Pride
Pride, in the LGBT context, refers to events such as marches, parades, and festivals celebrating the fact that LGBT people are now proclaiming themselves as proud to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, rather than, as in previous generations, being ashamed or attempting to hide it. A measure of the success of this movement is that festivals in various towns and cities across the UK can now just call themselves "Brighton Pride" and so on, without needing to spell out in the title that they are gay or LGBT events.
The first Gay Pride March in London was on the 1st of July 1972 and was organised by GLF. The date was chosen to be the nearest Saturday to the Stonewall riots of 1969.[1] There had been a small march the previous year, but it had not called itself a Pride march.
Pride festivals have grown across the UK and now take place in about fifty towns and cities each year.[2]
List of Prides
This is a very incomplete list: your help is needed to complete it.
| Name / town | Years operating | Time of year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Pride | 1972 onwards | Late June / early July | |
| Belfast Pride | 1990 onwards | August (2012 1st July | |
| Brighton Pride | 1991 onwards | August (2012 1st September | |
| Croydon Pride | 1993 only | June | |
| Manchester Pride | 1996 onwards | August | |
| Soho Pride | 2004–? | August | |
| UK Black Pride | 2005 onwards | August | |
| Exeter Pride | 2009 onwards | August |
<tr><td>Liverpool Pride</td><td>2010 onwards</td><td>August</td></tr></table> <tr><td>East London Pride</td><td>2011 only</td><td>September</td></tr> <tr><td>Herefordshire Pride</td><td>2012 onwarda</td><td>August</td></tr> </table>
References
- ↑ Out of the Shadows, P61.
- ↑ http://pinkuk.com/events/ Pink UK: List of Gay prides and events in the UK
