The Manchester Pride Parade is the city's biggest parade, with tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies gathering to march through the city for equality, grinding the city to a halt with thousands of people lining the streets to take in the spectacular sea of colours. If there is ever an opportunity to shout loud and proud about who we are and what our values are, it is at the Parade!
When was the first Manchester Pride Parade?
Manchester has always been a trailblazer for LGBTQ+ equality. In 1964, the North West Homosexual Law Reform Committee set the stage for LGBTQ+ liberation, led by Allan Horsfall, the group eventually became the national Campaign for Homosexual Equality and were instrumental in the decriminalisation of homosexual behaviour between two consenting males.
Fast forward to 1988 and again Manchester demonstrated its power in coming together. Over 20,000 voices resonated through the streets of Manchester in a historic protest against Section 28, marking one of the largest LGBTQ+ demonstrations in the UK. This and many other protests around the globe paved the way for the Pride Parades we see around the world today.
