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Pride celebrations in the United Kingdom

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Pride celebrations happen across theUnited Kingdom during the summer. The first officialPride March was organized by theLondon Gay Liberation Front on July 1st 1972, on the weekend closest to the anniversary of theStonewall riots.Birmingham closely followed with a march the week after. This was only 5 years after thepartial decriminilisation of homesexuality in the UK. TheLondon Pride Parade is the longest-running and largest Pride event in the UK.

History

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The first Pride event of 1972 built on earlier rallies and marches for gay rights, beginning in 1970.[1] They were largelygrassroots, community-led events until the end of the 1990s. Important milestones in the Pride movement in the UK include:

  • 1973: the local chapter of the Gay Liberation front organized a march throughBrighton and a “Gay Dance” at theRoyal Albion Hotel.[2] The nextBrighton Pride Parade would not be held before 1991.
  • Early 1980s: Women-only marches were organized by Lesbian Strength in the week before Pride.[3]
  • 1985: Birmingham's debut Pride event was called the Gay Pub and Club Olympics and included boat and egg and spoon races judged bydrag queens.[4]

In 1988, Section 28 of the Local Government act stated that “A local authority shall not [...] intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality”. This created funding and logistical issues for Pride organizers.[5] Many local councils disregarded the law, which was repealed in 2003.[6]

  • 1991: The first Pride march inBelfast,Northern Ireland, brought together a 100 people and had to change route last minute to avoid protestors. However, it quickly became a tradition.[7]
  • 1992: London hostedEuroPride, the Pride event representing all ofEurope.
  • 1995: First large scale Pride event in Scotland, where homosexuality was onlydecriminalized in 1981.[8]
  • September 1999: Launch ofCardiff Mardi Gras, now Pride Cymru, as a protest against police violence towards gay people.
  • 2010: Liverpool debuted an official Pride march, on the closest weekend to August 2 2008, the anniversary of the murder of 18-year-old gay manMichael Causer.[9]

Pride celebrations by city

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References

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  1. ^"The British Newspaper Archive Blog First 20 Years of Pride | The British Newspaper Archive Blog".blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Archived fromthe original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved2025-06-25.
  2. ^ChrisJ."Pride25 – The History of Brighton Pride – Brighton & Hove Pride". Retrieved2025-06-25.
  3. ^Merritt, Eve Collyer (2023-02-10)."Pride in the UK: From its roots to today".
  4. ^Pellant, Georgina (2023-08-24)."The incredible history of Manchester Pride (and how far it's come)".The Manc. Retrieved2025-06-25.
  5. ^Staveley-Wadham, Rose (2022-06-01)."Celebrating The First 20 Years of Pride in The United Kingdom".The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved2025-06-24.
  6. ^Merritt, Eve Collyer (2023-02-10)."Pride in the UK: From its roots to today".House of Lords Library: In Focus.
  7. ^Corr, Shauna (2021-07-28)."The story behind how Belfast's first ever Pride came about".Belfast Live. Retrieved2025-06-25.
  8. ^"Scotland's events in support of Pride go well beyond marches".The National. 2025-06-22. Retrieved2025-06-25.
  9. ^"Liverpool Pride march led by Michael Causer's parents".BBC News. 2011-08-05. Retrieved2025-06-25.
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