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London Trans+ Pride
London Trans+ Pride is a pride march advocating transgender rights held in London, England, United Kingdom. HistoryLondon Trans+ Pride was founded in 2019 by Lucia Blayke,[2] inspired by Trans Pride Brighton.[3] It was founded in part due to a rising climate of transphobia in the UK and across the world, as well as in response to an anti-transgender protest controversy that occurred at the Pride in London march in 2018, where eight anti-trans activists took the lead of the march without authorisation.[4][5][6] The event was originally scheduled to take place in Hackney, East London but was moved to central London and has remained there in subsequent years.[7] The 2019 march was held in September and saw attendance of around 1500 people.[8][9] The 2020 march saw attendance of 4000 people, with a number of COVID-19 safety measures put in place by the organisers, and called for legal recognition of non-binary identities and a ban on intersex genital mutilation.[10] It also included a memorial to Elie Che, a prominent transgender London activist and performer who died in August of that year.[11] The 2021 march was held in June, and included calls for a ban on conversion therapy, greater access to healthcare for trans people, and a ban on intersex genital mutilation.[12] The event included speeches by Munroe Bergdorf, Ki Griffin, Bimini Bon-Boulash, Abigail Thorn, and Kai-Isaiah Jamal.[13][14] The 2022 march was held in July, with attendance of over 20,000 people.[15][16] The event called to "celebrate the memory of trans lives taken and uphold the next generation of trans revolutionaries," and included speeches by Yasmin Finney and Charlie Craggs.[17][18] Abigail Thorn said at the event that "legally and politically", trans people in the country "are not allowed to control our own lives". In 2023, it was estimated 25,000-35,000 people attended the march.[19] The organisers emphasised the event was still a protest in what was called the "biggest ever" call for trans rights in the UK.[20] In 2024, 55,000 people attended the march, motivated in part by the British government’s recently enacted ban on puberty blockers.[21] Since 2019, London Trans+ Pride has been run by a volunteer organizing committee which includes EM Williams, Sweatmother, Ren Mars, Lewis G. Burton as well as many who have wished to remain anonymous.[22][23] In addition to the yearly protest, London Trans+ Pride march, they also hold additional events for trans advocacy including a takeover of the NOMAD stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2022, 2023 & 2024.[24] On 29 July 2024, a confirmed 55,000 to 60,000+ people attended London Trans+ Pride, making it biggest trans pride march in the world to date.[25] See also
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