PRIDE MARKET. Gay Pride sets off from Nation this Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 2 p.m., to reach Place de la République in Paris at 5 p.m. Discover the stages of the route and the process of the parade without floats.
[Mis à jour le 19 juin 2022 à 17h35] The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Shemale (LGBT) Pride March, formerly known as Gay Pride, begins Nation this Saturday, June 24 at 14 hours to join Place de la Republique in Paris. “For 10 years, marriage for all, Forever, violence for all Ready to walk with us to end this violence against all of us?” announces Inter-LGBT, the organizing association in Île-de-France.
For reasons of eco-responsibility, there will be no floats this year at the Paris Pride March. However, the Inter-LGBT “of course provides trucks for PMR/PSH people, but also other vehicles for transporting people who will need them”.
The procession of Parisian LGBT Pride March 2023 forms at 2 p.m. on Place de la Nation. It starts from the church of Pantin to reach the Place de la République in Paris at 5 p.m. A podium will be installed there for a “great festive and demanding arrival”. Here are the waypoints of the route:
- Departure from Place de la Nation
- Boulevard Diderot
- Avenue Daumesnil
- Lyon Street
- Boulevard Beaumarchais
- Boulevard of the Daughters of Calvary
- Temple Boulevard
- Arrival Place de la Republique
It was in June 1969, after a violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a legendary gay bar in New York, that the first parade of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people was organized across the Atlantic. These demonstrations, which then turned into a riot for several days, mark the beginning of the fight for equal LGBT rights. Gay pride was soon born out of this violence with, the following year, a parade in the streets of the city organized by Brenda Howard, a bisexual considered today as a pioneer in this fight. Other parades placed under the sign of “pride” will take place at the same time in Los Angeles or San Francisco, then, a few years later, in Europe, starting with Germany.
Gay Pride will arrive in 1981 in Paris. This event, accessible to all and free of charge, will gradually bring together more than half a million people in the capital. And she has come a long way, in France too. According to an Ifop poll published last year, 83% of French people now believe that the Pride Marches have helped advance the rights of LGBT people. In 2019, it is not a Pride March, but dozens that have been organized throughout France throughout the month of June. In Nancy, Lille, or even Saint-Denis, they brought together tens of thousands of people.