Mexico City Pride is an annual

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held in

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, Mexico. The event, which is the largest Pride event in the country, has been held annually since 1979. 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.

History

The first pride event in Mexico City was held in June 1979. The 1980 march was scheduled for 28 June 1980, to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall Protests. 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. The following year, two separate marches were again held, with participants verbally and physically confronting individuals in the other march. In 2000, activists from the

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joined the march, handing out condoms with packaging that read "Do it differently, vote differently: for Social Democracy" to bystanders. In 2018, football fans, despite prior instances of homophobia, peacefully joined the pride parade while celebrating Mexico's progress in the World Cup. In 2020 and 2021, the event was not held due to the

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. A digital event was held in its stead. In the 2020s, some Pride participants have called for the exclusion of businesses and corporations from the event. Mexico City Gay Pride was held 26 June 26 2024 to 1 July 2024, and the parade was on 29 June. The parade, known as ''la Marcha del Orgullo'', began at Ángel de la Independencia and continued through Paseo de la Reforma,

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, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, 5 de Mayo, and

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.Marcha del Orgullo en CDMX: Fecha, ruta y horario del 'Pride' 2024
''Excelsior'', MONSERRAT VARGAS, 28 June 2024

References

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