previous record, with 12,000 participants. The police arrested a participant who violated

3816-547: The re-criminalization of homosexuality in India. Pride parades have also been held in smaller Indian cities such as Nagpur , Madurai , Bhubaneshwar and Thrissur . Attendance at the pride parades has been increasing significantly since 2008, with an estimated participation of 3,500 people in Delhi and 1,500 people in Bangalore in 2010. On September 6, 2018, sex between same-sex adults was legalized by India's Supreme Court. On September 12, 2022, Tripura celebrated its first 'Queer Pride Walk' held in Agartala . The major goal of

3888-495: The same as giving a permit to a group of thieves and robbers." Grudgingly, the Police Commission granted the permit, though there were fees exceeding $ 1.5 million. After the American Civil Liberties Union stepped in, the commission dropped all its requirements but a $ 1,500 fee for police service. That, too, was dismissed when the California Superior Court ordered the police to provide protection as they would for any other group. The eleventh-hour California Supreme Court decision ordered

3960-473: The state's queer community held its first-ever pride walk on Monday in Agartala , claiming the right to live in dignity and equality, free of gender discrimination, stigma, and taboo for being different. Hundreds of lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons marched in the colorful pride parade, waving rainbow flags and holding banners urging people to reject gender stigma and sexuality stereotypes. 'Swabhiman' President Sneha Gupta Roy asserted

4032-548: The subsequent demonstrations, marches and memorials, and who had been members of early activist organizations such as Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance. The language has become more accurate and inclusive, though these changes met with initial resistance from some in their own communities who were unaware of the historical events. Changing first to Lesbian and Gay , today most are called Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) or simply "Pride". Pride parades are held in many urban areas and in many countries where

4104-442: The summer months in Arizona since at least 2004, due to high summer temperatures. Phoenix has had a history of hosting gay pride -themed events even before the first pride parade was held in 1981. In June 1977, the first gay pride week was organized in Phoenix by the city’s LGBTQ+ community at the time. The first pride parade in Phoenix took place in 1981, and it was organized by the Lesbian & Gay Pride Planning Committee, which

4176-437: The term cross-dresser used as a more appropriate replacement. The term transvestite was historically used to diagnose medical disorders, including mental health disorders, and transvestism was viewed as a disorder, while the term cross-dresser was coined by the trans community. In some cases, the term transvestite is seen as more appropriate for use by members of the trans community instead of by those outside of

4248-426: The week of June 11, 2010. The main parade, which is also partly funded by the city's municipality, was one of the largest ever to take place in Israel, with approximately 200,000 participants. The first Pride parade in Tel Aviv took place in 1993. On June 30, 2005, the fourth annual Pride march of Jerusalem took place. The Jerusalem parade has been met with resistance due to the high presence of religious bodies in

4320-407: The word at that time being used in a more generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of what is now variously called the 'queer' or LGBT community. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as many of the actual participants had grown older, moved on to other issues, or died, this passage of time led to misunderstandings as to who had actually participated in the Stonewall riots, who had actually organized

4392-406: The world. In Atlanta and New York City the marches were called Gay Liberation Marches , and the day of celebration was called "Gay Liberation Day"; in Los Angeles and San Francisco they became known as 'Gay Freedom Marches' and the day was called "Gay Freedom Day". As more cities and even smaller towns began holding their own celebrations, these names spread. The rooted ideology behind the parades

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4464-408: Was a gap of a year or so in-between). The pride parades were successful, given that no right-wing group attacked or protested against the pride parade, although the opposition party BJP expressed its disagreement with the concept of gay pride parade. The next day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for greater social tolerance towards homosexuals at an AIDS event. On August 16, 2008 (one day after

4536-479: Was difficulty getting some of the major New York organizations like Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) to send representatives. Craig Rodwell and his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, Michael Brown , Marty Nixon, and Foster Gunnison of Mattachine made up the core group of the CSLD Umbrella Committee (CSLDUC). For initial funding, Gunnison served as treasurer and sought donations from the national homophile organizations and sponsors, while Sargeant solicited donations via

4608-425: Was formed in May 2013 to organize a "People's Pride", which was "envisioned as an inclusive and explicitly political movement for social justice". Other pride parades held in the Johannesburg area include Soweto Pride which takes place annually in Meadowlands , Soweto, and Ekurhuleni Pride which takes place annually in KwaThema , a township on the East Rand . Pride parades held in other South African cities include

4680-417: Was held on May 8, 2019, in Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan. Many parades still have at least some of the original political or activist character, especially in less accepting settings. The variation is largely dependent upon the political, economic, and religious settings of the area. However, in more accepting cities, the parades take on a festive or even Mardi Gras -like character, whereby the political stage

4752-470: Was held towards the end of the apartheid era in Johannesburg on October 13, 1990, the first such event on the African continent. Section Nine of the country's 1996 constitution provides for equality and freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation among other factors. The Joburg Pride organizing body disbanded in 2013 due to internal conflict about whether the event should continue to be used for political advocacy. A new committee

4824-417: Was later rescheduled to 2021, in effect cancelling Phoenix Pride for 2020. Activists who disrupted 2017's pride parade have criticized Phoenix Pride as being overly commercialized, in its present form, and accused organizers of straying from its original theme of standing up for the rights of people. Similar criticisms have been leveled against other pride parades around the country. Pride parade In

4896-460: Was led by Kirk Baxter and BJ Bud. The first parade was a march from Patriots Square Park (now the site of CityScape ) to the Arizona State Capitol . The event was a politically focused march that aimed to bring awareness to LGBT rights issues in the Phoenix area. Newspaper reports at the time estimated 600 to 1,000 people attended the evening march, although later research has put the figure to over 700 people having taken part. From 1983 to 1985,

4968-441: Was moved to Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix in 1998, and moved to Steele Indian School Park in 2003, where it is still being held to this day. In 2020, the parade and festival was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic , with event organizers saying they will reschedule the event to a time during the fall. Days after the announcement to postpone was made, organizers announced an alternative date of November 7 and 8. 2020's parade

5040-405: Was postponed once more in 2014, as a result of Protective Edge Operation. In 2022 local environmentalists from Tel Aviv started planning how to make the current year's parade and future parades more sustainable, using composting stations and removing single use plastic from the largest pride parade in the Middle East. The first Pride Parade in Japan was held on August 28, 1994, in Tokyo (while

5112-445: Was postponed to 2006 due to the stress on police forces during the summer of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan . In 2006, it was again postponed due to the Israel-Hezbollah war . It was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem on November 10, 2006, caused a wave of protests by Haredi Jews around central Israel. The Israel National Police had filed a petition to cancel the parade due to foreseen strong opposition. Later, an agreement

5184-630: Was reached to convert the parade into an assembly inside the Hebrew University stadium in Jerusalem. June 21, 2007, the Jerusalem Open House organization succeeded in staging a parade in central Jerusalem after police allocated thousands of personnel to secure the general area. The rally planned afterwards was canceled due to an unrelated national fire brigade strike which prevented proper permits from being issued. The parade

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