Glasgow LGBT+ Pride date announced for July!
Glasgow's Pride Mardi Gla have revealed that a bigger than ever colourful and vibrant march for LGBT+ equality will take place on the Glasgow fair Saturday, 16th July!
Article Source: Glasgow's Pride
Last Updated: 13 February 2022 11:19
As Glasgow comes out of Covid restrictions Glasgow’s Pride Mardi Gla have revealed that a bigger than ever colourful and vibrant march for LGBT+ equality will take place on the Glasgow fair Saturday (16th July) winding its way through the streets of the city centre with an emphasis on floats to give the public a fabulous time as they watch from the side of the street.
For the first time ever a pride hub will be hosted at the brand-new Strathclyde Student Union as part of a 2 day celebration of entertainment, education and tolerance. The new building which was opened by President Obama as part of his visit to Glasgow for COP26 is one of the largest licensed premises in the UK and boasts some of Scotland’s top sound and high-tech digital systems which were a requirement of the Presidents team for the United Nations gathering. It will offer the first real opportunity for non-students to see this amazing venue on the 16th and 17th of July as it will be open to everyone who supports pride.
Figures published by the Scottish Government show that in the first year of lockdowns there were 1580 hate crimes against people due to their sexuality and 46 against people who are trans across Scotland and clearly demonstrates that even in this day and age pride marches are relevant as a main tool for LGBT+ communities to win hearts and minds from the rest of the public. These figures are thought to have risen even further in the second year of lockdowns in a highly worrying trend not just in Scotland but across the UK and western Europe.
In 2021 despite tough covid restrictions, Glasgow held the largest pride march in the UK due to the exceptional work of Glasgow City Council, Police Scotland and public health agencies to ensure a covid secure event – there were no covid diagnosis reported in relation to Glasgow’s Pride last year, a testament to all the preparation that were undertaken by the multi-agency team. Birmingham hosted the largest pride entertainment event of 2021 and became the only other major UK city to be able to hold a pride march last year.
Head of Events at pride Kasey Monroe said: “After a long couple of years where we have all struggled to deal with the pandemic this summer will be the time for Glasgow to let down its hair and party and I can’t wait to ensure great entertainment and fun this July at the all-new Strathclyde Student Union following the pride march - we are coming out of Covid.”
The LGBT+ communities and supporters of Glasgow and the west have also been invited to attend a special national pride, as part of Edinburgh’s Pride which will mark 25 years of the pride movement in Scotland on the 25th of June in Edinburgh. It will see LGBT+ venues in Glasgow gearing up to deliver a night of fun and frolics as revellers return from the capital following this important national celebration. It is hoped that special rainbow tickets will be available from transport operators to help facilitate the large crowds expected to travel to Edinburgh.
Stuart McPhail, Head of Processions and Volunteering at pride added: “This is a fantastic year for our LGBT+ communities with the Proud Scotland Awards being hosted in Glasgow, the national celebration of Pride in Edinburgh on the 25th of June on its 25th anniversary and of course our pride weekend in Glasgow taking place on the 16th and 17th of July.
Following on from being the largest pride march in the UK in 2021, we aim to have more floats than ever before in the march this year to show Glasgow that full pride marches have returned following the tough period with covid – I urge everyone to participate and if you want an experience you will never forget to sign up as a volunteer to help deliver an amazing weekend in Glasgow at mardigla.org/volunteer.”
The pride movement began in the Stonewall Inn, NYC on a balmy June evening in 1959 when members of the gay communities rose up against constant attacks from the Police and City Government and it is acknowledged as the start of the fight for gay equality. The movement has taken leaps and bounds, no more so than in Glasgow where we have seen the SNP, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Green Party, Celtic, Rangers and Partick Thistle all marching together along with members of the LGBT+ communities last year.
The Stonewall Inn now holds a special Glasgow Pride flag which was dispatched by the Lord Provost and given an honour guard by the Army to mark the 50th anniversary of the uprising in 2019 – this was the first time the British Army had folded a pride flag and it was delivered to the British Consul General in NYC on behalf of Glasgow and representing the rest of the UK.
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