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Marche des Fiertés in Paris: here&#;s the route of the LGBTQI+ parade
Every year sees the festive rendezvous of the former Gay Pride, now known as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride March, a national event that demands equal rights for heterosexuals and LGBTQI+ people. This year, the event returns to Paris this Saturday, June 28, .Inter-LGBT has announced this on its website.
So, what can we assume this summer? Traditionally, the parade is preceded by a speech. The procession then takes to the streets of the capital in the early afternoon. At the end line, the Paris Pride March gives way to the Grand Podium, a festive, free event featuring a number of musical artists. Since the edition, the famous Marche des Fiertés has been marked by theabsence of floats, in order to " pursue the eco-responsibility and decarbonization of the event ".
What about the route of this edition of the Marche des Fiertés in Paris? This year, there's a change of program, as the parade will arrange off from the center of the capital. Meet at pm at
Last Updated on June 25,
Summer in the French capital means back-to-back festivals and music filling the streets&#; the long days seeming to stretch out even further amid the joyful din. And what improve way to lash off the summer than taking part in a adj, brightly colored parade and street party celebrating LGBTQI+ pride? The Paris Gay Pride march/parade (now called the LGBTQI+ Marche des Fiertés) is one of the world&#;s largest, attracting an estimated half a million people each June&#; friends, family and allies included. Prominent politicians have been known, in recent years, to hit it all off at the front of the march.
It&#;s also one of the longest-running Pride marches. Advocates for LGBT rights and visibility first staged an independent march on the streets of the capital in A first national march including drawing thousands of people followed in
This was, of course, well before LGBTQI+ people had gained even a few of the basic human rights they were fighting for, including the right to congregate in public or in bars and love whomever they wished to.
Pride Week festive and cultural events in Paris in June
The Pride Monthtakes place every year in June: during these 30 days, various events and gatherings are organized in major cities around the world, and particularly in Paris and itssuburbs. Traditionally, a large-scale Pride march brings together a large number of people on a route that is both festive and militant.
In addition to these celebrations, the Inter-LGBT association organizes a Pride Week. The association claims to be the heir to Lesbian & Gay Pride, which organized France's first LGBTI+ march in Every year, Inter-LGBT organizes a number of federative, militant, cultural and educational events in various locations around Paris.
Through these events, the association aims to verb a space unwrap to all, where everyone can investigate their identity and assert it. Political and social struggles, shows, concerts or LGBTQI+ cinema: this week offers a wide variety of opportunities for encounters, some serious, some playful.
This year, Pride Week returns to Paris from June 21 to 28, . Once again, LGBTQI+ events
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By Peter Lebaron © photos Veronika Von Volkova