Editing Pride parade (section)

====Spain====
[[1977 Barcelona gay pride demonstration|Spain's first pride parade]] was held in [[Barcelona]] on 26 June 1977, but was violently repressed by police, as official attitudes towards the LGBT community had not yet changed much since [[Francisco Franco|Franco's]] death in 1975.<ref>{{cite news
	| url = https://elpais.com/diario/1977/06/28/sociedad/236296811_850215.html
	| title = Manifestación en el "Día del orgullo homosexual"
	| last = Quinta
	| first = Alfons
	| date = 27 June 1977
	| newspaper = El País
	| access-date = 14 June 2024
	| quote = De cuatro a 5.000 personas -entre homosexuales y simpatizantes- se manifestaron en la tarde del domingo por las Ramblas barcelonesas, con motivo de la celebración del día internacional del Orgullo Homosexual.
}}</ref> However, ''Orgull de Barcelona'' ("Barcelona Pride") is nowadays a yearly event, and local politicians attend. The 2022 gathering drew a crowd of some 90,000.<ref>{{cite web
	| url = https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2022-06-26/barcelona-la-capital-bollomami.html
	| title = Barcelona, la capital 'bollomami'
	| last = Baquero
	| first = Camilo S.
	| date = 26 June 2022
	| website = elpais.com
	| publisher = El País
	| access-date = 14 June 2024
	| quote = Bajo el lema “Lesbianas visibles y poderosas”, miles de personas desfilaron este domingo por la avenida del Paralelo, entre las Tres Xemeneies y la plaza de Espanya...
}}</ref>

[[File:Europride 2007 Madrid.JPG|thumb|More than 500,000 people in Europride 2007 pride parade in [[Madrid]]]]
Madrid Pride Parade, known as ''Fiesta del Orgullo Gay'' (or simply ''Fiesta del Orgullo''), ''Manifestación Estatal del Orgullo LGTB'' and ''Día del Orgullo Gay'' (or simply ''Día del Orgullo''), is held the first Saturday after June 28<ref name="López2015">{{cite book|author=Enrique Ávila López|title=Modern Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjkVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|date=7 December 2015|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-601-2|pages=399–}}</ref> since 1979.<ref name="Spain decriminalized '79">{{cite news|title=Where is it illegal to be gay?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595|work=BBC|date=February 10, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522193241/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595|archive-date=May 22, 2023}}</ref>

The event is organised by [[COGAM]] (Madrid GLTB Collective) and [[FELGTB]] (Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals) and supported by other national and international LGTB groups. The first Gay Pride Parade in Madrid was held in June 1979 nearly four years after the death of Spain's dictator [[Francisco Franco]], with the gradual arrival of democracy and the de-criminalization of homosexuality. Since then, dozens of companies like [[Microsoft]], [[Google]] and [[Schweppes]] and several political parties and trade unions, including [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|PODEMOS]], [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]], [[Union, Progress and Democracy]], [[CCOO]] and [[Unión General de Trabajadores|UGT]] have been sponsoring and supporting the parade. Madrid Pride Parade is the biggest gay demonstration in Europe, with more than 1.5 million attendees in 2009, according to the [[Spanish government]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2007, [[Europride]], the European Pride Parade, took place in [[Madrid]]. About 2.5 million people attended more than 300 events over one week in the Spanish capital to celebrate Spain as the country with the most developed LGBT rights in the world. Independent media estimated that more than 200,000 visitors came from foreign countries to join in the festivities. Madrid gay district [[Chueca, Madrid|Chueca]], the biggest gay district in Europe, was the centre of the celebrations. The event was supported by the city, regional and national government and private sector which also ensured that the event was financially successful. [[Barcelona]], [[Valencia]] and [[Seville]] hold also local Pride Parades. In 2008 [[Barcelona]] hosted the [[EuroGames (LGBT sporting event)|Eurogames]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=EGLSF |date=2008-07-28 |title=Barcelona 2008: EuroGames 2008 concluded |url=https://www.eglsf.info/news/barcelona-2008-eurogames-2008-concluded/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=EGLSF.info |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2014, Winter Pride Maspalomas was held for the first time at [[Maspalomas]], Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, one of one Europe's most popular LGTB tourist destinations. Within a few years of its existence, Winter Pride Maspalomas became a major Pride celebration within Spain and Europe. During its 6th edition in November 2019, the Pride Walk LGBT equal rights march had over 18,000 international visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20191204/472058971346/la-sexta-edicion-del-winter-pride-maspalomas-duplico-los-asistentes.html|title=La sexta edición del Winter Pride Maspalomas duplicó los asistentes|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=2019-12-09|language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213122737/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20191204/472058971346/la-sexta-edicion-del-winter-pride-maspalomas-duplico-los-asistentes.html|archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 2017, Madrid hosted the [[WorldPride]]. It would be the first time WorldPride was celebrated in a Spanish city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/worldpride/ | title=Madrid WorldPride 2017 | date=2016-11-23 | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819062934/http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/worldpride/ | archive-date=August 19, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Spain 2017">{{cite news |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/party-security-madrid-gears-worldpride-march-024249481.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANABGRnDQzZMuIuQ5vxZtLIQ0_JlC2_YQTCrKatWf1hcLBokZqOBn3zWeNEbFhz1RFt8bkDbrCl2GU0Ca-Ab5EpVMW5iyOkrO4zlSvq0M3eLIJevrfSSnaF2CTlrcH6Lo4BgzbCej_cqAbYlfkz6Obq0mRpJiz_4c_CBOq70Yo5X |last1=Boutreux |first1=Laurence |title=Party and security: Madrid gears up for WorldPride march |agency=Associated Press |via=Yahoo! News |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=March 4, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="Mr Gay Pride Spain">{{cite web|title=Mr Gay Pride Grand Final|url=http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/agenda/eventos/madrid/mrgay_pride_granfinal.html|website=Spain info|publisher=Spain government|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328195655/http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/agenda/eventos/madrid/mrgay_pride_granfinal.html|archive-date=March 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mr Gay Pride 10th anniversary|url=http://mrgaypride.es/|website=Mr Gay Pride}}</ref>