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{{short description|Outdoor events celebrating LGBTQ social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride}}
{{Distinguish|The Gay Parade}}
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(contracted; show full)0150712233212/http://www.queerty.com/the-gay-pride-issue-20070618/|url-status=dead|title=The Gay Pride Issue|first=Andrew|last=Belonksy|date=June 18, 2007|archivedate=July 12, 2015|website=www.queerty.com}}</ref> Bisexual activist [[Tom Limoncelli]] later stated, "The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why [LGBT] Pride Month is June tell them, 'A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be.'"<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.bisquish.com/squishive/2005/07/27/in-memoriam-brenda-howard-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214163344/http://www.bisquish.com/squishive/2005/07/27/in-memoriam-brenda-howard-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-02-14 |title=In Memoriam – Brenda Howard |date= |accessdate=2019-09-03 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214163344/http://www.bisquish.com/squishive/2005/07/27/in-memoriam-brenda-howard-2/ |date=February 14, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Elyssa Goodman |url=https://www.them.us/story/brenda-howard/amp |title=Meet Brenda Howard, "The Mother of Pride" and a Pioneering Bisexual Activist |publisher=Them.us |date= |accessdate=2019-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608014435/https://www.them.us/story/brenda-howard/amp |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

(contracted; show full)unds, historically these events were first named ''Gay'', 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary for Sylvia Rae Rivera|url=http://www.sylviasplace.org/sylvia_obituary.htm|publisher=Sylvia's Place|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928113130/http://www.sylviasplace.org/sylvia_obituary.htm|archivedate=September 28, 2007}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619122836/http://www.sylviasplace.org/sylvia_obituary.htm |date=June 19, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gender.org/remember/people/marshajohnson.html |title=Marsha P. Johnson |publisher=Gender.org |date=July 6, 1992 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022184320/http://gender.org/remember/people/marshajohnson.html |archive-date=October 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

(contracted; show full)cond largest [[East Asia]]n 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|title=香港同志遊行2008．Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008|website=hkpride.net|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812014103/https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812014103/https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/ |date=August 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hkpride.net/2009/tc/news/|title=香港同志遊行2009【驕傲做自己．同志愛出來】|website=hkpride.net|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707231002/https://hkpride.net/2009/tc/news/|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707231002/https://hkpride.net/2009/tc/news/ |date=July 7, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2010|url=http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218210517/http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218210517/http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/ |date=December 18, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hkpride.net/2012/tc/news.php|title=香港同志遊行2012 · Hong Kong Pride Parade 2012|website=hkpride.net|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707190925/https://hkpride.net/2012/tc/news.php|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707190925/https://hkpride.net/2012/tc/news.php |date=July 7, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2013|url=http://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812005225/https://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812005225/https://hkpride.net/2013/tc/ |date=August 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hkpride.net/2014/tc|title=香港同志遊行2014 Hong Kong Pride Parade 2014|website=香港同志遊行2014 Hong Kong Pride Parade 2014}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hkpride.net/2015/tc/index.html|title=香港同志遊行2015 Hong Kong Pride Parade 2015|website=香港同志遊行2015 Hong Kong Pride Parade 2015|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710130701/https://hkpride.net/2015/tc/index.html|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710130701/https://hkpride.net/2015/tc/index.html |date=July 10, 2020 }}</ref>{{overcite |reason=just one, good, reliable source would be enough here, and English is preferred|date=November 2017}}{{Primary source inline|reason=All of these refs are from the HK pride source itself; this needs a reliable 2ary source here |date=November 2017}}

In the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2018, the event breaks the record with 12000 participants and the police arrested a participant who violated the law of outraging public decency.

====India====
{{See also|Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk}}
(contracted; show full)stival]] (since 2018), and [[Incheon Queer Culture Festival]] (since 2018).<ref name="SQCF">{{cite web |script-title=ko:[알림] 공식명칭을 변경합니다 ('퀴어문화축제조직위원회'➝'서울퀴어문화축제조직위원회', '퀴어문화축제'➝'서울퀴어문화축제') |url=http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |website=[[SQCF]] |date=15 March 2018 |accessdate=29 July 2018 |language=ko |title=Archived copy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729111954/http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
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====Nepal====
{{See also| Nepal Pride Parade}}
Nepal Pride Parade 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. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f|title=Why Nepal may never call it a Gay Pride March?|publisher=Sunil Babu Pant|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161621/https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161621/https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f |date=November 12, 2019 }}</ref> Mitini Nepal organizes Pride Parades on Feb 14 while, a Queer [[Womxn]] Pride is also organized on International Women's Day.

====Philippines====
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{{See also|LGBT rights in the Philippines}}
(contracted; show full)argest pride parade in all of [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mmpride.org/post/metro-manila-pride-now-oldest-biggest-southeast-asia/|title=Metro Manila Pride March and Festival Draws More Than 25,000, Now Biggest Pride in Southeast Asia|first=Metro Manila|last=Pride|date=July 7, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084321/http://mmpride.org/post/metro-manila-pride-now-oldest-biggest-southeast-asia/|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084321/http://mmpride.org/post/metro-manila-pride-now-oldest-biggest-southeast-asia/ |date=September 2, 2018 }}</ref>

====Taiwan====
[[File:Tokyo Rainbow Pride at Taiwan Pride 2019.jpg|thumb|[[Taiwan Pride]] 2019, in Taipei]]
{{Main|Taiwan Pride}}
[[Taipei]] hosts an annual Gay Pride Parade in October. Recently in 2019, the 17th Taiwan LGBT parade is the first gay parade after [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|Taiwan ’s same-sex marriage legislation]], with attendances of over 200,000<ref>{{cite news |last1=William Yen |title=Record 200,000 people march in Taipei LGBT pride parade |url=https://focustaiwan.t(contracted; show full) [[Zagreb Pride|Zagreb]] and has been held annually ever since. The attendance has gradually grown from 350 in 2002 to 15.000 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zagreb-pride.net/hr/povorka-ponosa/povijest-povorke-ponosa-u-zagrebu/|title=Povijest Povorke ponosa u Zagrebu - Zagreb Pride|publisher=|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527120723/http://www.zagreb-pride.net/hr/povorka-ponosa/povijest-povorke-ponosa-u-zagrebu/|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527120723/http://www.zagreb-pride.net/hr/povorka-ponosa/povijest-povorke-ponosa-u-zagrebu/ |date=May 27, 2018 }}</ref> Pride parades are also held in [[Split Pride|Split]] (since 2011) and [[Osijek Pride|Osijek]] (since 2014).

====Denmark====

The [[Copenhagen Pride]] festival is held every year in August. In its current format, it has been held every year since 1996, where Copenhagen hosted EuroPride. Before 1994 the national LGBT association organised demonstration-like freedom marches. Copenhagen Pride is a colourful and festive occasion, combining political issues with concerts, films and a parade. The foc(contracted; show full)emi]] with just 5,000 inhabitants hosted their own Pride first time in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941|title=Kangasniemi Pride -kulkue tukki kirkonkylän keskustan|publisher=Länsi-Savo|accessdate=July 10, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104654/http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941|url-status=dead}}
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====France====
[[File:Paris Gay Pride 2013 002.jpg|thumb|[[Paris Pride]]]]
[[Paris Pride]] hosts an annual Gay Pride Parade last Saturday in June, with attendances of over 800,000.<ref>[http://www.parismarais.com/gay/uk_gay-pride-paris.php Paris Marais] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416112715/http://www.parismarais.com/gay/uk_gay-pride-paris.php |date=April 16, 2014 }}. Parismarais.com</ref> Eighteen other parades take place at cities throughout France in: [[Ang(contracted; show full)]. The Thessaloniki Pride is also held annually every June. 2015 and 2016 brought two more pride parades, the Creta Pride taking place annually in [[Crete]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cretalive.gr/crete/view/jekinhse-to-1o-gay-pride-sthn-krhth/255900|title=404 - Cretalive.gr|website=www.cretalive.gr|accessdate=May 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628220253/http://www.cretalive.gr/crete/view/jekinhse-to-1o-gay-pride-sthn-krhth/255900|archive-date=June 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628220253/http://www.cretalive.gr/crete/view/jekinhse-to-1o-gay-pride-sthn-krhth/255900 |date=June 28, 2015 }}</ref> and the Patras Pride, that is going to be held in [[Patras]] for the first time in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrisnews.com/nea-enimerosi/peloponnisos/i-omofylofiliki-koinotita-tis-patras-etoimazetai-gia-to-proto-festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109063356/http://www.patrisnews.com/nea-enimerosi/peloponnisos/i-omofylofiliki-koinotita-tis-patras-etoimazetai-gia-to-proto-festival|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2016|title=PatrisNews - Εφημερίδα Πατρίς, τα νέα της Ηλείας, ειδήσεις από την Ηλεία, Ηλειακά blogs, Ηλεικά νέα, ilia news, news RSS|website=PatrisNews|accessdate=May 24, 2017}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109063356/http://www.patrisnews.com/nea-enimerosi/peloponnisos/i-omofylofiliki-koinotita-tis-patras-etoimazetai-gia-to-proto-festival |date=January 9, 2016 }}</ref>

====Greenland====
In May 2010, [[History of Nuuk|Nuuk]] celebrated its first pride parade.  Over 1,000 people attended.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen |first=Dan |url=http://www.newnownext.com/worldwatch-greenlands-first-gay-pride/06/2010/ |title=Tripoutgaytravel.com. Retrieved on 2015-06-12 |publisher=Newnownext.com |date=2010-06-15 |accessdate=2019-09-03}}</ref>  It has been repeated every year since then, part of a festival called [[Nuuk Pride]].

====Iceland====
(contracted; show full)tivals, most notably [[Gothenburg]] and [[Malmö]]. In 2018, Stockholm Pride and Gothenburg West Pride, co-hosted the 25th annual [[EuroPride]] parade.<ref>{{cite web|title=EuroPride 2018 – Stockholm & Gothenburg|url=http://epoa.eu/europride/europride-2018-sweden/|website=European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA)|date=2018|accessdate=10 July 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140611/http://epoa.eu/europride/europride-2018-sweden/|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140611/http://epoa.eu/europride/europride-2018-sweden/ |date=January 29, 2018 }}</ref>

====Turkey====
[[File:Gay pride Istanbul at Taksim Square.jpg|thumb|Istanbul LGBT pride parade in 2011, [[Taksim Square]], [[Istanbul]]]]
(contracted; show full)attracted almost 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/21696299/__Gay_Pride_in_Istanbul_groot_succes__.html |title=Gay Pride in Istanbul groot succes – Nieuws &#124; Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws met Telegraaf.nl [tv&#93; |publisher=Telegraaf.nl |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728210152/http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/21696299/__Gay_Pride_in_Istanbul_groot_succes__.html |url-status=dead }}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728210152/http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/21696299/__Gay_Pride_in_Istanbul_groot_succes__.html |date=July 28, 2017 }}</ref> The protesters were joined by [[Gezi Park]] protesters, making the 2013 Istanbul Pride the biggest pride ever held in Turkey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dunya.milliyet.com.tr/taksim-deki-onur-yuruyusu-ne-bbc/dunya/detay/1730407/default.htm |title=Taksim'deki Onur Yürüyüşü'ne BBC yorumu: Bugüne kadar... – Milliyet |publisher=Dunya.milliyet.com.tr |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104131320/http://dunya.milliyet.com.tr/taksim-deki-onur-yur(contracted; show full)tanbul does not receive any support of the municipality or the government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=istanbul-becoming-proud-of-pride-week-2011-06-19 |title=ARTS-CULTURE – Istanbul becoming proud of Pride Week |publisher=Hurriyetdailynews.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051211/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=istanbul-becoming-proud-of-pride-week-2011-06-19 |url-status=dead }}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051211/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=istanbul-becoming-proud-of-pride-week-2011-06-19 |date=September 3, 2011 }}</ref>

On June 28, 2015, police in Istanbul interrupted the parade, which the organisers said was not permitted that year due to the holy month Ramadan,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mehmet |first1=Caliskan |first2=Yesmin |last2=Dikmen |first3=Gulsen |last3=Solaker |date=28 June 2015 |title=Turkish police use water cannon to disperse gay pride parade |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/28/uk-turkey-rights-pride-idUKKCN0P80P420150628?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews |work=[[Reuters]] UK |acce(contracted; show full)e local clergy who came out strongly in support of the LGBT movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/07/23/pride-march-organizers-pleased-with-the-outcome/|title='Pride march' organizers pleased with the outcome|date=2018-07-24|website=Barbados Today|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231043112/https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/07/23/pride-march-organizers-pleased-with-the-outcome/|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231043112/https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/07/23/pride-march-organizers-pleased-with-the-outcome/ |date=December 31, 2018 }}</ref>

====Canada====
[[File:Prideparade.jpg|thumb|Baton twirlers perform in the 2002 [[Divers/Cité]] pride parade in [[Downtown Montreal]].]]

{{Main|Fierté Montréal}}
(contracted; show full)986, Capital Pride's goal is to help educate and promote the issues and interests of the LGBTQ community. In 1998, the Capital Pride Week Committee received a letter of support from Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Egale Canada|title=Obtaining Pride Proclamations|url=http://egale.ca/index.asp?item=155|accessdate=March 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203211715/http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?item=155|archivedate=February 3, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
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[[Vancouver Pride Festival|Vancouver's Pride Parade]] takes place each year during the August long weekend ([[Civic Holiday|BC Day]] falls on the first Monday of August in the province of British Columbia). The parade takes place in the downtown core with over 150 floats moving along Robson Street, Denman Street and along Davie Street. The parade has a crowd of over 150,000 attendees with well over half a million in attendance for the August 4, 2013 Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tam |first=Christine |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/761407/vancouver-pride-parade-brightens-up-vancouver/ |title=Hundreds of thousands shine bright at Vancouver Pride Parade – BC |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=August 4, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |title=Vancouver Pride Parade expected to draw record crowd – News – MSN CA |publisher=News.ca.msn.com |date=August 2, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }} {{Cite web |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |url-status=dead }}</ref> New for 2013 are the permanently painted rainbow crosswalks in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood at Davie and Bute streets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lupick |first=Travis |url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/405246/photos-vancouver-loves-its-new-rainbow-crosswalks |title=Photos: Vancouver loves its new rainbow crosswalks &#124; Georgia Straight |publisher=Straight.com |date=July 31, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> The city of [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], in the [[Metro Vancouver]] area also hosts a Pride Festival, though on a much smaller scale.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |title=Surrey Pride Festival July 7 at Holland Park |publisher=Surrey Leader |date=July 5, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025042757/http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Mexico====
[[File:EagleFloat2009MarchaDF.JPG|thumb|right|[[Float (parade)|Float]] with [[Eagle warrior|Aztec Eagle Warrior]] theme at 2009 [[Pride Parade|LGBT Pride Parade]] in Mexico City|alt=Gay-rights parade float with Aztec eagle-warrior theme]]
The first gay pride parade in [[Mexico]] occurred in [[Mexico City]] in 1979, and it was attended by over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |title=Mexico City Gay Pride/Orgullo LGBT Mexico City &#124; Gay Pride |publisher=Gaypedia.com |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907165254/http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |archivedate=September 7, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Ever since, it has been held annually under different slogans, with the purpose of bringing visibility to sexual minorities, raising awareness about [[HIV/AIDS]], fighting homophobia, and advocating for LGBT rights, including the legalization of [[civil unions]], [[same-sex marriages]], and [[LGBT adoption]]. In 2009, more than 350,000 people attended the gay pride march in [[Mexico City]]—100,000 more than the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |title=Festeja la Ciudad de México el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105215503/http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |archivedate=January 5, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Guadalajara]] has also held their own [[Guadalajara Gay Pride]] every June since 1996, and it is the second largest gay pride parade in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |title=Guadalajara Has Vibrant Gay Scene &#124; Rainbow Tourism Gay & Lesbian Travel Blog – Inside Gay and Lesbian Travel |publisher=Gaytravel.in |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005952/http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Gay pride parades have also spread to the cities of [[León, Guanajuato]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |title=Periódico Express de Nayarit - Encabeza Le Naché, Marcha del Orgullo Gay en León, Gto |publisher=Periodicoexpress.com.mx |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625133301/http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |archivedate=June 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |title=Convocan a juntas para la 8 Marcha del Orgullo LGBT en Puebla |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311002816/http://www.anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |archivedate=March 11, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Tijuana]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |title=Se tiñe Tijuana de arco iris con el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813084050/http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |archivedate=August 13, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Toluca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |title=Tendrá Toluca su Marcha del Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |archivedate=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Cancun]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/690823.html |title=Realizan marcha del orgullo LGBTen Cancъn |newspaper=El Universal |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> [[Acapulco]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |title=Realizan Marchas del Orgullo gay en Mérida y Acapulco |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113091944/http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |archivedate=November 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=876 |title=Anuncian Marcha del Orgullo gay en Mérida |publisher=Notiese.org |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> [[Xalapa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |title=Realizan Sexta Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Xalapa |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904062755/http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |archivedate=September 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Cuernavaca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |title=Celebran V Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Cuernavaca |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |archivedate=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Chihuahua, Chihuahua|Chihuahua]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |title=Omnia |publisher=Omnia |date=May 21, 2009 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233630/http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |archivedate=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |title=Matamoros holds first gay pride parade in Tamaulipas history : News |publisher=ValleyCentral.com |date=June 25, 2012 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702154437/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Saltillo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |title=Anuncian marcha por el orgullo gay en Saltillo |publisher=Vanguardia.com.mx |date=May 19, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630032030/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mazatlan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |title=Hoteles &#124; Bienes Raices &#124; Paseos &#124; Restaurantes – Marcha Gay Mazatlan 2011 |publisher=Mazatlan Interactivo |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329090024/http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |archivedate=March 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Los Cabos]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |title=Por quinta ocasión en Los Cabos se realiza Marcha del Orgullo Gay &#124; Noticias.Cabovision.TV – Las Noticias de Los Cabos en tu email. Videos, Editoriales y Reportajes Ecoturísticos |publisher=Noticias.Cabovision.TV |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221251/http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |archivedate=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203211715/http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?item=155 |date=February 3, 2012 }}</ref>

[[Vancouver Pride Festival|Vancouver's Pride Parade]] takes place each year during the August long weekend ([[Civic Holiday|BC Day]] falls on the first Monday of August in the province of British Columbia). The parade takes place in the downtown core with over 150 floats moving along Robson Street, Denman Street and along Davie Street. The parade has a crowd of over 150,000 attendees with well over half a million in attendance for the August 4, 2013 Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tam |first=Christine |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/761407/vancouver-pride-parade-brightens-up-vancouver/ |title=Hundreds of thousands shine bright at Vancouver Pride Parade – BC |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=August 4, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |title=Vancouver Pride Parade expected to draw record crowd – News – MSN CA |publisher=News.ca.msn.com |date=August 2, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |date=August 6, 2013 }} {{Cite web |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806090038/http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/vancouver-pride-parade-expected-to-draw-record-crowd |date=August 6, 2013 }}</ref> New for 2013 are the permanently painted rainbow crosswalks in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood at Davie and Bute streets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lupick |first=Travis |url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/405246/photos-vancouver-loves-its-new-rainbow-crosswalks |title=Photos: Vancouver loves its new rainbow crosswalks &#124; Georgia Straight |publisher=Straight.com |date=July 31, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> The city of [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], in the [[Metro Vancouver]] area also hosts a Pride Festival, though on a much smaller scale.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |title=Surrey Pride Festival July 7 at Holland Park |publisher=Surrey Leader |date=July 5, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025042757/http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025042757/http://www.surreyleader.com/community/214206361.html |date=October 25, 2014 }}</ref>

====Mexico====
[[File:EagleFloat2009MarchaDF.JPG|thumb|right|[[Float (parade)|Float]] with [[Eagle warrior|Aztec Eagle Warrior]] theme at 2009 [[Pride Parade|LGBT Pride Parade]] in Mexico City|alt=Gay-rights parade float with Aztec eagle-warrior theme]]
The first gay pride parade in [[Mexico]] occurred in [[Mexico City]] in 1979, and it was attended by over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |title=Mexico City Gay Pride/Orgullo LGBT Mexico City &#124; Gay Pride |publisher=Gaypedia.com |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907165254/http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |archivedate=September 7, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907165254/http://www.gaypedia.com/en/events/show/1205/Mexico-City-Gay-Pride-Orgullo-LGBT-Mexico-City |date=September 7, 2013 }}</ref> Ever since, it has been held annually under different slogans, with the purpose of bringing visibility to sexual minorities, raising awareness about [[HIV/AIDS]], fighting homophobia, and advocating for LGBT rights, including the legalization of [[civil unions]], [[same-sex marriages]], and [[LGBT adoption]]. In 2009, more than 350,000 people attended the gay pride march in [[Mexico City]]—100,000 more than the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |title=Festeja la Ciudad de México el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105215503/http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |archivedate=January 5, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105215503/http://anodis.com/nota/14282.asp |date=January 5, 2010 }}</ref> [[Guadalajara]] has also held their own [[Guadalajara Gay Pride]] every June since 1996, and it is the second largest gay pride parade in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |title=Guadalajara Has Vibrant Gay Scene &#124; Rainbow Tourism Gay & Lesbian Travel Blog – Inside Gay and Lesbian Travel |publisher=Gaytravel.in |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005952/http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005952/http://www.gaytravel.in/2011/04/guadalajara-has-vibrant-gay-scene/ |date=June 7, 2014 }}</ref> Gay pride parades have also spread to the cities of [[León, Guanajuato]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |title=Periódico Express de Nayarit - Encabeza Le Naché, Marcha del Orgullo Gay en León, Gto |publisher=Periodicoexpress.com.mx |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625133301/http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |archivedate=June 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625133301/http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=200097 |date=June 25, 2013 }}</ref> [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |title=Convocan a juntas para la 8 Marcha del Orgullo LGBT en Puebla |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311002816/http://www.anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |archivedate=March 11, 2009 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311002816/http://www.anodis.com/nota/13710.asp |date=March 11, 2009 }}</ref> [[Tijuana]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |title=Se tiñe Tijuana de arco iris con el Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813084050/http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |archivedate=August 13, 2009 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813084050/http://anodis.com/nota/14289.asp |date=August 13, 2009 }}</ref> [[Toluca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |title=Tendrá Toluca su Marcha del Orgullo Gay |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |archivedate=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/9857.asp |date=October 16, 2015 }}</ref> [[Cancun]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/690823.html |title=Realizan marcha del orgullo LGBTen Cancъn |newspaper=El Universal |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> [[Acapulco]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |title=Realizan Marchas del Orgullo gay en Mérida y Acapulco |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113091944/http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |archivedate=November 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113091944/http://anodis.com/nota/16507.asp |date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref> [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=876 |title=Anuncian Marcha del Orgullo gay en Mérida |publisher=Notiese.org |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> [[Xalapa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |title=Realizan Sexta Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Xalapa |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904062755/http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |archivedate=September 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904062755/http://anodis.com/nota/19761.asp |date=September 4, 2015 }}</ref> [[Cuernavaca]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |title=Celebran V Marcha del Orgullo Gay en Cuernavaca |publisher=Anodis |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |archivedate=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016095905/http://anodis.com/nota/14614.asp |date=October 16, 2015 }}</ref> [[Chihuahua, Chihuahua|Chihuahua]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |title=Omnia |publisher=Omnia |date=May 21, 2009 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233630/http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |archivedate=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233630/http://www.omnia.com.mx/noticias/convocan-marcha-del-orgullo-gay-en-chihuahua/ |date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |title=Matamoros holds first gay pride parade in Tamaulipas history : News |publisher=ValleyCentral.com |date=June 25, 2012 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702154437/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702154437/http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=769399#.UYiHlLWG2So |date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref> [[Saltillo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |title=Anuncian marcha por el orgullo gay en Saltillo |publisher=Vanguardia.com.mx |date=May 19, 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630032030/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630032030/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/anuncianmarchaporelorgullogayensaltillo-1716483.html |date=June 30, 2013 }}</ref> [[Mazatlan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |title=Hoteles &#124; Bienes Raices &#124; Paseos &#124; Restaurantes – Marcha Gay Mazatlan 2011 |publisher=Mazatlan Interactivo |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329090024/http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |archivedate=March 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329090024/http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/noticias/ultimas-noticias/marcha-gay-mazatlan-2011/ |date=March 29, 2013 }}</ref> [[Los Cabos]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |title=Por quinta ocasión en Los Cabos se realiza Marcha del Orgullo Gay &#124; Noticias.Cabovision.TV – Las Noticias de Los Cabos en tu email. Videos, Editoriales y Reportajes Ecoturísticos |publisher=Noticias.Cabovision.TV |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221251/http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |archivedate=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221251/http://noticias.cabovision.tv/especiales/5-eventos-sociales/6264-por-quinta-ocasion-en-los-cabos-se-realiza-marcha-del-orgullo-gay.html |date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> [[Puerto Vallarta]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaypv.mx/blog/2014/05/successful-gay-pride-parade-and-artistic-festival-in-puerto-vallarta/ |title=GayPV &#124; Successful Gay Pride Parade and Artistic Festival in Puerto Vallarta |publisher=[[Gay PV|Gaypv]].mx |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=2014-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215734/http://gaypv.mx/blog/2014/05/successful-gay-pride-parade-and-artistic-festival-in-puerto-vallarta/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |u(contracted; show full)cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-commemoration-50th-anniversary-stonewall-rebellion-2019|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rebellion in 2019|publisher=State of New York|date=June 25, 2017|accessdate=November 4, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002637/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-commemoration-50th-anniversary-stonewall-rebellion-2019|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002637/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-commemoration-50th-anniversary-stonewall-rebellion-2019 |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref> to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots; as many as 4 million people are expected to attend in [[Lesbians in Manhattan|Manhattan]] alone.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/travel/world-pride-new-york-city-1.31217704|title=What to see and do in NYC for World Pride|last=May 21|first=Jon Barrett Special to Newsday Updated|last2=Am|first2=2019 6:00|website=Newsday|language=en|accessdate=May 31, 2019}}</ref>.

(contracted; show full)parade is held at night with ~12,000 participants on and around elaborate floats.<ref name="abc2009"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mardigras.org.au/internal.cfm?sub=Parade&nav=Mardi%20Gras%202009 |title=Mardi Gras 2009 Parade |work=New Mardi Gras |publisher=mardigras.org.au |accessdate=2009-01-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607201208/http://mardigras.org.au/internal.cfm?sub=Parade&nav=Mardi%20Gras%202009 |archivedate=June 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
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Perth's Pride March was established in October 1990, by the newly formed WA Pride Collective (now WA Pride).<ref name="wapride">{{cite web |url=http://www.pridewa.com.au/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010082620/http://www.pridewa.com.au/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2012|title=WA Pride |accessdate=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref>

Melbourne's Pride March, now part of the [[Midsumma Festival]] (1989-), was established in 1996.<ref name="midsumma">{{cite web |url=http://midsumma.org.au/midsumma-history |title=Midsumma History |accessdate=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002919/http://midsumma.org.au/midsumma-history |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The event sees over 5000 participating in the Parade, and 20,000 lining Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

Adelaide's Pride March was established in 2003,<ref name="pridemarchadl">{{cite web |url=http://www.prideadelaide.org/history.html |title=Pride March Adelaide - History |accessdate=2019-04-02 |date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902041815/http://prideadelaide.org/history.html |url-status=dead }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902041815/http://prideadelaide.org/history.html |date=September 2, 2018 }}</ref> on the anniversary of their first Pride March in 1973. Since then, the Adelaide Pride March has opened the annual [[Feast Festival]].

====New Zealand====

(contracted; show full)nister to walk in a Pride Parade|date=15 February 2018|newspaper=TVNZ}}</ref> In March, Wellington also holds a pride parade during the Wellington Pride Festival.<ref name="wgnpride">{{cite web |url=https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz/ |title=Wellington Pride Festival |publisher=wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz |accessdate=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321170227/https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz/ |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321170227/https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.org.nz/ |date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> At Labour Weekend, October, Paekakariki holds its Pride Festival, A Rainbow in the Village, every year. It holds the unofficial title of having the World's Shortest Pride Parade.<ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/97718432/paekkriki-about-to-get-its-queer-on-with-worlds-shortest-gay-pride-parade</ref>

===South America===

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