1977: the Pride march and picnic was on Saturday 25th June and started at Temple Place, Embankment.
1973: this year's Pride March was organised by CHE.
An estimated 200-700 people took part in the march itself and maybe as many as 1000 in the whole event, including the rally and picnic in Hyde Park. The date was chosen to be the nearest Saturday to the Stonewall riots of 1969.
1972: The first Gay Pride March under that name was held on the 1st of July 1972 and was organised by GLF.
There were about 200 marchers and a large number of police.
1971: There was a small march in 1971, organised by the GLF youth Group, starting with a Gay Day in Hyde Park and then a march down Oxford Street and Regents Street to Trafalgar Square.
London Pride year by year More information needed to complete this section. The company is now branded as Pride in London. In January 2013 it was announced that a community interest company London LGBT Community Pride had been awarded the right to run Pride for five years starting 2013. Gay Pride Marches, subsequently re-branded as Pride Marches and now Pride Parades (see Pride) have been held in London since the early 1970s, normally on the nearest Saturday to 28 June, the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.įrom 2004 to 2012, the London Pride events were organised by the charity Pride London.įollowing widespread dissatisfaction following the last minute scaling back of World Pride 2012, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, invited community bodies to bid to run future Prides. Pride in London logo London Pride is an annual event in London, comprising a march or parade in central London, together with a rally or festival, and sometimes other events.