Mexico City Pride
Annual LGBT event in Mexico City
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Mexico City Pride (Spanish: Marcha del Orgullo CDMX) is an annual LGBT pride event held in Mexico City, Mexico. The event, which is the largest Pride event in the country,[1] has been held annually since 1979.[2]
| Mexico City Pride | |
|---|---|
 A float in the 2025 Mexico City Pride Parade | |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Locations | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Activity | Pride parade |
| Organised by | Comité IncluyeT |
Since Mexico City's legalization of same-sex marriage in 2010, a mass wedding ceremony has been held for same-sex couples prior to the start of the event's pride parade.[3]
History
The first pride event in Mexico City was held in June 1979.[4] The 1980 march was scheduled for 28 June 1980, to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.[5]
In 1983, two separate Pride marches were held on 25 June. One was a serious "traditional" leftist march, while the other included sex workers and musicians. The second march also included a brief protest at the U.S. embassy, in response to U.S. interventions in Central America.[6]
The following year, two separate marches were again held, with participants verbally and physically confronting individuals in the other march.[6]
In 2000, activists from the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Social Democratic Party joined the march, handing out condoms with packaging that read "Do it differently, vote differently: for Social Democracy" to bystanders.[7]
In 2018, football fans, despite prior instances of homophobia, peacefully joined the pride parade while celebrating Mexico's progress in the World Cup.[8] The following year's march marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and was attended by roughly 65,000 people.[2]
In 2020 and 2021, the event was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] A digital event was held in its stead.[10]
In the 2020s, some Pride participants have called for the exclusion of businesses and corporations from the event.[4]
Mexico City Gay Pride was held 26 June 26 2024 to 1 July 2024, and the parade was on 29 June.[11] The parade, known as la Marcha del Orgullo, began at Ángel de la Independencia and continued through Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Juárez, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, 5 de Mayo, and the Plaza de la Constitución.[12]