Caracas Pride
| Caracas Pride | |
|---|---|
The Caracas Pride March in 2022. | |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Caracas |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Years active | 2001-present |
Caracas Pride, also known as the Caracas LGBTQ+ Pride March, is a Pride event held annually since 2001 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to demand equal rights for the country's LGBT communities.
History
The first Caracas Pride March took place on June 29, 1997, at Sabana Grande. It was organized by the Movimiento Ambiente de Venezuela (Venezuelan Environmental Movement, also known as MAV).[1]
The first march, called Gay Pride, was organized in June 2001 by the GLBT Network, a group of organizations created in March of that year and consisted of the Lambda Alliance of Venezuela, Amazonas of Venezuela, Church of the Metropolitan Community of Venezuela, Citizen Action against AIDS, the Venezuelan Network of Positive People RGV+, the Wills Wilde Society, and Affirmative Union of Venezuela.[2] The route of this first Pride Day celebration began at Plaza Brión in Chacaito and continued along Sabana Grande Boulevard to Plaza Morelos in Los Caobos.[3]
Over the years, the march has changed its route. In 2022, the event began with a rally at Francisco de Miranda Park,[4] where more than 20,000 people from the Venezuelan LGBTQ+ community attended under the slogan "No more, no less, the same rights."[5]
References
- ^ Montes de Oca, Rodolfo. "Sospechosos habituales: Diez aproximaciones a los antecedentes históricos del movimiento por los derechos humanos en Venezuela (1936-1999)" (PDF). Provea (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ^ "LGBTI Network of Venezuela". Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Historia/Cronología del Movimiento LGBTI en Venezuela 1979-2014". Fundación Reflejos de Venezuela (in Spanish). 2014-09-15. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Freitas, Alba (2022-07-03). "El arcoíris inundó las calles de Caracas en la marcha del orgullo LGBTI". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ^ Barazarte, Por José Luis (2022-07-07). "Marcha del Orgullo en Caracas: un "No va más" a la homofobia de Estado en Venezuela". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-03.