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A float in the 2016 Mexico City Pride Parade
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| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Years active | 1979-present |
Mexico City Pride is an annual LGBT pride event held in Mexico City, Mexico. The event, which is the largest Pride event in the country,[1] has been held annually since 1979.
Since Mexico City's legalization of same-sex marriage in 2010, a mass wedding ceremony has been held for same-sex couples prior to the start of the event's pride parade.[2]
The first pride event in Mexico City was held in June 1979.[3] The 1980 march was scheduled for June 28, 1980, to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall Protests.[4]
In 1983, two separate Pride marches were held on June 25. One was a serious "traditional" leftist march, while the other included sex workers and musicians. The second march also included a brief protest at the U.S. embassy, in response to U.S. interventions in Central America.[5]
The following year, two separate marches were again held, with participants verbally and physically confronting individuals in the other march.[5]
In 2000, activists from the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Social Democratic Party joined the march, handing out condoms with packaging that read "Do it differently, vote differently: for Social Democracy" to bystanders.[6]
In 2018, football fans, despite prior instances of homophobia, peacefully joined the pride parade while celebrating Mexico's progress in the World Cup.[7]
In 2020 and 2021, the event was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] A digital event was held in its stead.[9]
In the 2020s, some Pride participants have called for the exclusion of businesses and corporations from the event.[3]
Mexico City Gay Pride was held June 26, 2024 - July 1, 2024, and the parade was on June 29.[10] The parade, known as la Marcha del Orgullo, began at Ángel de la Independencia and continued through Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Juárez, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, 5 de Mayo, and Plaza de la Constitución.[11]
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