Editing Pride parade (section)

===Asia===
==== East Timor ====
[[File:2019-07-12 Marxa ba Diversidade 4.jpg|thumb|Pride March 2019 in [[Dili]], East Timor]]
The first pride march in [[East Timor]]'s capital [[Dili]] was held in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ng |first=Ellis |date=July 4, 2017 |title=This tiny Southeast Asian country just held its first pride parade |url=https://mashable.com/2017/07/04/pride-parade-east-timor/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008222221/https://mashable.com/article/pride-parade-east-timor |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |access-date=2019-08-26 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref>

====Hong Kong====
[[File:香港同志遊行-HONG KONG PRIDE PARADE 2014 (15737708051).jpg|thumb|Hong Kong pride parade 2014]]
{{See also|Hong Kong Pride Parade}}
The first International Day Against [[Homophobia]] pride parade in Hong Kong was held on May 16, 2005, under the theme "Turn Fear into Love", calling for acceptance and care amongst gender and sexual minorities in a diverse and friendly society.<ref>{{cite web|title=History – HONG KONG PRIDE PARADE|url=https://hkpride.net/history/|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121314/https://hkpride.net/history/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

The Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008 boosted the rally count above 1,000 in the second largest [[East Asia]]n Pride after Taipei's. By now a firmly annual event, Pride 2013 saw more than 5,200 participants. The city continues to hold the event every year, except in 2010 when it was not held due to a budget shortfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|title=香港同志遊行2008．Hong Kong Pride Parade 2008|website=hkpride.net|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812014103/https://hkpride.net/2008/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2010|url=http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218210517/http://hkpride.net/2011/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Pride Parade 2013|url=http://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812005225/https://hkpride.net/2013/tc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|reason=All of these refs are from the HK pride source itself; this needs a reliable 2ary source here |date=November 2017}}

In the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2018, the event broke its previous  record, with 12,000 participants. The police arrested a participant who violated the law of "outraging public decency" by wearing only his underwear in an area of the road cordoned off for the parade.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-11-20|title=Police arrest 21-year-old 'performance artist' who stripped off at Hong Kong's Gay Pride March|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2018/11/20/police-arrest-21-year-old-performance-artist-stripped-off-hong-kongs-gay-pride-march/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230601183002/https://hongkongfp.com/2018/11/20/police-arrest-21-year-old-performance-artist-stripped-off-hong-kongs-gay-pride-march/}}</ref>

====India====
{{See also|Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk}}
[[File:Bhubaneswar Pride Parade 2018 07.jpg|thumb|left|Participants of [[Bhubaneswar]] Pride Parade, 2018]]
[[File:Bangalore Gay Pride Parade (15).jpg|thumb|Gay Pride March in [[Bangalore]], India (2013)]]
On June 29, 2008, four Indian cities ([[Delhi Queer Pride Parade|Delhi]], [[Bengaluru Namma Pride March|Bangalore]], [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], and [[Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk|Kolkata]]) saw coordinated pride events. About 2,200 people turned up overall. These were also the first pride events of all these cities except Kolkata, which had seen its first such event in 1999 - making it [[South Asia]]'s first pride walk and then had been organizing pride events every year since 2003 (although there was a gap of a year or so in-between).<ref>{{cite web |title=As liberal attitudes sweep across Bengal, gays, and lesbians no longer mask their sexuality |date=August 11, 2003 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality/1/205465.html |access-date=May 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129082227/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/20030811-as-liberal-attitudes-sweep-across-bengal-gays-and-lesbians-no-longer-mask-their-sexuality-791882-2003-08-10|archive-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref> The pride parades were successful, given that no right-wing group attacked or protested against the pride parade, although the opposition party BJP expressed its disagreement with the concept of gay pride parade. The next day, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] appealed for greater social tolerance towards homosexuals at an AIDS event. On August 16, 2008 (one day after the Independence Day of India), the gay community in [[Mumbai Pride|Mumbai]] held its first-ever formal pride parade (although informal pride parades had been held many times earlier), to demand that [[India]]'s anti-gay laws be amended.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|title=Reverse swing: It may be an open affair for gays, lesbians|date=July 2, 2008 | work=The Times of India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008222218/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Reverse_swing_It_may_be_an_open_affair_for_gays_lesbians/articleshow/3186187.cms|archive-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref> A high court in the Indian capital, Delhi ruled on July 2, 2009, that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults was not a criminal act,<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm | work=BBC News | title=Gay sex decriminalised in India | date=July 2, 2009 | access-date=2010-05-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> although the Supreme Court later reversed its decision in 2013 under widespread pressure from powerful conservative and religious groups, leading to the re-criminalization of homosexuality in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|title=Indian Supreme Court criminalizes gay sex; violators face up to 10 years in prison|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121424/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-in-india-criminalizes-homosexuality/2013/12/11/ea7274a6-6227-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> Pride parades have also been held in smaller Indian cities such as [[Nagpur]], [[Madurai]], [[Bhubaneshwar Pride Parade|Bhubaneshwar]] and [[Thrissur]]. Attendance at the pride parades has been increasing significantly since 2008, with an estimated participation of 3,500 people in Delhi and 1,500 people in Bangalore in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} On September 6, 2018, sex between same-sex adults was legalized by India's Supreme Court.

=====Tripura=====
[[File:Tripura Queer Pride Walk.jpg|alt=Tripura's first pride march sends a loud and clear statement, shattering gender preconceptions and stigma.|thumb|Tripura Queer Pride Walk in 1st Pride Festival in Tripura]]
On September 12, 2022, [[Tripura]] celebrated its first 'Queer Pride Walk' held in [[Agartala]].
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nath |first=Abhijit |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura : LGBTQ Activists Hold 'Queer Pride Walk' In Agartala |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=NET Northeast Today |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914065408/https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/tripura-lgbtq-activists-hold-queer-pride-walk-in-agartala/ |archive-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref> The major goal of the queer pride parade is to honor and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, as well as to raise awareness in society so that people can break free from the stigma and biases that surround them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first 'Queer Pride Walk' was held in Agartala to break the social taboo |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=India Today NE |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401140612/https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripuras-first-queer-pride-walk-was-held-agartala-break-social-taboo-446260-2022-09-12|archive-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref> Swabhiman, a non-governmental organization, coordinated the Queer Pride Walk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banik |first=Mrinal |date=2022-09-12 |title=Tripura's first Queer Pride Parade held in Agartala |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2022/09/12/tripuras-first-queer-pride-parade-held-in-agartala/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref> More than seven months after four transgender people in [[Tripura]] had a harrowing experience at a police station that went viral on social media, the state's queer community held its first-ever pride walk on Monday in [[Agartala]], claiming the right to live in dignity and equality, free of gender discrimination, stigma, and taboo for being different. Hundreds of lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons marched in the colorful pride parade, waving rainbow flags and holding banners urging people to reject gender stigma and sexuality stereotypes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130008/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> 'Swabhiman' President Sneha Gupta Roy asserted the necessity for the state to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to protect the rights of the gay community, adding, "The society must accept us as we are. We, too, are members of society and should not face discrimination. The source of societal biases, discrimination, and injustice directed at us is, surprisingly, a lack of knowledge. We, too, have the right to live with respect and dignity, and in order to do so, the Central Government must work to develop the community's skills and create employment opportunities that will prevent members of the community from resorting to unethical means of income and thus becoming socially marginalized."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Tripura: LGBT Community Constitutes Social Welfare Society - 'Swabhiman'; Set To Host Pride-Walk on September 11 |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/06/tripura-lgbt-community-constitutes-social-welfare-society-swabhiman-set-to-host-pride-walk-on-september-11/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Smashing gender stereotypes & stigma, Tripura's first pride rally sends out loud and clear message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/smashing-gender-stereotypes-stigma-tripuras-first-pride-rally-sends-out-loud-and-clear-message-8149986/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

====Israel====
{{main|Tel Aviv Pride|Jerusalem gay pride parade|Haifa Pride|Eilat Pride}}
[[File:Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2015 (18549971060).jpg|thumb|The [[Tel Aviv Pride]] Parade is the largest pride parade in Asia]]
[[Tel Aviv]] hosts an annual pride parade,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbantravelblog.com/info/tel-aviv-festivals |title=Tel Aviv Festivals |publisher=Urban Travel Blog |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024644/http://www.urbantravelblog.com/info/tel-aviv-festivals/ |archive-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref> attracting more than 260,000 people, making it the largest LGBT pride event in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2150040/gay-pride-parade-lights-tel-aviv-attracting-more-250000|title=Gay Pride parade lights up Tel Aviv, attracting more than 250,000|date=2018-06-09|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121554/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2150040/gay-pride-parade-lights-tel-aviv-attracting-more-250000|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> Three Pride parades took place in Tel Aviv on the week of June 11, 2010. The main parade, which is also partly funded by the city's municipality, was one of the largest ever to take place in Israel, with approximately 200,000 participants. The first [[Tel Aviv Pride|Pride parade in Tel Aviv]] took place in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745646 |title=Kaplan painted rainbow colors ahead of Tel Aviv's 30th Pride Parade |last=Zanger-Nadis |first=Maya |date=June 8, 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614142938/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745646 |archive-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>

On June 30, 2005, the fourth annual Pride march of [[Jerusalem]] took place. The Jerusalem parade has been met with resistance due to the high presence of religious bodies in the city. It had originally been prohibited by a municipal ban which was canceled by the court. Many of the religious leaders of Jerusalem's [[Muslim]], [[Jewish]], and [[Christians|Christian]] communities had arrived at a rare consensus asking the municipal government to cancel the permit of the parades.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/world/worldspecial/clerics-fighting-a-gay-festival-for-jerusalem.html |title=Clerics fighting a gay festival for Jerusalem |last1=Goodstein |first1=Laurie |last2=Myre |first2=Greg |date=March 31, 2005 |website=The New York Times |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200820/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/world/worldspecial/clerics-fighting-a-gay-festival-for-jerusalem.html |archive-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Another parade, this time billed as an international event, was scheduled to take place in the summer of 2005, but was postponed to 2006 due to the stress on police forces during the summer of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]]. In 2006, it was again postponed due to the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|Israel-Hezbollah war]]. It was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem on November 10, 2006, caused a wave of protests by [[Haredi]] Jews around central Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=114609 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120154511/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=114609 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |title=9 Protesters Detained at Anti-Gay Pride Demonstration |publisher=[[Arutz 7]] |date=November 1, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Israeli Police|Israel National Police]] had filed a petition to cancel the parade due to foreseen strong opposition. Later, an agreement was reached to convert the parade into an assembly inside the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]] stadium in Jerusalem. June 21, 2007, the [[Jerusalem Open House]] organization succeeded in staging a parade in central Jerusalem after police allocated thousands of personnel to secure the general area. The rally planned afterwards was canceled due to an unrelated national fire brigade strike which prevented proper permits from being issued. The parade was postponed once more in 2014, as a result of [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict|Protective Edge]] Operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jerusalem-holds-annual-gay-pride-parade-after-multiple-delays-375777#google_vignette |title=Jerusalem holds annual Gay Pride Parade after multiple delays |last=Eisenbud |first=Daniel K |date=September 18, 2014 |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920110135/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jerusalem-holds-annual-gay-pride-parade-after-multiple-delays-375777 |archive-date=September 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2022 local environmentalists from Tel Aviv started planning how to make the current year's parade and future parades more sustainable, using composting stations and removing single use plastic from the largest pride parade in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenprophet.com/2022/06/green-pride-parades/|title=Greening the pride parade, Tel Aviv |website=Green Prophet|date=June 6, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121728/https://www.greenprophet.com/2022/06/green-pride-parades/|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

====Japan====
{{See also|1=ja:ゲイ・パレード#日本|label1=''Pride parade'' article on Japanese Wikipedia}}

[[File:Sapporo Rainbow Pride 2019; September 2019.jpg|thumb|Pride parade in [[Sapporo]], Japan]]

The first Pride Parade in Japan was held on August 28, 1994, in Tokyo (while the names were not Pride Parade until 2007). In 2005, an administrative institution, the Tokyo Pride was founded to have Pride Parade constantly every year. In May 2011, Tokyo Pride was dissolved and most of the original management went on to found Tokyo Rainbow Pride.<ref>{{cite web |title=レポート：東京レインボープライド公開ヒアリング {{!}} ゲイのための総合情報サイト g-lad xx（グラァド） |url=https://gladxx.jp/column/goto/1591.html |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=gladxx.jp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130027/https://gladxx.jp/column/goto/1591.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

==== Lebanon ====
{{main|Beirut Pride}}
[[File:Mar Mkhayel, Saturday 20 May 2017.jpg|thumb|A rainbow flag flying in Mar Mkhayel, Beirut on May 20, 2017]]
Beirut Pride is the annual non-profit [[LGBT pride|LGBTIQ+ pride]] event and militant march held in [[Beirut]], the capital of the [[Lebanon]], working to [[LGBT rights in Lebanon|decriminalize homosexuality]] in Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon's First Ever Pride Week Shines Light on LGBT |url=https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/lebanons-first-ever-pride-week-shines-light-lgbt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721020846/https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/lebanons-first-ever-pride-week-shines-light-lgbt |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |access-date=2021-05-31 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref> Since its inception in 2017, Beirut Pride has been the first and only LGBTIQ+ pride in the arabophone world, and its largest LGBTIQ+ event.<ref name="reuterslebanonlaunchesarabworld">{{cite news |last1=Kanso |first1=Heba |date=May 17, 2017 |title=RPT-Lebanon launches Arab world's first gay pride week |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lebanon-pride-idUSL8N1IJ5HW |access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref><ref name="libelelibanorganiselapremiere">{{cite news |last1=Houé |first1=Mélanie |date=May 20, 2017 |title=Le Liban organise la première Gay Pride du monde arabe |work=Libération |url=http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/05/20/le-liban-organise-la-premiere-gay-pride-du-monde-arabe_1570854 |access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> It has been the topic of four MA theses, one post-doctoral research and six documentaries, so far covered in 17 languages in 350 articles. Its first installment gathered 4,000 persons, and 2,700 people participated in the first three days of its 2018 edition,<ref name="What is Beirut Pride">{{Cite web |title=What is Beirut Pride? |url=https://www.beirutpride.org/pride |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=Beirut Pride |language=en-US |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027161553/https://www.beirutpride.org/pride |url-status=dead }}</ref> before the police cracked it down and arrested its founder Hadi Damien. The next day, the prosecutor of Beirut suspended the scheduled activities, and initiated criminal proceedings against Hadi for organizing events "that incite to debauchery".<ref name="Teeman">{{Cite news |last=Teeman |first=Tim |date=2018-08-09 |title='Love Always Wins': Inside the Fight for LGBT Equality in Lebanon |language=en-US |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-fight-for-lgbt-equality-in-lebanon |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005834/http://m.france24.com/en/20170521-gay-lebanese-scrap-pride-event-because-threats?ref=tw_i |archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> Beirut Pride holds annual events adapted to the current circumstances in the country.

====South Korea====
Queer Culture Festivals in South Korea consist of pride parades and various other LGBT events, such as [[film festival]]s. Currently there are eight Queer Culture Festivals, including [[Seoul Queer Culture Festival]] (since 2000), [[Daegu Queer Culture Festival]] (since 2009), Busan Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeju Queer Culture Festival (since 2017), Jeonju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Gwangju Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), Incheon Queer Culture Festival (since 2018), and Daejeon Queer Culture Festival (since 2024).<ref name="SQCF">{{cite web |script-title=ko:[알림] 공식명칭을 변경합니다 ('퀴어문화축제조직위원회'➝'서울퀴어문화축제조직위원회', '퀴어문화축제'➝'서울퀴어문화축제') |url=http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |website=[[SQCF]] |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=29 July 2018 |language=ko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729111954/http://sqcf.org/notice/173504 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref>

====Nepal====
{{See also| Nepal Pride Parade}}
Nepal Pride Parade is organized on June 29 every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fwld.org/blog/understanding-the-plight-of-prides-mainstreamed-or-marginalized/ |title=Understanding the plight of prides: mainstreamed or marginalized? |last1=Shrestha |first1=Deepesh |last2=Upreti |first2=Jahnvi |date=October 20, 2022 |website=Forum for Women, Law and Development |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802080024/https://fwld.org/blog/understanding-the-plight-of-prides-mainstreamed-or-marginalized/ |archive-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> There are also Pride Parades organized by [[Blue Diamond Society]] and Mitini Nepal. A youth-led pride parade which uses broader umbrella terms as Queer and MOGAI, is organized by Queer Youth Group and Queer Rights Collective. Blue Diamond Society's rally on [[Gai Jatra]] is technically not considered as a Pride Parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f|title=Why Nepal may never call it a Gay Pride March?|publisher=Sunil Babu Pant|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161621/https://medium.com/@sunilbabupant/why-nepal-may-never-call-it-a-gay-pride-march-cb9a2771fe0f}}</ref> Mitini Nepal organizes Pride Parades on Feb 14 while, a Queer [[Womxn]] Pride is also organized on International Women's Day.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Philippines====
{{See also|LGBT rights in the Philippines}}
In 1992, the Lesbian Collective marched during the International Women's Day celebrations, and participated in the program after negotiations with organizers.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Paradela |first=Teilhard |date=2019-01-01 |title=On Community and Continuities: The Metro Manila Pride March and the Philippine LGBT+ Movement |url=https://www.academia.edu/39725309 |journal=Spot.ph}}</ref><ref name="later">{{cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/21/2246598/30-years-later-filipinas-who-marched-first-lesbian-pride-recall-historic-milestone |title=30 years later: Filipinas wo marched in first lesbian pride recall historic milestone |last=Chi |first=Christina |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Philstar Global |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221160738/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/21/2246598/30-years-later-filipinas-who-marched-first-lesbian-pride-recall-historic-milestone |archive-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref>

In 1993, UP Babaylan, an LGBT student support group, participated in the University of the Philippines Diliman's Lantern Parade. Thanks to the positive reception from this march, members of UP Babaylan would participate in future Lantern Parades.<ref name=":02" />

On June 26, 1994, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (Pro Gay Philippines) and Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Manila organized the first LGBT Pride March in Philippines, marching from EDSA corner Quezon Avenue to Quezon City Memorial Circle ([[Quezon City]], Metro Manila, Philippines) and highlighting broad social issues. At Quezon City Memorial Circle, a program was held with a Queer Pride Mass and solidarity remarks from various organizations and individuals.<ref name="celebrating">{{cite web |url=https://www.undp.org/philippines/blog/celebrating-pride |title=On Celebrating Pride |last=Feje |first=Andyleen |date=June 27, 2023 |website=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629003742/https://www.undp.org/philippines/blog/celebrating-pride |archive-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>

In 1995, Pro Gay Philippines and MCC did not lead a pride parade. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 large and significant marches were organized and produced by Reach Out AIDS Foundation, all of which were held in Malate, Manila, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Being LGBT in Asia: The Philippines Country Report by UNDP in Asia and the Pacific - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/undpasiapacific/docs/rbap-hhd-2014-blia-philippines-repo |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=issuu.com |date=July 8, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> These pride parades were organized a celebration of gay pride, but also were parading to raise awareness for discrimination and the misinformation surrounding AIDS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gay, lesbian pride march set in Manila |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/06/17/Gay-lesbian-pride-march-set-in-Manila/1621834984000/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

In 1999, Reach Out Aids Foundation handed its organization to a newly formed Task Force Pride Philippines (TFP), a network of LGBT and LGBT-friendly groups and individuals seeking to promote positive visibility for the LGBT community.  In 2003, the Pride March was moved from June to the December Human Rights Week to coincide with related human rights activities such as World AIDS Day (December 1), Philippine National Lesbian Day (December 8), and International Human Rights Day (December 10). TFP organized the pride parades for two decades before the Metro Manila Pride organization assumed the responsibility in 2016.<ref name=":02" />

On December 10, 2005, the First LGBT Freedom March, with the theme "CPR: Celebrating Pride and Rights" was held along the streets of España and Quiapo in Manila, Philippines. Concerned that the prevailing economic and political crisis in the country at the time presented threats to freedoms and liberties of all Filipinos, including sexual and gender minorities, LGBT individuals and groups, non-government organizations and members of various communities and sectors organized the LGBT Freedom March calling for systemic and structural change. At historic Plaza Miranda, in front of Quiapo Church, despite the pouring rain, a program with performances and speeches depicting LGBT pride was held soon after the march.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2007, the first transgender women's group participated in the Metro Manila Pride March.<ref name=":02" />

On December 6, 2014, Philippines celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Metro Manila Pride March with the theme: Come Out for Love ''Kasi Pag-ibig Pa Rin'' (Come Out for Love Because It's Still All About Love).<ref>{{cite web |title=Pride Press Party 2014: LGBT Community Launches 20th Anniversary of Metro Manila Pride March |url=http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2014/10/pride-press-party-2014-lgbt-community.html |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> The theme is a reminder of the love and passion that started and sustained 20 years of taking to the streets for the recognition and respect of LGBT lives as human lives. It is also a celebration of and an invitation for families, friends, and supporters of LGBT people to claim Metro Manila Pride as a safe space to voice their support for the community, for the LGBT human rights advocacy, and for the people they love and march with every year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

====Singapore====
[[File:Hong Lim Park- Pink Dot 2014 Singapore.jpg|thumb|[[Pink Dot SG]] 2014, at [[Hong Lim Park]], Singapore]]
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A pride parade known as [[Pink Dot SG]] has been held in Singapore since 2009 with increasing attendance amounting to the tens of thousands. There are often held in either June or July. It is one of the largest such pride events in Southeast Asia, with attendance reaching up to 35,000.

====Taiwan====
[[File:Tokyo Rainbow Pride at Taiwan Pride 2019.jpg|thumb|[[Taiwan Pride]] 2019, in Taipei]]
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[[Taipei]] hosts an annual Gay Pride Parade in October. Recently in 2019, the 17th Taiwan LGBT parade is the first gay parade after [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|Taiwan 's same-sex marriage legislation]], with attendances of over 200,000,<ref>{{cite news |first=William |last=Yen |title=Record 200,000 people march in Taipei LGBT pride parade |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/201910260006 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> which the largest such event in [[East Asia]].

On November 1, 2003, the first [[Taiwan Pride]] was held in Taipei with over 1,000 people attending. The parade held in September 2008 attracted around 18,000 attendances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/09/29/2129.taipei-lgbts-march-proud-and-loud-in-asias-largest-gay-parade?n=sea&nm=taiwan+pride|title=Taipei LGBTs march proud and loud in Asia's largest gay parade|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005163011/http://fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/09/29/2129.taipei-lgbts-march-proud-and-loud-in-asias-largest-gay-parade?n=sea&nm=taiwan+pride|url-status=dead}}</ref> After 2008, the numbers grew rapidly. In 2009, around 5,000 people under the slogan "Love out loud" ({{lang-zh|同志愛很大}}). In 2010, despite bad weather conditions the Taiwan gay parade "Out and Vote" attracted more than 30,000 people. Other parades take place at cities throughout Taiwan in: [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taichung]], [[Tainan]], [[Yilan City|Yilan]], [[Hsinchu]] and East of Taiwan.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} In 2022, 120,000 people participated in the Taipei Pride march.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Yimou |last2=Hamacher |first2=Fabian |date=2022-10-29 |title=Taiwan celebrates diversity, equality in east Asia's largest Pride march |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-celebrates-diversity-equality-east-asias-largest-pride-march-2022-10-29/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.them.us/story/taiwan-pride-march-2023-east-asia-biggest-ever |title=Taiwan just held East Asia's largest-ever pride march |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |date=November 2, 2023 |website=Them |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107153152/https://www.them.us/story/taiwan-pride-march-2023-east-asia-biggest-ever |archive-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>

====Thailand====
The first-ever Bangkok Pride parade occurred on June 6, 2022. The third edition occurred on June 30, 2024.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

====Vietnam====
On August 3, 2012, the first LGBT Viet Pride event was held in Hanoi, Vietnam with indoor activities such as film screenings, research presentations, and a bicycle rally on August 5, 2012, that attracted almost 200 people riding to support the LGBT cause. Viet Pride has since expanded, now taking place in 17 cities and provinces in Vietnam in the first weekend of August, attracting around 700 bikers in 2014 in Hanoi, and was reported on many mainstream media channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/df509d_ecaaff7df0b54a0dbef42c6a3497de2c.pdf |title=Getting Ready for the Fourth Vietpride |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>