Annual Pride Month is here again
Every June, each year, is regarded as
groups as
"Gay Pride Month", "Gay Pride Month" or "Rainbow Pride Month"
is also The month for large-scale celebrations
Celebration parade throughout the summer
will be held enthusiastically in every corner of the world
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in the UK
Pride march Pride Parade has become a national event
Every year it attracts thousands of people to participate in this summer carnival
This year, the UK is fully open for full
The whole country is full of Pride Month activities! ! How can I miss it?
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This year's rainbow parade
Are your outfit ready? ? ! !
What is Pride Month?
Pride Month was originally intended to commemorate The Stonewall riots. Stonewall riots took place in the United States in June 1969 to fight for gay rights, and won the same-sex rights for many people around the United States and around the world.
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Therefore, in order to commemorate this important day, Pride Month is also set to start in June every year, to show what efforts LGBTQ+ group has made and what work is needed to fight for more rights.
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What is LGBTQ+?
LGBTh first appeared in 1988 US , referring to lesbians (Lesbians), gays (Gays), bisexuals (Bisexuals) and transgenders (Transgender) , collectively referred to as sexual minorities or people with different sexual orientations and gender cognitions. But its full name is "LGBTTIQQA", and also includes transgender , bisexuals, queer , queer , the opposite sex ally who support sexual minorities, . That is to say, there are 9 groups in total that form the sexual minority "LGBTQ+" .
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Who can participate in Pride Month?
009 St. Paul's Gay Pride Parade has .2 million people participated in
is the largest gay parade in the world's Guinness Records
and the smallest gay pride parade in the world is in Ireland Sligo
only 100 people participated in
As of today, nearly 0 countries participated in the activities of Pride Month
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Many doubts are only LGBTQ+group can participate in Pride Month? The answer is of course no. As mentioned above, whether you are a sexual minority , or supporting comrades' opposite sex ally or , just interested in the event and want to go to the scene to experience the atmosphere , you can join the team of Pride Month. As long as you long for love and respect for love , you can raise the rainbow flag with the large army and set foot on the streets and alleys.
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Activities across the UK this year
London July 2
This year is the 55th year for the UK to recognize the legalization of comrades. It is also the 0th anniversary celebration of Pride in London . It can be imagined that the scene of this grand parade must be unprecedented.
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This year's London gay parade decided to retake the landmark historical route 55 years ago! The parade starts at the corner of Hyde Park , follow Piccadilly Street through Piccadilly Square , turn south at Haymarket , parade passes Trafalgar Square , and finally arrives at Whitehall Place .
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Interested friends can go to the official website to view the parade map for 2022. This summer, let's meet together on the proud streets of London.
official website link prideinlondon.org/
activity time 7-2
Birmingham Starting September 24
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Birmingham Pride is an LGBTQ+ carnival held in Birmingham every year. I heard that the scale of the LGBTQ+ carnival in Birmingham is definitely not inferior to that in London! The carnival parade wearing gorgeous clothes is of course the main highlight of this event, but in addition, dance performances, fun activities, snack markets, and street party , etc., are all kinds of activities that dazzle you, and are exciting and cannot be missed!
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Birmingham Pride Parade for everyone free , but if you want to watch performances, you need tickets . The parade starts at September 25 at 11 am in Victoria Square in the city center, cross the city and head to the LGBTQ+ village, and then you can choose to watch the performance.
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official website link birminghampride.com/
activity time 9-24-September 25
manchester From August 26
988 in Manchester held a large-scale parade, with more than 20,000 people taking to the streets to express their anger, one of the largest LGBTQ+ demonstrations in the UK ever. Fast forward to 2022, and Manchester continues to lead the way in the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation.
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Pride Parade is the largest parade in Manchester City. This year, it is set at August 27 . Thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies gather together to march in the city to fight for equality, and thousands of people line up on the streets. At that time, you can enjoy the spectacular rainbow ocean.
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official website link manchesterpride.com/
Event time August 26th to August 29th
Cornwall Starting from May
This year's Pride Festival of Cornwall Prides will last from May to July . Event locations are located in 11 areas including Falmouth, Newquay, Penzance, Saltash, St Ives, Truro, Bude Pride, Camborne, St Austell, Bodmin, Redruth, etc.!
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This summer, why not come to the Cornwall beach together to celebrate the entire LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities equality and diversity , watch the lighthouse lighting ceremony in the southwest of Cornwall and yell. Cornwall Pride Festival promotes: You have the right to love the person you want to love, to be the person you want to be, without hatred or any discrimination .
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official website link cornwallpride.org/
event time 5-July
Bristol Starting from June 25th
Bristol Pride Festival Bristol Pride has developed to this year as the 12th anniversary of . This year's event lasted for two weeks, and there is also a art festival and party hype atmosphere, and many heavyweight guests will be invited. In addition to performing Bristol, it will also bring (Queer Vision Film Festival).
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The The comrades parade (Pride Day) will be held on Saturday, July 9th, . At that time, the streets will definitely be filled with colorful rainbow flag . Interested friends may wish to go and have a look!
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official website link bristolpride.co.uk/
activity time 6-25-July 11
Essex June 25
Essex Pride is Essex and other regionsLGBTQ+ Annual celebration of life. Since its inception in 2003, it has been a cornerstone event that demonstrates Essex's success in diversity and inclusive . Pride inspires everyone to embrace equality and shows that people from all walks of life can unite to celebrate diversity.
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official website link essexpride.org/
Event time 6-25
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Edinburgh June 25
Do you think only England has these activities? That's a big mistake! Edinburgh Pride Month is the longest-running annual LGBTQ+ celebration in Scotland, and its history can be traced back to 1988. In 1995, the first official Edinburgh Pride Parade was held in the city. Until 2008, Edinburgh and Glasgow celebrated their Pride event together under the name of "Pride Scotia" - alternated between two cities every year, and the scene was no less spectacular than England.
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official website link pride-events.co.uk/event/pride-edinburgh/
activity time 6-25
Northern Ireland From July 22
far away in Northern Ireland Don’t worry about queer people in , you are also indispensable in the parade! Moreover, the scale and lively level of this is definitely no less than that of major cities such as London and Birmingham! This year marks the 0th anniversary of the pride parade in Belfast . Pride Parade is the main event in the Belfast LGBT+ calendar and is also the largest cross-community parade in Belfast.
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This celebration, performance and other activities will last for 0 days, and the parade will be held on -30 ! It is said that the gay parade in Belfast attracts as many as 60,000 people every summer.
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official website link https://belfastpride.com/
Activity time 7-22-July 31
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or more are some cities with larger scale pride month activities
Of course these are not all
North to York Newcastle and south to Southampton
There are related pride month activities
Interested friends search online City name + pride
can unlock the Pride Month activity of your city with one click
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At the same time, because the large-scale parade is large
hope that the friends who participate will protect themselves
Personal safety and property safety
"Love is a right, and every love is worthy of respecting "
This summer
Let us hold our lover's hand together
Let's speak for love~ I believe one day
love bravely, love proudly, drown discrimination, everyone has responsibility
