Between Nation and Republic, nearly half a million people will parade for the Pride March, this Saturday June 24, 2023, in Paris. Find practical information here.
[Mis à jour le 23 juin 2023 à 23h14] Paris Pride, or Pride March, takes place on Saturday June 24 this year. This event, which celebrates the visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community, has been taking place in the capital since the 1970s. Inter-LGBT announced its motto, which appears on this year’s posters: “For ten years, marriage for all / Since always, violence for all “. The co-president of the inter-LGBT, Elisa Koubi, explains their desire to put “in opposition the anniversary of marriage for all which has been overplayed by many politicians, institutions and the media and which tends to hide all of our realities” through this message. On Saturday, the route of the march will retrace the same path as last year. Walkers will leave Place de la Nation at 2 p.m. and head towards Place de la République. The novelty of this edition lies in the absence of motorized tanks for ecological reasons and in a logic of decarbonization. On the Pride site, it is certain that the party will nevertheless be in full swing: “Without a tank does not mean without sound: many orchestras on foot will take place in the procession to ensure the atmosphere. “
The procession of the 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
The Gay Pride parade ends at 5 p.m. on the Place de la République with a free concert during the Grand Podium of the Pride March which has many surprises in store. Among the guest artists: Jeanne Added, Chloé, Madame Arthur, Lalla Rami… The party will end around 10 p.m. at République, but various parties are organized in the capital to prolong the pleasure throughout the night.
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 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.