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The festival was first held on Father's Day in 1975. [2] Deacon Maccubbin, owner of the LGBT bookstore Lambda Rising, organized the city's first annual gay pride event.It was a one-day community block party held on 20th Street NW between R and S Streets NW in Washington, D.C. (the same block where Lambda Rising was then located).
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.
By 1993, Capital City Pride was founded with the sole purpose of hosting the annual Pride events. Over time the march's more political tone shifted a more celebratory one. [5] Traditionally, The Capital City Pride parade and festival was held on a Saturday, but was moved to Sunday in 2007. In 2010, the festival grew to two full days.
The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in Brazil is South America's largest event, and was listed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people. [10] It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees, [ 11 ] with similar numbers to at least 2016, [ 12 ] and up to five million attending in ...
What’s the schedule for pride fest events? The Sacramento Pride Festival will run from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Saturday events on the Faces Pride Stage include:
Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.) Charleston Pride; Chicago Pride Parade; Cincinnati Pride; Indy Pride Festival; L. ... Utah Pride Festival This page was last ...
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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, transgender and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride. The events sometimes also serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage.