| Equality Parade | |
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| Genre | Pride parade and festival |
| Location(s) | Warsaw, Poland |
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Organized by | Fundacja Wolontariat Równości |
| Website | www |
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Equality Parade (Polish: Parada Równości) is an LGBT community pride parade held in Warsaw since 2001, usually in May or June. It has attracted at least several thousand attendees each year; 20,000 attendees (the largest number of any year prior to 2017) were reported in 2006, following an official ban in 2004 and 2005. In 2018, there were 45,000 attendees. In 2019, there were 50,000 attendees and then powering up to 80,000 in 2023. It is a member of EPOA and InterPride.
It is the largest gay pride parade in Central and Eastern Europe,[1] and has been described as "the first Europe-wide gay pride parade held in a former Communist bloc country".[2]
- ^ "Warsaw: Tens of thousands march for gay rights | DW | 09.06.2019". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ Nicholas Kulish (July 17, 2010). "Gay Parade in Warsaw Meets Jeers From Some". New York Times.