PARADE
MARCH WITH PRIDE
As we celebrate and look forward to each Wigan Pride we recognise the challenges still faced by our community nationally and globally. The Pride march is an opportunity for you to get involved in Wigan Pride. It’s your chance to show people from across the borough, Greater Manchester, and further afield, that you are proud to be part of our local LGBTQ+ community or proud to be an ally.​ The first Pride marches were in 1970, to mark a year after the Stonewall Riots in New York, when LGBTQ+ people fought back against years of oppression and abuse in the city and laid the foundations for LGBTQ+ activism everywhere. Pride marches are both a celebration of the community and a protest against discrimination still faced.​
TAKE PART
Previous Wigan Prides have seen hundreds of people marching proudly together through the town centre with supporters cheering us along the way. If you’re part of a local community group, workplace, business or organisation, please book your place in the parade and show your pride and support for the borough’s LGBTQ+ community.
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For parade enquiries, contact us at info@wiganpride.com