Editing Pride parade (section)

====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>