Pride parade is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.
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29 Facts About Pride parade
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The Joburg Pride parade organising body disbanded in 2013 due to internal conflict about whether the event should continue to be used for political advocacy.
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The major goal of 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.
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The Jerusalem Pride parade has been met with resistance due to the high presence of religious bodies in the city.
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The Pride parade was postponed once more in 2014, as a result of Protective Edge Operation.
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Copenhagen Pride is a colourful and festive occasion, combining political issues with concerts, films and a parade.
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Later, a system of "national Pride parade" observances designated one city to hold the official events, starting with Rome in 1994.
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In 2009, the annual Baltic Pride parade was launched, with the first edition being held in Riga with a march.
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Baltic Pride parade event returned to Riga in 2018, the year of the centenary of the independence of Latvia and all three Baltic states.
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In 2005, the Pride parade was forbidden by local authorities but occurred nevertheless.
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In 2018, Belgrade Pride was attended by thousands of people and it became one of the biggest Pride Parade festival in the region.
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Madrid Pride Parade, known as Fiesta del Orgullo Gay, Manifestacion Estatal del Orgullo LGTB and Dia del Orgullo Gay, is held the first Saturday after June 28 since 1979.
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In 2014, Winter Pride parade Maspalomas was held for the first time at Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, one of one Europe's most popular LGTB tourist destinations.
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Liverpool Pride parade was launched in 2010, but by 2011 it became the largest free Gay Pride parade festival in the United Kingdom outside London.
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Manchester Pride parade has been running since 1985 and centres around the famous Canal Street.
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Montreal's LGBTQ+ Pride Parade is held in mid-August and has taken place every year since 1979, when a group of 200 people commemorated New York City's 1969 Stonewall Riots with "Gairilla", a precursor to Montreal's gay pride parade celebrations.
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The Pride parade takes place in the downtown core with over 150 floats moving along Robson Street, Denman Street and along Davie Street.
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Brisbane's Pride parade March began in July 1990, and is organised by Brisbane Pride parade.
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Perth's Pride parade March was established in October 1990, by the newly formed WA Pride parade Collective .
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Adelaide's Pride parade March was established in 2003, on the anniversary of their first Pride parade March in 1973.
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