List of largest LGBTQ events

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| alt1 = Looking down from building at parade in São Paulo, Brazil

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| alt2 = View of the European Pride parade (Europride) 2007 in Madrid, on Calle de Alcalá to the height of the Plaza de la Cibeles

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The list presents the largest LGBTQ events (pride parades and festivals) worldwide by attendance. Statistics are announced both by the organizers and authorities (police). In this table, the largest single event by city as well as notable international events such as WorldPride or Europride are indicated. Only referenced statistics are accepted. National parades are generally further supported by nationwide LGBT associations and media organizations. Certain statistics may include celebrations or festivals that may be exclusive of the parade. They are typically held in late June, in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Lower Manhattan.

The NYC Pride March in New York City, considered an epicenter of the global LGBTQIA+ sociopolitical ecosystem, is consistently North America's biggest pride parade, with 2.1 million attendees in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2016;{{Cite web|url=https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/worlds-biggest-pride-parades|title=The World's Biggest Pride Parades|date=2018-06-04|website=The Active Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710154121/https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/worlds-biggest-pride-parades|archive-date=2019-07-10|url-status=live}} in 2018, and again in 2023, attendance was estimated around two million,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyc-pride-march-tries-new-route-to-prepare-for-next-years-parade-1529868584|title=NYC Pride March Tries New Route to Prepare for Next Year's Event|last=Passy|first=Charles|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=24 June 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709194514/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyc-pride-march-tries-new-route-to-prepare-for-next-years-parade-1529868584|archive-date=2019-07-09|url-status=live}} increasing back up to 2.5 million in 2024. During Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 in Manhattan, over 5 million took part over the final weekend,{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338|title=Millions more attended WorldPride than expected|last1=Allen|first1=Karma|last2=Katersky|first2=Aaron|date=July 2, 2019|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704023917/https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338|archive-date=July 4, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-idUSKCN1TV0T2|title=Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality: organizers|last1=Caspani|first1=Maria|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-07-08|last2=Lavietes|first2=Matthew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703050158/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-idUSKCN1TV0T2|archive-date=2019-07-03|url-status=live}} with an estimated four million in attendance at the parade.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/irish-out-march-world-pride-new-york-city.amp|title=Irish march at historic World Pride in New York City|last=O'Doherty|first=Cahir|date=July 4, 2019|website=IrishCentral.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709162032/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/irish-out-march-world-pride-new-york-city.amp|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=5d1a0666fa7735000188ec04|title=Photos: Massive Turnout For Euphoric NYC Pride March: Gothamist|last=Lynch|first=Scott|website=Gothamist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703202525/https://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=5d1a0666fa7735000188ec04|archive-date=2019-07-03|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-07-09}} While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024.

The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in Brazil is South America's largest event, and was listed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/colunas/destaquesgls/ult10009u406368.shtml|title=Guinness exclui recorde da Parada Gay - 28/05/2008|last=Ripardo|first=SÉRGIO|date=May 28, 2008|website=Folha Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709103906/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/colunas/destaquesgls/ult10009u406368.shtml|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}} It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/18/brazil-holds-worlds-largest-pride-parade|title=Brazil Holds World's Largest Pride Parade|last=Lawler|first=Opheli Garcia|date=June 18, 2017|website=The Fader|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630004720/https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/18/brazil-holds-worlds-largest-pride-parade|archive-date=June 30, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}} with similar numbers to at least 2016,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pride.com/pride/2016/6/02/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-pride|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Pride|last=Sheets|first=Cassie|date=June 1, 2017|website=Pride.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709111100/https://www.pride.com/pride/2016/6/02/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-pride|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}} and up to five million attending in 2017. As of 2019, it had three to five million each year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-america/travel-tips-and-articles/south-americas-best-pride-parades/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2755fd4|title=South America's best Pride parades|last=Nomadic Boys|date=June 11, 2019|website=Lonely Planet|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709235400/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-america/travel-tips-and-articles/south-americas-best-pride-parades/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2755fd4|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}} There are Pride parades held as well in Argentina and Chile.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

Pride Toronto is the largest pride event in North America (and Canada) while NYC Pride is the largest Pride event in the United States, with Mexico City Pride as the largest Pride event in Mexico. In Asia, Taiwan Pride, Tokyo Rainbow Pride in Japan and Tel Aviv Pride in Israel are Asia's largest pride events. In Oceania, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Australia is Oceania’s largest Pride event.{{cn|date=August 2024}} The March of Pride (Buenos Aires) is the largest Pride event in Argentina while São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the largest Pride event in Brazil, with Santiago Pride as the largest Pride event in Chile. Paris Pride is the largest Pride event in France while Copenhagen Pride is the largest Pride event in Denmark, with Helsinki Pride as the largest Pride event in Finland.

As of June 2019, the largest LGBTQ events in other parts of the world included:

• in Europe: Madrid Pride, Orgullo Gay de Madrid (MADO), with 3.5 million attendees when it hosted WorldPride in 2017;
• in Asia: Taiwan Pride in Taipei;
• in the Middle East: Tel Aviv Pride in Israel;{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/2019/06/10/pride-2019-worlds-biggest-lgbtq-festivals/39552479/|title=Pride 2019: The world's 15 biggest LGBTQ celebrations, from New York to Tel Aviv|date=June 10, 2019|website=USA Today Travel|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703220129/https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/2019/06/10/pride-2019-worlds-biggest-lgbtq-festivals/39552479/|archive-date=July 3, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-08}}
• in Oceania: Sydney Mardi Gras Parade in Australia;{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/20/glitter-banned-sydney-mardi-gras-australia-pride/|title=Glitter has been banned from Australia's biggest Pride celebration|last=Duffy|first=Nick|date=February 20, 2019|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709185851/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/20/glitter-banned-sydney-mardi-gras-australia-pride/|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-09}}
• in Africa: Johannesburg Pride in South Africa{{Cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/pride-pictures-johannesburgs-pride-parade-biggest-africa-theres-reason/|title=Pride in Pictures: Johannesburg's Pride parade is the biggest in Africa & there's a reason why|last=Mohamed|first=Amarra|date=2019-06-06|website=www.lgbtqnation.com|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612202748/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/pride-pictures-johannesburgs-pride-parade-biggest-africa-theres-reason/|archive-date=2019-06-12|url-status=live}}

Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene, Brooklyn in New York City, and focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/brooklyn-black-trans-parade.html|title=How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event|author=Anushka Patil|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/pride-protest-black-trans-rally-brooklyn-liberation-lgbtq|title=Corporate Pride Events Can't Happen This Year. Let's Keep It That Way|author=Shannon Keating|website=BuzzFeed News|date=June 6, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020}}