List of LGBTQ events

Lesbian and gay street-fair in Berlin

Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo in Brazil in 2004.

The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) events. This mainly comprises gay pride parades but also includes other kinds of events such as sporting events and film festivals. They range in size from the world's largest gay pride parade in São Paulo with 3.5 million participants to the world's smallest gay pride parade with 100 participants in the city of Sligo, Ireland.

Worldwide

This section is for international events that take place on (or rotate between) two or more continents. For international events that take place on only one continent, please see the section for that particular continent.

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
International Day of Transgender Visibility	everywhere	www.facebook.com	March 31	2009
Gay Games	Various	www.gaygames.com	4 Years	1982
World Outgames	Various	www.copenhagen2009.org		2006

Africa

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Mauritius
Rainbow Parade Mauritius	Mauritius: Rose Hill		June	2006
South Africa
Cape Town Pride	South Africa: Cape Town, Western Cape	www.capetownpride.co.za	February	2001
Johannesburg Pride	South Africa: Johannesburg, Gauteng	www.joburgpride.org	September	1990
Out in Africa Film Festival	South Africa: Johannesburg, Gauteng and Cape Town, Western Cape	www.oia.co.za	September/ October	1994
Mother City Queer Costume Party	South Africa: Cape Town, Western Cape	www.mcqp.co.za	December
Pink Loerie Mardi Gras	South Africa: Knysna, Western Cape	www.pinkloerie.com	May	2000
Mr Gay South Africa	South Africa: Gauteng, Gauteng	[1]	November

Asia

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
China
Beijing Queer Film Festival	Beijing
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	Hong Kong	www.hklgff.hk
Hong Kong Pride Parade	Hong Kong	www.hkpride.net	December	2008
Shanghai Pride	Shanghai	www.shanghaipride.com	June	2009
India
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival ( Mumbai Queer Film Festival )	Mumbai	www.mumbaiqueerfest.com	May	2010
Bengaluru Pride	Bangalore	www.bangalorepride.com	June	2008
Delhi Queer Pride	New Delhi		June/July	2008
Kolkata Pride	Kolkata		June	1999
Mumbai Queer Azadi March	Mumbai	queerazaadi.wordpress.com	August	2008
Queer Media Collective Awards in assn. GayBombay	Mumbai	[2]	June	2009
Chennai Pride	Chennai		June	2009
Bhubaneswar Pride	Bhubaneswar		June	2009
Japan
Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	Tokyo	www.tokyo-lgff.org	July	1992
Tokyo Pride Parade	Tokyo	www.tokyo-pride.org	August	2000
Asian Queer Film Festival	Tokyo	aqff.jp/2011/home.html		2007
Aomori International LGBT Film Festival	Aomori	aomori-lgbtff.org/	July	2006
Kansai Queer Film Festival	Osaka, Kyoto	www.kansai-qff.org		2005
Kansai Rainbow Parade	Osaka	www.kansaiparade.org	October	2006
Kobe LGBTIQ Pride March	Kobe
Rainbowmarch	Sapporo	www.rainbowmarch.org	September (2nd Sunday)	1996
Philippines
Manila Pride	Manila	www.manilapride2008.com	December
Singapore
IndigNation	Singapore	www.hopinc.org	August	2005
Pink Dot	Singapore	www.pinkdot.sg	May	2009
South Korea
Korea Queer Culture Festival	Seoul	www.kqcf.org	June	2000
Sri Lanka
Colombo Pride	Colombo
Taiwan
Taiwan Pride	Taipei	www.twpride.net	September/ October	2003
LGBT Civil Rights Movement Film Festival	Taipei	www.lgbttaipei.net	September/ October	2000
Kaohsiung Pride	Kaohsiung		September	2010
Thailand
Bangkok Together	Bangkok	www.pridefestival.org	October
Sunee Plaza Gay Festival	Pattaya	www.suneeplaza.info	15 November	2009
Pattaya Gay Festival	Pattaya	www.pattayagayfestival.com	November
Phuket Pride	Phuket	www.phuketpride.org	March	1999
Chiang Mai Pride	Chiang Mai			2008

Europe

Hungary

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Continent-wide events
Rainbow Rampage	Europe	www.rainbowrampage.com	June
EuroGames	Europe	www.eurogames.info	July	2002
Europride	Europe	www.europride.info		1992
Mr Gay Europe	Europe	www.mrgayeurope.com	August	2003
Austria
Gay Snowhappening Soelden	Soelden	www.soelden.com	March
Identities Queer Film Festival	Vienna	www.identities.at	June
Life Ball	Vienna	www.lifeball.org	May	1993
Regenbogen-Parade (Vienna Rainbow Parade)	Vienna	www.hosiwien.at	July	1996
Regenbogenball (Rainbow Ball)	Vienna	www.regenbogenball.at	January	1998
EuroSki Pride (Euro Ski Pride)	Saalbach	www.euroskipride.com	March	2007
Belgium
World Outgames Antwerp 2013	Antwerp	www.woga2013.org	August	2013
Belgian Lesbian and Gay Pride	Brussels	www.blgp.be	May
Belgian LeatherPride	Antwerp	www.leatherpride.be	Januari
NaviGAYtion	Antwerp	www.navigaytion.be	June
AntwerpPride	Antwerp	www.antwerppride.com	June
EuroGames	Antwerp	2007.eurogames.info	12–15 July	2007
Swim for Life	Brussels	www.swimforlife.be	November	1996
Brussels Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Brussels	www.glb.org	January	1986
Pink Screens	Brussels	www.pinkscreens.org	October	2002
Bulgaria
Sofia Pride	Sofia	www.gaypride-bg.com	June	2008
Croatia
Zagreb Pride	Zagreb	www.zagreb-pride.net	June/July	2002
Queer Zagreb	Zagreb	www.queerzagreb.org	April/May	2003
Czech Republic
Prague Pride	Prague	www.praguepride.com	August	2011
Queer Parade	Brno	www.queerparade.cz	June	2008
Mezipatra Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Prague	www.mezipatra.cz	November	2000
Queer Pride Parade and Festival	Tábor	www.queerprideparadetabor.cz	June	2009
Denmark
Copenhagen Pride	Copenhagen	www.copenhagenpride.dk	August
MIX Copenhagen - LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival	Copenhagen	www.mixcopenhagen.dk	October	1985
Aarhus Pride	Aarhus	www.aarhuspride.dk	June	2012
Estonia
Tallinn Pride: "I Support Free Love"	Tallinn	www.pride.ee	August	2004
Tallinn Pride	Tallinn	www.pride.ee	August	2005
Tallinn Pride	Tallinn	www.pride.ee	August	2006
Tallinn Pride: "Kõik erinevad - kõik võrdsed"	Tallinn	www.pride.ee	August	2007
Finland
Helsinki Pride	Helsinki	www.helsinkipride.fi	July
Regnbågshelgen: festival for Swedish speaking Finns	Helsinki	Organiser:Regnbågsankan	(Spring) Autumn from 2011 onwards
TransHelsinki	Helsinki	www.transtukipiste.fi	November
Vinokino film festival	Turku, Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä	www.vinokino.fi	Autumn
France
In&Out	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	www.lesouvreurs.fr	April-May	2009
Grenoble International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Grenoble, Isère	www.vuesdenface.com	April
Gay Pride Lorraine	Metz, Lorraine	www.gaypridelorraine.free.fr	March
Gay Pride Lyon	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes	www.fierte.net	June
HappyGaySkiWeek	Avoriaz	www.happygayholidays.com
L'Existrans	Paris	www.asbfrance.org	October
Lesbian & Gay Pride Bordeaux	Bordeaux	www.lgpbordeaux.net	June
Lesbian & Gay Pride Lille	Lille	www.lgplille.org
Lesbian & Gay Pride Montpellier	Montpellier	www.montpelliergay.com
Gay Cirkus Avignon	Avignon	www.gaycirkus-avignon.com	June
Lesbian & Gay Pride région Centre	Tours	www.lgpregioncentre.org	May	2006
Marseille Pride	Marseille	www.marseillepride.org
Paris Pride	Paris	www.inter-lgbt.org	June
Solidays	Paris	www.solidarite-sida.org	July
Germany
Easter in Berlin (Leather Pride)	Berlin	www.blf.de	March or April	The biggest fetish event in Europe.
German Mr. Leather	Berlin	www.blf.de	March or April
Bearversions Berlin	Berlin	www.spreebaeren.de	April
Lesbian and gay street-fair Berlin	Berlin	www.regenbogenfonds.de	June
Gay Night at the Zoo	Berlin	www.gay-night-at-the-zoo.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Berlin	www.csd-berlin.de	June
Transgenialer CSD	Berlin	http://transgenialercsd.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Dresden, Saxony	www.csd-sachsen.de	June
Christopher Street Day	Hamburg	www.hamburg-pride.de	June
Kreuzberg Pride	Berlin	www.christianvagt.com/printed/t-csd/t-csd-kreuzberg.html	June
Christopher Street Day	Leipzig	www.csd-leipzig.de	July	2004
Christopher Street Day	Munich	www.csd-munich.de	July
Cologne Leather Pride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.rheinfetisch.de	May – June
Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg	Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg	www.schwule-filmwoche.de	April/May
Cologne Pride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.colognepride.de	July
Come-Together-Cup	Berlin, Cologne & Essen	www.come-together-cup.de	June
Fantasypride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.fantasypride.de	June
Festival at Pulverteich	Hamburg	www.heinfiete.de
Folsom Europe Street Fair	Berlin	www.folsom-europe.info	September
Frankfurt Gay Pride	Frankfurt	frankfurt.gay-web.de/csd/	July
Friedrichshain Gay & Lesbian Park Party	Berlin	www.parkfest-friedrichshain.de	August
Gay Games Cologne 2010	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.games-cologne.com	July – August 2010
Gay Oktoberfest at Bräurosi	Munich, Bavaria	www.mlc-muenchen.de	September
Hamburg Pride	Hamburg	www.hamburgpride.com
IGLTA World Convention	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.iglta.com	May
International Gay Rubber Weekend	Berlin	www.blf.de	September
Hustlaball	Berlin	www.hustlaball.de/	October
Wigstöckel Transgender Event	Berlin	www.wigstoeckel.com	October
International Gay Skinhead Weekend	Berlin	www.blf.de	November
International German Bear Pride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.bearscologne.de	May
Lesbian & Gay City Festival Berlin	Berlin	www.gay-stadtfest.de	June
Run For More Time	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse	www.lauf-fuer-mehr-zeit.de	September
Snowpride	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.snowpride.de	January
Sylvester on Mehringdamm	Berlin	www.aha-berlin.de	December
The Night of Lights / Die Nacht der Lichter	Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia	www.nachtderlichter.de	November – December
Verzaubert Queer Film Festival	Berlin, Munich, Bavaria, Frankfurt & Cologne	www.verzaubertfilmfest.com	November
Christopher Street Day	Stuttgart	www.csd-stuttgart.de/	July – August
Greece
Athens Pride	Athens	www.athenspride.eu	June 5	2010
XLSIOR Festival	Mykonos Island	www.xlsiorfestival.com	August 24–28	2011
Skiathos Gay Culture Festival	Skiathos Island	www.skiathosgay.com	July 12-15	2012
Budapest Gay Dignity Procession	Budapest	www.budapestpride.hu	June – July	1997
Iceland
Reykjavík Gay Pride	Reykjavík	www.gaypride.is	August	1999
Ireland
Belfast Pride	Belfast	www.belfastpride.com	End July
Cork Pride	Cork	www.corkpride.com	End May – June
Alternative Miss Cork	Cork	www.gaycork.com	Feb
Dublin Pride	Dublin	www.dublinpride.ie	June
GAZE - Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	Dublin	www.gaze.ie	late July–early August	1992
Galway Gay Pride	Galway	www.amachlgbt.com	3rd week in August
Limerick Gay Pride	Limerick	www.gaylimerick.comwww.limerickpride.ie	August	2005
Waterford Gay Pride	Waterford	waterfordpride.com	August	200?
International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival	Dublin	www.gaytheatre.ie	May	2004
Mr Gay Ireland	Dublin	www.queerid.com	October	2005
Sligo Gay Pride smallest pride parade city in the world	Sligo	www.nwprideireland.com	August	2006
Alternative Miss Ireland	Dublin	www.alternativemissireland.com	March	1987
Italy
European Gay Ski Week	Pila, Valle d'Aosta	www.alternative-holidays.com	March
Gay Open Tennis	Milan, Lombardy	www.atomoitalia.org	September
Friendly Versilia	Torre del Lago, Tuscany	www.friendlyversilia.it	April – September	1999
Gay Village, Italy	Rome, Lazio	www.gayvillage.it	June – September
International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Torino, Piedmont	www.turinglfilmfestival.com	April
Milan Pride	Milan, Lombardy	www.pridemilano.org	June
Rome Pride	Rome, Lazio	www.romapride.it	June	2000
Catania Pride	Catania, Sicily		last week in June
Torino Pride	Turin	www.torinopride2006.it
Latvia
Riga Pride and Friendship Days	Riga	www.mozaika.lv
Baltic Pride	Riga	www.balticpride.eu	May 15–17	2009
Lithuania
Baltic Pride	Vilnius	www.balticpride.eu	May 5–8	2010
Luxembourg
Gay Mat	Luxembourg	www.gaymat.lu	2nd Saturday in July	1996
Malta
Malta Pride Week	Valletta	www.maltagayrights.org		2004
Moldova
Moldova Lesbian and Gay Pride	Chişinău	www.gay.md
Netherlands
Amsterdam Gay Skinhead Week	Amsterdam, North Holland	www.agskins.nl	April
Amsterdam Gay Pride	Amsterdam, North Holland	www.amsterdamgaypride.nl	August
Leather Pride	Amsterdam, North Holland	www.leatherpride.nl	November
The Midsummer Canal Festival	Utrecht, Utrecht	www.midzomergracht.nl	June
The Pink Kermis	Tilburg, North Brabant	www.tilburgsekermis.nl
Pinkster Tennis Tournament	Amsterdam, North Holland	www.smashing-pink.nl	May
White Party	Amsterdam, North Holland	www.riedijkproductions.com
Norway
Bergen Pride	Bergen	www.bergengaypride.com
International Gay and Lesbian Filmfestival	Oslo	www.oglff.org	June	1990
Skeive dager	Oslo	www.skeivedager.no	June
Stavanger på skeivå	Stavanger	www.skeiva.no	September
Raballder Cup	Oslo	www.raballdercup.com	March
Poland
Kraków Gay & Lesbian Culture Festival	Kraków	www.tolerancja.org.pl	April	2004
Equality Parade	Warsaw	www.paradarownosci.pl	June	2001
Wrocław Festival of Equal Rights	Wrocław	wroclawfestiwalrownychpraw.pl	October	2009
Equality Marathon	Łódź	fabrykarownosci.com/wptest/?page_id=150	April	2011
Portugal
Coimbra LGBT Pride Parade	Coimbra	www.marcha-coimbra.org	May 17	2010
Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.lisbonfilmfest.org	September
Lisbon LGBT Pride Parade	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.portugalpride.org	June
Arraial Pride Party	Lisbon, Estremadura	www.ilga-portugal.pt	June
Porto Pride Party	Porto	www.portopride.org	July (2nd weekend)
Porto LGBT Pride Parade	Porto	www.orgulhoporto.org	July (2nd weekend)
Pride Azores	Azores Islands	www.prideazores.com	August 28 to September 2
Romania
GayFest	Bucharest	www.gay-fest.ro	May/June	2004
Gay Film Nights	Cluj-Napoca	www.beanangel.ro	September/ October	2004
Miss Travesty Romania	Cluj-Napoca	www.miss.beanangel.ro	May	2005
Russia
Moscow Pride	Moscow	www.moscowpride.ru	May	2006
International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival «Side by Side»	Saint Petersburg	www.bok-o-bok.ru	October	2008
Serbia
Belgrade Pride	Belgrade	eng.belgradepride.rs		2001
Queer Belgrade Festival	Belgrade	www.queerbeograd.org	October	2004
Slovakia
Dúhový Pride	Bratislava	www.duhovypride.sk	May	2010
Filmový festival inakosti	Bratislava	www.press.ffi.sk	September/October	2007
Slovenia
Ljubljana Pride	Ljubljana	www.ljubljanapride.org	July	2001
Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Ljubljana	www.ljudmila.org	December	1984
Spain
Sitges Gay Carnival	Sitges	www.sitgesgaycarnival.com	February
Sitges Gay Pride	Sitges	www.gaysitgespride.com	July 9–13
Bearcelona	Barcelona	www.bearcelona.org	March
Barcelona Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Barcelona, Catalonia	www.gaybarcelona.net	July
Carnival Maspalomas	Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands	www.maspalomas.com	March
Gay Pride Maspalomas	Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands	www.gaypridemaspalomas.com	May
Gay Pride Valencia	Valencia	www.lambdavalencia.org	June
Ibiza Gay Pride	Ibiza	www.ibizapride.net	June
Pride Barcelona	Barcelona	www.pridebarcelona.org	June	2009
Loveball Festival	Barcelona	www.loveball.info	August
Madrid Gay Pride	Madrid	www.madoweb.com
Mr. Gay Spain	Madrid	www.mrgaypride.es		2008
Mad.Bear	Madrid	www.madbear.org
Maspalomas Pride	Maspalomas, Canary Islands	www.gaypridemaspalomas.com	May
Sleazy Madrid	Madrid	www.sleazymadrid.com	April
Circuit Festival	Barcelona	www.circuitfestival.net	August
Sweden
Mr Gay Sweden	Stockholm	www.qx.se		1999
Stockholm Gay Skinhead Week	Stockholm	www.gayskin.se
Stockholm Pride	Stockholm	www.stockholmpride.org		1998
Regnbågsfestivalen	Malmö	www.rfsl.se		1995
HBT-GBG	Gothenburg	www.hbt-gbg.se		2007
International Swedish Gay Camp	Swedish nature site, close to the Baltic Sea	www.gaycamp.se	July	since 1983
Switzerland
Luzern Pride	Luzern	www.gay.ch	June
Swing - Swiss Gay Skiing & Snowboarding Week	Davos, Graubünden	gayskitrips.com	March
Swiss Gay Pride	Lausanne	pridelausanne.canalblog.com
Zürich Pride	Zürich	www.csdzh.ch	June
United Kingdom
Bear Pride London	London, England	www.bearpride.co.uk	May	2007
Belfast Pride	Belfast, Northern Ireland	www.belfastpride.com	August	1991
Birmingham Pride	Birmingham, England	www.birminghampride.com	May
Blackpool Pride	Blackpool, England	www.prideblackpool.com	May/June	2006
Bourne Free Pride Festival	Bournemouth, England	www.bournefree.co.uk	11–13 July 2008	2003
Brighton Pride	Brighton, England	www.brightonpride.org	August
Pride Bristol	Bristol, England	www.pridebristol.org	July	2010
Cardiff Mardi Gras	Cardiff, Wales	www.cardiffmardigras.co.uk	September
Doncaster Pride	Doncaster, Yorkshire, England	www.doncasterpride.co.uk	16 August	2009
Exeter Pride	Exeter, Devon, England	www.exeterpride.co.uk	Early Spring	2008
The London Drag Olympics	London, England	www.thewayoutclub.com	April
Foyle Pride	Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland	[3]	August	1993
Glasgay! Festival LGBT Arts Festival	Glasgow, Scotland	www.glasgay.co.uk	October
Homotopia	Liverpool, England	www.homotopia.net	November
Huddersfield Pink Picnic	Castle Hill, Huddersfield	www.thepinkpicnic.co.uk	July	1986
Hull Pride	Hull, England	www.hullpride.org.uk
Leeds Pride	Leeds, England	www.leedspride.com	First Sunday in August.	2004
Leicester Pride	Leicester, England	www.leicestergaypride.co.uk
Cardiff Lesbian & Gay Ball	Cardiff, Wales	www.gaywales.co.uk	May
Lincolnshire Pride	Lincoln, England	www.lincolnshirepride.com	July	2006
Liverpool Pride	Liverpool, England	www.liverpoolpride.co.uk	August 7	2010
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	London, England	www.llgff.org.uk	March	1986
London Pride Festival Fortnight	London, England	www.pridelondon.org	June
London Pride Parade & Rally	London, England	www.pridelondon.org	July
Manchester Pride	Manchester, England	www.manchesterpride.com	August Bank Holiday
SuperGay	Middlesbrough, England	visitmiddlesbrough.com	September	2007
Mr Gay UK	Blackpool, England	mrgayuk.co.uk	May–July	1993
Mr Gay Wales	Cardiff, Wales	mrgaywales.com	May–July	2005
National Student Pride	United Kingdom	www.studentpride.co.uk	March	2005
Northern Pride	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	www.npride.org.uk	17 July	2010
Nottingham Pride	Nottingham, England	www.nottinghampride.co.uk	July	1999
Outsiders LGBT Film Festival	Liverpool, England	www.outsidersfilmfestival.com	Monthly (Main festival in October)	2004
Oxford Pride	Oxford, England	www.oxfordpride.org.uk	July	2003
Cambridge Pink Festival	Cambridge, England	www.pinkfestival.com
Pride in Aberdeen	Aberdeen, Scotland	www.prideinaberdeen.org.uk
Pride of canterbury	Thanet, England	www.prideofcanterbury.org.uk
Pride London	London, England	www.pridelondon.org
Pride Glasgow	Glasgow, Scotland	www.prideglasgow.co.uk	August 30, 2008
Pride Scotia	Edinburgh, Scotland	www.pride-scotia.org	Early summer, alternates bi-annually between Edinburgh and Glasgow
Rainbow Film Festival - Shropshire Lesbian and Gay Film Festival	Shrewsbury, Shropshire	www.rainbowfilmfestival.org.uk	October	2006
Reading Pride	Reading, England	www.readingpride.co.uk	September
Plymouth Pride Event	Plymouth, England	www.plymouthprideevent.co.uk	July 7	2007
Soho Pride	London, England	www.sohopride.net	August
Sparkle (transgender celebration)	Manchester, England	www.sparkle.org.uk	June / July	2005
Stoke Pride	Stoke-on-Trent, England	www.gaystoke.org.uk	August	2011
Swansea Pride	Swansea, Wales	www.swanseapride.com	Last Saturday in June	2009
Swindon & Wiltshire Pride	Swindon, Wiltshire	www.swindonpride.com	First Saturday in August	2008
Thanet Pride	Thanet, England	www.thanetpride.co.uk
UK Black Pride	London, England	www.ukblackpride.org.uk	August	2006
GFest gayWise LGBT Arts Festival	London, England	www.gayWiseFestival.org.uk	November	2006

| Southwest Pride | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | [4][www.facebook.com/southwestpride2012] | July 20th - July 21st | 2012 |- | north Wales Pride | Hendre hall, BANGOR, Gwynedd | [5] | October 5th - October 7th | 2012 |-

Middle East

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Israel
Tel Aviv Pride Parade	Tel Aviv		June	1993
Jerusalem Pride Parade	Jerusalem
Eilat Pride Parade	Eilat
World Pride	Jerusalem	www.worldpride.net
Lebanon
International Day Against Homophobia	Beirut	www.helem.net
Turkey
Lambda Istanbul Pride Week March	Istanbul	www.lambdaistanbul.org/	June	2003
March Against Homophobia	Ankara	www.kaosgl.org	May	2007

North America

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Canada
AIDS Walk for Life	National	www.aidswalkforlife.ca	14–21 September 2008	1996 (Vancouver 1986)
Bal en Blanc	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	Easter Sunday
Black and Blue Festival	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	October
Canadian Rockies International Rodeo	Calgary, Canada		June
Capital Pride	Ottawa, Canada	www.capitalpride.ca
Calgary Pride	Calgary, Alberta	www.pridecalgary.ca
Divers/Cité	Montreal, Quebec	www.diverscite.org	Last week of July
Edmonton Pride	Edmonton, Alberta	www.edmontonpride.ca
Fet Fair North	Toronto, Ontario	www.ffnto.com
Fierté Montréal	Montreal, Quebec	www.fiertemontrealpride.com	Mid August
Friends For Life Bike Rally	Toronto to Montreal	www.bikerally.org	26–31 July 2009
Global Pride	Vancouver, British Columbia	www.bigrogerevents.com	July (same weekend as Vancouver Pride)
All Halifax LGBT Events	Halifax, Nova Scotia	gay.hfxns.org/LocalEvents	Always current
Halifax Pride Week	Halifax, Nova Scotia	gay.hfxns.org/PrideWeek	July 17–26th, 2010
Hot & Dry Weekend	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	May
image+nation	Montreal, Quebec	www.image-nation.org	November
Inside Out Film and Video Festival	Toronto, Ontario	www.insideout.on.ca
Leather Ball & Church Street Fetish Fair	Toronto, Ontario	www.torontoleatherpride.ca	August
Lethbridge Pride Fest	Lethbridge, Alberta	www.lethbridgepridefest.com	June	2009
London Lesbian Film Festival	London, Ontario	www.llff.ca
Mr. Leather Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario	www.mrleatherottawa.ca	November
Toronto Leather Pride	Toronto, Ontario	www.torontoleatherpride.ca	August
Toronto Bound	Toronto, Ontario	www.torontoleatherpride.ca	November
Mr. Vancouver Leather	Vancouver, British Columbia	www.vancouverleather.com	November
Pride Week	Toronto, Ontario	www.pridetoronto.com	June	1981 (see 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids)
Pride London Festival	London, Ontario	www.pridelondon.ca
Prism Toronto	Toronto, Canada	www.prismtoronto.com	June (same weekend as Toronto Pride)
Rapture: Vancouver	Vancouver, Canada	www.tfdpresents.com	July (same weekend as Vancouver Pride)
Reel Pride	Winnipeg, Manitoba	www.reelpride.org	October	1987
Saskatoon Pride	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	www.saskatoonpride.ca	June 9–17
Sudbury Pride	Greater Sudbury, Ontario	www.sudburypride.ca	July/August	1997
tri-Pride (Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo)	Region of Waterloo, Ontario	www.tri-pride.ca	May 31 – June 7, 2009	1990
Twist Week End	Montreal, Quebec	www.bbcm.org	July
Vancouver Pride Festival	Vancouver, British Columbia	www.vancouverpride.ca	July
Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival	Vancouver, British Columbia	www.outonscreen.com	August
Victoria Pride Festival	Victoria, British Columbia	www.victoriapridesociety.org	June 28 – July 5, 2009	1994
Windsor Pride	Windsor, Ontario	www.windsorpride.com
Winnipeg Pride	Winnipeg, Manitoba	www.gaypridewinnipeg.com	June	1987
Mexico
Cancún International Gay Festival	Cancún, Quintana Roo	www.cancungayfestival.com	May
Latin Fever	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco	www.willgorges.com	November
marcha del orgullo LGBTT	Mexico City	www.orgullolgbt.info	June
Puerto Rico
Boquerón Pride	Boquerón		June
San Juan Pride	San Juan		June
Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest	San Juan		November
United States
AIDS Walk Fort Lauderdale	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	www.aidswalk.net	April
AIDS Walk Miami	Miami, Florida	www.kintera.org	April
AIDS Walk New York	New York City, New York	www.aidswalk.net	May	1986
Albuquerque Pride	Albuquerque, New Mexico	www.abqpride.com	June
Aqua Girl	Miami, FL	www.aquafoundation.org	May
Atlanta Pride	Atlanta, Georgia	atlantapride.org	September, Labor Day Weekend	1971
Atlantic Stampede Rodeo	Gaithersburg, Maryland	www.asgra.org	September
Augusta Pride	Augusta, Georgia	prideaugusta.org	June	2010
Austin Pride Parade	Austin, Texas	www.austinprideparade.org	June
Baltimore Pride	Baltimore, Maryland	baltimorepride.org	June
Bear Invasion	Washington, D.C.	www.bearinvasion.com	August
Bellingham Pride	Bellingham, Washington	www.bhampride.org	July	2001
Blue Ball	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.blueballphilly.com	May
Boise Pride	Boise, Idaho	www.boisepride.org	August
Bronx Pride	Bronx, New York	bronxpride.org	June
Brooklyn Pride	Brooklyn, New York	www.brooklynpride.org	June
Boston Pride	Boston, Massachusetts	www.bostonpride.org	June
Capital Pride	Washington, D.C.	www.capitalpride.org	June	1975
Capital City Pride	Olympia, Washington	www.capitalcitypride.net	June	1991
Cedar Rapids Pridefest	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	www.crglrc.org	June	1997
Celebration of Courage	New York, New York	[6]	March 15, 2010
Celebration of Courage	San Francisco, California	[7]	March 18, 2010
Central New York Pride	Syracuse, New York	www.cnypride.org	June (see our site for exact date)	1996
Charlotte Pridefest	Charlotte, North Carolina	www.pridecharlotte.com	July
Cherry Weekend	Washington, D.C.	www.cherryfund.org	June
Chesapeake Pride Festival	Edgewater, Maryland	www.chesapeakepridefestival.org	August (next is August 7. 2010)	2006
Chicago Bear Pride	Chicago, Illinois	www.glbears.com	May
Chicago Pride Parade	Chicago, Illinois	www.chicagopridecalendar.org	June	1970
Christopher Street West	West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California	www.lapride.org	June	1970
Cleveland Pride	Cleveland, Ohio	www.clevelandpride.org	June
Cleveland Black Pride, BGP	Cleveland, Ohio	www.bgpcleveland.com	August
Colorado Springs PrideFest	Colorado Springs, CO	http://www.ppglcc.org	July (3rd weekend)	1990
Colors Light San Diego Rodeo	San Diego, California	www.sandiegorodeo.com	June
Colossus Weekend	San Francisco, California	www.guspresents.com	June
Columbus Pride	Columbus, Ohio	www.columbuspride.org	June 18–20	1981
Come Out With Pride	Orlando, Florida	www.mbaorlando.org	October	2004
Dallas Pride	Dallas, Texas	www.dallasprideparade.com	September	1972
DC Black Pride	Washington, D.C.	www.dcblackpride.org	May	1991
Delaware Pride	Rehoboth Beach, Delaware	www.delawarepride.org	June
Dinah Shore Weekend	Palm Springs, California	www.dinahshoreweekend.com	March/April	1987
East-Central Minnesota Pride	Pine City, Minnesota	www.menscircle.org	June 3, 2012 (8th Anniv.)	2005
Equality Forum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.equalityforum.com	May–June
Fantasia Fair	Boston, Massachusetts	www.fantasiafair.org	October
Fantasy Fest	Key West, Florida	www.fantasyfest.net	October
FilmOut San Diego	San Diego, California	www.filmoutsandiego.com	April
Folsom Street East	New York City, New York	www.folsomstreeteast.org	June	1997
Folsom Street Fair	San Francisco, California	www.folsomstreetfair.com	September
Frameline	San Francisco, California	www.frameline.org	June
Ft. Wayne Pride	Ft. Wayne, Indiana	www.fortwaynepride.org	July
Hartford Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Hartford, Connecticut	www.ctglff.org	June
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Miami, Florida	www.miamigaylesbianfilm.com	April
Gay Days at Walt Disney World	Orlando, Florida	www.gaydays.com	June	1991
Gay Easter Parade	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.gayeasterparade.com	March
Gay Mardi Gras	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.gaymardigras.net	February
Gay Spring Break	Key West, Florida	www.gayspringbreak.org	February–April
Houston Gay Rodeo	Houston, Texas	www.tgra.org	October
Halloween New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.gayhalloween.com	October
Headdress Ball	Key West, Florida	headdressballkeywest. homestead.com	October
Heritage of Pride	New York City, New York	www.hopinc.org	June	1970
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival	Honolulu, Hawaii	www.hglcf.org	May	1989
Houston Pride	Houston, Texas	www.pridehouston.org	June	1979
Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Houston, Texas	www.q-fest.org	September	1997
Idapalooza Fruit Jam	Tennessee rural music & arts festival for radical queers	www.planetida.com	early June	unknown
Indy Pride	Indianapolis, Indiana	www.indyprideinc.com	June
International Bear Rendezvous	San Francisco, California	www.bosf.org	February
International Gay & Lesbian Festival	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillyfests.com	July
International Gay & Lesbian Film Fest	Tampa, Florida	www.tiglff.com	October
International Mister Leather	Chicago, Illinois	www.imrl.com	May	1979
International Ms. Leather	San Francisco, California	www.imsl.org	April	1987
Jersey Pride	Asbury Park, New Jersey	www.jerseypride.org	June
Jersey City Pride	Jersey City, New Jersey	www.jclgo.org	August
Kalamazoo Pride	Kalamazoo, Michigan	www.kalamazoopride.com	June	2007
Kansas City Pride	Kansas City, Missouri	www.gaypridekc.com/index_main.php	June
KinkFest	Portland, Oregon	www.kinkfest.org	March
LA Bear Quake	Los Angeles, California	www.bearquake.com	July
Lake Tahoe Winterfest	Lake Tahoe (Nevada)	www.LakeTahoeWinterFest.com	March
Las Vegas Pride	Las Vegas, Nevada	www.lasvegaspride.org	May	1983
Lazy Bear Weekend	Guerneville, California	www.lazybearweekend.com	July
Liberty Open	New York City	www.metrotennisgroup.com	July
Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride	Long Beach, California	www.longbeachpride.com	May	1983
Long Island Pride	Huntington, New York	liprideparade.com
Los Angeles Pride / Christopher Street West	West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California	www.lapride.org	June	1970
Los Angeles / Valley Pride	Studio City, Los Angeles, California	www.lavalleypride.org	October	2000
LUEY Weekend	Houston, Texas	www.lueyweekend.com	March	1973
Madison Pride and MAGIC Picnic	Madison, Wisconsin	www.madisonpride.org
Memorial Day Pensacola Beach Pride	Pensacola, Florida	www.memorialweekendpensacola.com www.gaydaypensacola.com	May
Tidal Wave Pool Party (Bears)	Orlando Florida (Wet & Wild)	www.tidalwaveparty.com	June
Miami Beach Gay Pride	South Beach, Florida	[8]	April
Michigan Lesbian and Gay ComedyFest	Dearborn, Michigan	www.comedyfest.org	March
Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend	Washington, D.C.	www.leatherweekend.com	Mid-January (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekend)	1985
Mid-South Pride	Memphis, Tennessee	www.midsouthpride.org
Milwaukee LGBT Film & Video Festival	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	www4.uwm.edu	September
Minnesota AIDS Walk	Minneapolis, Minnesota	www.minnesotaaidswalk.org	May	1987
Mix NYC	New York City	www.mixnyc.org	April
Modesto Pride	Modesto, California	www.spcpride.org	September
MondoHomo Dirty South	Atlanta, Georgia Alternative queer music, arts & culture festival over Memorial Day weekend	www.mondohomo.com	May
Montana Pride	Montana (rotates annually among major Montana towns)	www.qnewsmontana.com	June
Pride of Monterey County, Inc.	Monterey, California	www.montereypride.org	July
Motor City Pride	Detroit, Michigan	www.motorcitypride.org	First Sunday in June
Nashville Pride	Nashville, Tennessee	www.nashvillepride.org	June 20	1988
National Queer Arts Festival	San Francisco	www.queerculturalcenter.org	June	1998
NewFest - NY LGBT Film Festival	New York City, New York	www.newfest.org	End of May – June
New York City Pride	New York City, New York	www.nycpride.org	June	1969
New Orleans Weekend For Ladies	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.neworleansforladies.com	Fourth of July Weekend Friday – Sunday Thanksgiving Weekend Friday – Sunday	2008
North Carolina Pride	Durham, North Carolina	www.ncpride.org	September	1981
Northampton Pride	Northampton, Massachusetts	www.northamptonpride.org	May
Octobearfest	Denver, Colorado	www.octobearfest.org	October
Oklahoma City Pride	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	www.okcpride.com	June	1988
Orlando Bear Bash	Orlando, Florida	www.orlandobearbash.com	September
OutBoard: Gay and Lesbian Snowboarding Event	Crested Butte, Colorado	www.outboard.org	March
OutFest	Ann Arbor, Michigan		August
OUTfest	Lafayette, Indiana	www.pridelafayette.org	August
Outfest	Los Angeles, California	www.outfest.org	July
OutFest Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillypride.org	October
Out Takes Dallas Gay & Lesbian Film Festival	Dallas, Texas	www.outtakesdallas.org	November	1999
Palm Springs Pride	Palm Springs, California	www.pspride.org	November
Palm Springs Summer Splash	Palm Springs, California	www.palmspringssummersplash.com	June through August
Palouse Pride	Moscow, Idaho	www.myspace.com	August
Philly Black Gay Pride	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillyblackpride.org	April	1999
Philly Pride Parade & Festival	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	www.phillypride.org	June
Phoenix Pride	Phoenix, Arizona	wwww.phoenixpride.org	April	1981
Pines Party	Fire Island, New York	www.fipines.com	July
Pittsburgh Pride	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	www.pittsburghpride.org	June
PrideFest	Denver, Colorado	www.pridefestdenver.org
Pridefest Fort Lauderdale	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	www.pridesouthflorida.org	March	1978
PrideFest Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	www.pridefest.com	June
Pride Fest	Bismarck, North Dakota and Mandan, North Dakota	www.dakotaoutright.org	Mid-summer
Pride Festival of Central PA	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	www.harrisburgpride.org	Last weekend in July	1992
Pride Northwest	Portland, Oregon	www.pridenw.org	June
Pure Heat Atlanta Pride Weekend	Atlanta, Georgia	atlantaprideweekend.com	Labor Day Weekend, Thursday through Tuesday	2006
Rainbow Rampage	Seattle to San Francisco	www.rainbowrampage.com	September
Rainbow Pride of West Virginia	Charleston, West Virginia	www.pridewv.org	June	1996
Reel Affirmations LGBT Film Festival	Washington, D.C.	www.reelaffirmations.org	October	1992
Reel Pride Film Festival	Royal Oak, Michigan	www.reelpridemichigan.org	October
Reno Pride	Reno, Nevada	www.renogaypride.com	August	1997
Rhode Island Pride Festival & Parade	Providence, Rhode Island	www.PrideRI.com	June	1976
Rites of Spring Parties	Birmingham, Alabama	www.ritesofspring.org	April
Sacramento Pride Festival & Parade	Sacramento, California	www.SacramentoPride.org	June	1985
Salinas Valley Pride Parade	Salinas, California	www.myspace.com	August	2007
San Diego Pride	San Diego, California	www.sandiegopride.org	July	1980
San Diego North County Pride	Carlsbad, California	www.northcountypridesd.org	August	1978
San Francisco Pride	San Francisco, California	www.sfpride.org	June	1970
San Jose Pride Parade & Festival	San Jose, California	www.sanjosepride.com	June
Santa Cruz Pride Parade & Festival	Santa Cruz, California	www.diversitycenter.org	June
Savannah Pride	Savannah, Georgia	www.savannahpride.org
Seattle Black Pride	Seattle, Washington	www.seattleblackpride.org	July
Seattle Pride	Seattle, Washington	www.seattlepride.org	June
Show Me Pride	Kansas City, Missouri	www.kansascitygaypride.org	June 1–3
Sizzle Her	Miami, Florida	www.sizzleher.com	Memorial Day Weekend May Thursday – Monday
Sizzle Miami	Miami, Florida	www.sizzlemiami.com	Memorial Day Weekend May Thursday – Monday
South Carolina Pride	Columbia, South Carolina	www.scpride.org
Southeast Leatherfest	Atlanta, Georgia	www.seleatherfest.com	June	2003
Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival	Albuquerque, New Mexico and Santa Fe, New Mexico	www.closetcinema.org	October	2003
Southern Decadence	New Orleans, Louisiana	www.southerndecadence.net	Labor Day weekend (September)
Spokane Pride	Spokane, Washington	www.outspokane.org	2nd Saturday in June
St. Louis PrideFest	St. Louis, Missouri	www.pridestl.org	June	1979
St. Pete Pride	St. Petersburg, Florida	www.stpetepride.com	June	2003
Staten Island Pride	Staten Island, New York	www.myspace.com	May
Sunshine Stampede Rodeo	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	www.fgra.org	April
Syracuse (CNY) Pride	Syracuse, New York	www.cnypride.org	June
Texas Bear Round Up	Dallas, Texas	www.tbru.org	March	1994
Tranny Fest	San Francisco, California	www.trannyfest.com	June
Tropical Heat	Key West, Florida	www.tropicalheatkw.com/	August
Tucson Pride	Tucson, Arizona	www.tucsonpride.org	October
Twin Cities Pride	Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota	www.tcpride.org	June	1972
Tulsa Pride	Tulsa, Oklahoma	www.tulsapride.org	June	1982
United States Gay Open	San Francisco, California	www.gltf.org	May
Utah Pride Festival	Salt Lake City, Utah	www.utahpride.org	June	1977
Virginia - Gay Pride Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	gaypridevirginia.org	September	Yearly
White Party Week	Miami, Florida	www.whiteparty.org	November
White Party Week	Palm Springs, California	www.jeffreysanker.com	April
Wichita Pride Festival & Parade	Wichita, Kansas	www.wichitapride.org	June	1972
Winter Party	South Beach, Florida	www.winterparty.com	March
WomenFest	Key West, Florida	www.womenfest.com	September
Woof Fest	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	www.wooffest.com	November
Youth Pride D.C.	Washington, D.C.	www.youthpridedc.org	May	1996

Oceania

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Australia
Queer Collaborations	Varying States: 2012 in Adelaide	www.qc2012.org	July- 2012 will be at July 2-8th 2012	1991
Mardi Gras - Fair Day	Sydney (Victoria Park)	www.mardigras.org.au	February (12 Feb 2012)	1980
Mardi Gras - Parade	Sydney (Oxford Street)	www.mardigras.org.au	March (3 Mar 2012)	1978
Mardi Gras - Party	Sydney	www.mardigras.org.au	March (3 Mar 2012)	1978
Mardi Gras - Film Festival	Sydney	www.queerscreen.com.au	Feb-March
Mardi Gras - LGBTQI Festival	Sydney	www.mardigras.org.au	Feb-March
Mardi Gras - Harbour Party	Sydney (Botanical Gardens)	www.mardigras.org.au	February (25 Feb 2012)
Mardi Gras - Bondi Beach Drag Races	Sydney (Bondi Beach)	www.mardigras.org.au	February
Mardi Gras - Pool Party	Sydney	www.mardigras.org.au	March
Big Gay Weekend	Sydney (Oxford Street)	www.mardigras.org.au	October Long Weekend	2011
Sleaze Ball	Sydney	www.mardigras.org.au	Sept (on hold from 2010)	1982
Sydney Leather Pride	Sydney	www.sydneyleatherpride.org	May
Alice Springs Festival Rainbow Picnic	Alice Springs, Northern Territory	www.aliceiswonderland.com	September
Brisbane Pride Festival	Brisbane	www.pridebrisbane.org.au	June	1990
Chillout Festival	Daylesford, Victoria	www.chilloutfestival.com.au	March
Darwin Pride	Darwin, Northern Territory	www.darwinpride.com	May
Feast Festival	Adelaide	www.feast.org.au	November	1997
Adelaide Pride March	Adelaide	www.prideadelaide.org	September	2003
Melbourne Queer Film Festival	Melbourne	www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au	March	1991
Melbourne Leather Festival	Melbourne	www.melbourneleatherfestival.org	September	1995
Midsumma	Melbourne	www.midsumma.org.au	January/February	1989
Perth Pride Festival	Perth, Western Australia	www.pridewa.asn.au	September	1990
Pride March Victoria	Melbourne	www.pridemarch.com.au	January/February
New Zealand
Christchurch Pride Week	Christchurch	www.nzaf.org.nz	May
Hero Festival	Auckland	www.hero.org.nz	February	1991
Queen of The Whole Universe	Auckland	www.queenwholeuniverse.com	November/ December	2003
Outtakes Gay Film Festival	Auckland, Wellington, & Christchurch	www.outtakes.org.nz	May/June	1995
Queenstown Gay Ski Week	Queenstown	www.gayskiweeknz.com	September	2003

South America

LGBT event	Location	Official website	Occurs every	Start
Argentina
Buenos Aires Pride	Buenos Aires	www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar	November	1992
International Gay/Lesbian/Trans Film Festival in Argentina	Buenos Aires	www.diversa.com.ar	October	2004
Brazil
Festival MixBrasil de Cinema e Video da Diversidade Sexual São Paulo	São Paulo	www.mixbrasil.com.br	November
Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo (São Paulo Pride)	São Paulo	www.paradasp.org.br	June	1996
Pride Parade Brasília	Brasília, Distrito Federal	www.mixbrasil.uol.com.br	July
Pride Salvador	Salvador, Bahia	www.ggb.org.br	June
Diversity Parade Florianópolis	Florianópolis, Santa Catarina	www.diversidadefloripa.com.br	September
Pride Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	www.pageoneq.com	October
Colombia
Marcha de la Ciudadania LGBT	Bogotá, Colombia	www.guiagaycolombia.com	June	1996
Peru
Marcha de Orgullo	Lima	www.orgulloperu.net
Venezuela
Caracas Pride	Caracas	www.lamdavenezuela.org	May
South Georgia Pride	Valdosta, Georgia	[9]	September	Third Saturday of every year
Pride Maracaibo	Maracaibo	www.pridemaracaibo.com	June	2010

See also

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Pride parades

• Gay pride
• LGBT pride parade
• EuroPride
• WorldPride

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External links

• List of gay pride events worldwide from this day forward at gayscout.com
• The definitive guide to UK LGBTQ Pride
• International Photography Gay Pride
• International Gay Pride Guide
• InterPride
• Pride Photo Galleries
• Pride events listed at Gay.com
• Gay Pride calendar
• UK Pride Dates 2008
• Yahoo! Pride
• “Walk with Pride” Photography Project Images from pride parades from around the world.
• XLSIOR Festival in Mykonos on 24-28 August 2011 - (Gay & Gay-Friendly Dance Festival - the newest circuit concept in the gay clubbing scene)