Coronavirus has now cancelled at least 75 major Pride celebrations across the globe
Thousands of members of the LGBTQ community gathered for Birmingham Pride in May 2019 (Jim Wood / Barcroft Media/Getty)
Pride season in June may be months away, but it has already been massively disrupted by the outbreak of coronavirus.
As of today, more than 75 events around the world have been forced to cancel or delay plans, with many more still to be announced. As many as 1,000 Prides were expected to take place in Europe alone.
The European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA) is now urging the Pride organisers to make contingency plans and engage with funders and sponsors to talk about financial impact.
“Coronavirus is presenting a new challenge for all governments and organisations, and Pride is no different,” said EOPA president Kristine Garina.
“The unique challenge for Prides is that most are entirely volunteer organisations, where people have to juggle this additional complexity alongside a career or being a full-time carer.
“We’re doing all we can to help Pride organisers navigate through this challenge.”
Scroll down to see a map of locations where Pride parades have been cancelled due to coronavirus, and a complete list of all the events that have been cancelled or postponed so far.
The following list is compiled from information from the European Pride Organisers Association and Attitude.
United Kingdom
BFI Flare: London LGBTQI+ Film Festival 2020, London – 18/03/20 – 29/03/20 – Cancelled
Trans Pride Scotland – 28/03/20 – Cancelled
Trans Pride Leeds – 04/04/2020 – Cancelled
Trans Pride Liverpool – 29/03/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Muslim Pride Imaan Fest, London – 11/04/2020 – Postponed to 12/12/2020
St Andrews Pride, Scotland – 18/04/2020 – Cancelled
Castlemaine Pride, Scotland – 19/04/2020 – Cancelled
Bi Pride Local, Swansea Wales – 16/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Hampshire Pride, Winchester – 25/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Swansea Pride, Wales – 02/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Blackpool Pride, 05/06/2020 – Cancelled
Pride Picnic Cheltenham – 17/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Oban Pride, Oban – 30/05/2020 – Cancelled
Oxford Pride, Oxford – 30/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Bradford Pride, Bradford – 06/06/2020 – Cancelled
Coventry Pride, Coventry – 13/06/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Pride Edinburgh, Scotland – 13/06/2020 – Cancelled
Isle of Pride, Isle of Man – 13/06/2020 – Cancelled
Sunderland Pride – 13/06/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Salisbury Pride – 13/06/2020 – Cancelled
Sowerby Bridge Pride – 04/07/2020 – Cancelled
Sparkle Weeknd, Manchester – 11/07/2020 – Cancelled
Highland Pride, Inverness – 18/07/20 – Cancelled
Trans Pride Brighton – 18/07/2020 – Cancelled
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Pride – 22/07/2020 – Cancelled
Dunoon Pride – No date set – Cancelled
Lochaber pride – No date set – Cancelled
Europe
Fierté Tignes, Tignes France – 19/03/2020 – Cancelled
CSD Deutschland Conference, Göttingen Germany – 21/03/2020 – Cancelled
Järvsö Winter Pride, Sweden – 21/03/2020 – Cancelled
Pride Boden, Sweden – 28/03/2020 – Cancelled
Printemps des Assoces – 28/03/2020 – Cancelled
Ireland Pride Network meeting, Dublin Ireland – 18/04/2020 – Moved Online
Vårgarda Pride, Sweden – 25/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Bygdepride Ørsta/Volda, Norway – 09/05/2020 – Cancelled
Linköping Pride, Sweden – 09/05/2020 – Cancelled
Mark Pride, Sweden – 09/05/2020 – Cancelled
Katrineholm Pride, Sweden – 09/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Freedom of my Identity Festival, Hungary – 16/05/2020 – Cancelled
CSD Cottbus, Germany – 16/05/2020 – Postponed until 12/09/2020
Bucharest Pride, Romania – 23/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
CSD Weiden, Germany – 23/05/2020 – Cancelled
Kraków Pride, Poland – 23/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Sölvesborg Pride, Sweden – 29/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Karlskrona Pride, Sweden – 30/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
CSD Saar-Lor-Lux, Germany – 06/06/2020 – Cancelled
Pride in Maastricht, Netherlands – 06/06/2020 – Cancelled
Arras Pride, France – 13/062020 – Cancelled
United States
Manatee Pride, Bradenton FL – 21/03/2020 – Postponed to 23/05/2020
NERP-POSE Pride Conference, Charlotte NC – 22/03/2020 – Cancelled
Cathedral City LGBT Days, Cathedral City, CA – 28/03/2020 – Cancelled
Tampa Pride, Tampa FL – 28/03/2020 – Postponed to 30/05/2020
Pheonix Pride – 04/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Roanoke Pride – 04/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Miami Beach Pride – 05/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Southeast Los Angeles Pride – 22/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Region 4 Pride Conference, Saint Louis MO – 27/04/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Long Beach Pride, Long Beach CA – 16/05/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Glendale Pride, Glendale CA – 30/05/2020 – Postponed, with date TBA
PrideFest Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI – 06/06/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
LA Pride, Losa Angeles, CA – 13/06/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Boise Pride, Boise ID – 20/06/2020 – Postponed, now to take place 11/09/2020 – 13/09/2020
ENC Pride, Kingston NC – 20/06/2020 – Cancelled
Canada
Georgian Pride, Barrie – 27/03/2020 – Cancelled
Gender Diversity Awareness Week, Moose Jaw – 28/03/2020 – Postponed with date TBA
Peak Pride at Big White, Kelowna – 04/04/2020 – Cancelled
Innisfil Pride, Innisfil – 18/07/2020 Cancelled
Asia
One Big Pride, Manilla – 13/03/2020 – Cancelled
Pink Dot, Singapore – 27/06/2020 – Cancelled – Livestream to be held on 27/06/2020
Tokyo Rainbow Pride, Japan – 25/04/2020 – Cancelled
Australia
Rainbow on the Plains – 28/03/2020 – Cancelled
South America
InterPride Mid-Year Meeting – 25/04/2020 – Moved Online
