Cape Town Pride is an annual

gay pride LGBT pride (also known as gay pride or simply pride) is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to s ...

event ending with a pride parade held in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. It usually runs from around the end of February and is a week of festivals, parties and other events. The first South African pride parade was held in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

on 13 October 1990, the first such event on the

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n continent. The first pride parade in Cape Town was held in 1993, and it has been held as an annual event subject to interruptions thereafter. The parade resumed after a period in 2001 as part of a week-long Cape Town Pride event, from 10 to 17 December. The 2001 event was met with a protest organised by local Anti-abortion organisations outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in Somerset Road where a Gay Pride "Dignity and Diversity" Interfaith Service was being held. Cape Town Pride was not held in 2003 when the event timing was moved to February. In 2006, the event adopted the theme "Uniting Cultures of Cape Town", in 2007 "The Carnival of Love", in 2009 "Pink Ubuntu – Uniting Cultures of Cape Town", and in 2011 "Love Our Diversity".

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* 2001 establishments in South Africa Festivals in Cape Town Pride parades in South Africa Recurring events established in 2001 {{LGBT-event-stub

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