WorldPride#Sydney WorldPride 2023

File:Il World Pride di Roma a Piazzale ostiense - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 8 july 2000.jpg on July 8, 2000]]

At the 16th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 1997 in New York City, InterPride's membership voted to establish the "WorldPride" title and awarded it to the city of Rome, Italy, during July 1 to July 9, 2000. The event was put on by the Italian gay rights group Mario Mieli along with InterPride.

Rome officials had promised to put up US$200,000 for the event, however bowing to ferocious opposition from the Vatican and conservative politicians, Rome's leftist mayor, Francesco Rutelli, on May 30, 2000 withdrew logistical and monetary support. Hours after his announcement, Rutelli mostly reversed himself in response to harsh criticism from the left. He restored the funding and promised to help with permits, but declined to back down on a demand that organizers remove the city logo from promotional materials. The event was staunchly opposed by Pope John Paul II and seen as an infringement on the numerous Catholic pilgrims visiting Rome for the Catholic Church's Great Jubilee.{{cite web|url=http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/060700wo.htm |title=World |publisher=Gay Today |access-date=2013-03-05}} Pope John Paul II addressed crowds in St. Peter's Square during WorldPride 2000 stating, in regards to the event, that it was an "offence to the Christian values of a city that is so dear to the hearts of Catholics across the world."{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WorldPride+holy+land:+the+conflict-heavy+center+point+of+three+world+...-a0134170577 |title=WorldPride holy land: the conflict-heavy center point of three world religions is gearing up for the second global pride festival. - Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=2005-07-05 |access-date=2013-03-05}}

The organisers claimed 250,000 people joined in the march to the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, two of Rome's most famous ancient sites. It was one of the biggest crowds to gather in Rome for decades.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/825163.stm |work=BBC News | title=Gay pride triumphs in Rome | date=July 8, 2000}} Among the scheduled events were conferences, a fashion show, a large parade, a leather dance, and a concert featuring Gloria Gaynor, The Village People, RuPaul, and Geri Halliwell.

{{further|Jerusalem gay pride parade}}

The 22nd annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with over 150 delegates from 51 cities from around the world in attendance, voted to accept the bid of the Jerusalem Open House to host WorldPride 2006 in the Holy City.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpride.net/index.php?id=241 |title=WorldPride 2014 Toronto | June 20-29, 2014 |publisher=Worldpride.net |date=2012-11-22 |access-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113215406/http://www.worldpride.net/index.php?id=241 |archive-date=November 13, 2007 }}

The first attempt to hold WorldPride in Jerusalem was in 2005, however it was postponed until 2006 because of tensions arising from Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It was called “Love Without Borders” as a nod to the many barriers within Israel, and for gays and lesbians in other ways. World Pride was a key project of Jerusalem's Open House, the city's gay community centre.{{cite web |url=http://www.glbtjews.org/article.php3?id_article=205 |title=Jerusalem Hosts World Pride | Welcome to the World Congress of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Jewish Organizations |publisher=Glbtjews.org |date=2006-12-05 |access-date=2013-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408190506/http://glbtjews.org/article.php3?id_article=205 |archive-date=April 8, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}

After Jerusalem was selected as the WorldPride 2006 City, the city of Tel Aviv announced that it was cancelling its own annual Pride Weekend in 2006 to make sure that more Israelis attended the main march. As WorldPride started in 2006, the main parade was scheduled for August 6, but was strongly opposed by Israeli religious Orthodox Jews, Muslims and Christian leaders from the outset. However, due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Jerusalem's government cancelled the march, saying there were not enough soldiers to protect marchers. A week of events took place as scheduled and included five conferences, a film festival, exhibitions, and literary and political events.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpride.net/index.php |title=WorldPride 2014 Toronto | June 20-29, 2014 |publisher=Worldpride.net |date=2012-11-22 |access-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719041147/http://www.worldpride.net/index.php |archive-date=July 19, 2008 }} The parade was cancelled but the Jerusalem Open House announced that it would hold a parade on November 10 after reaching an agreement with the police and the municipality.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpride.net/index.php?id=1231 |title=WorldPride 2014 Toronto | June 20-29, 2014 |publisher=Worldpride.net |date=2012-11-22 |access-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603064257/http://www.worldpride.net/index.php?id=1231 |archive-date=June 3, 2009 }}

{{further|Pride London}}

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File:Pride London 2012 Polish rainbow 2.jpg 2012]]

The 27th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, voted for the bid from Pride London, over Stockholm Pride,{{cite web |title=2009 Annual Report |url=https://interpride.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IP_2009_Annual-Report.pdf |website=InterPride |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720204730/https://interpride.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IP_2009_Annual-Report.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2023 |page=10 |quote=Prior to the new licensing rule Stockholm Pride and Pride London bid for WorldPride 2012. A majority of members voted for the bid presented by Pride London and was subsequently awarded with the license}} to host WorldPride 2012 in the capital of the United Kingdom just ahead of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and during the anticipated year-long celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Pride London planned a parade with floats, a large performance area in Trafalgar Square with street parties in Golden Square and Soho.

However, London's World Pride event was significantly "scaled back" at an emergency all-agencies meeting on June 27, 2012, nine days before the event was due to take place and after the festival fortnight had started. Pride London organisers had failed to secure the funds necessary for contractors of key areas of the work, and they announced that all activities were being cut or cancelled. The London Evening Standard reported that four contractors from the previous year's Pride event were owed £65,000 in unpaid debts, though this has been denied by Pride London.{{cite web|author=Tom Harper Peter Dominiczak |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/londons-big-gay-pride-party-under-threat-in-cash-dispute-7888377.html?origin=internalSearch |title=London's big gay pride party under threat in cash dispute - London - News - London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=2012-06-26 |access-date=2013-03-05}} Consequently, the entertainment and stages were all cut, and licence applications for street parties in Soho withdrawn. Instead, the event plans included a Pride Walk (without floats or vehicles), and a scaled-back rally in Trafalgar Square.{{cite web|last=Pride|first=London|title=The show must go on|url=http://www.pridelondon.org/news/2012/6/28/changes-to-worldpride-celebration-in-london-07-july-2012.html|work=Pride London Website|publisher=Pride London|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829164556/http://www.pridelondon.org/news/2012/6/28/changes-to-worldpride-celebration-in-london-07-july-2012.html|archive-date=August 29, 2012|df=mdy-all}} On July 5, the Metropolitan Police issued a licence regulations notice to all venues in Soho, reminding them that Pride London had no licence for street events in the Soho area, and therefore venues should treat WorldPride as "any normal day".{{cite web|url=http://172430notohatecrime.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/police-issue-license-regulations-notice-to-soho-venues/ |title=Police issue license regulations notice to Soho venues | 17-24-30 no to hate crime campaign |publisher=172430notohatecrime.wordpress.com |date=2012-07-05 |access-date=2013-03-05}}

Peter Tatchell and former Pride London Associate Director James-J Walsh in an article for PinkNews criticised the management of Pride London's management of World Pride. Tatchell said "Whatever the rights and wrongs, this scaling down of WorldPride is a huge embarrassment for London and for our LGBT community. We promised LGBT people world-wide a fabulous, spectacular event. It now looks like WorldPride in London will go down in history as a damp squib. We're not only letting down LGBT people in Britain, we're also betraying the trust and confidence of LGBT people world-wide. This is an absolute disaster." Walsh added "This will mar the work of Pride London for years to come. Pride London has lost the focus of being an LGBT campaigning organisation, instead focusing on partying rather than politics, which is what the community needs when legislation around equal marriage and LGBT rights are still to be won both in the UK and around the world."{{cite news | url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/28/pride-london-funding-shortfall-sees-worldpride-heavily-scaled-back/ | title=Pride London funding 'shortfall' sees WorldPride heavily scaled back | work=PinkNews.co.uk | date=28 June 2012 | access-date=28 June 2012 | last=Gray | first=Stephen}}

Following community pressure, Pride London, a registered charity since 2004, withdrew from organising future Pride events in London. In December 2012 the Mayor of London's Office awarded the contract to Pride in London.

{{further|Pride Toronto}}

File:Olivia Chow with Pride Colours.jpg during Pride Toronto 2014, host of WorldPride 2014]]

Pride Toronto, in partnership with the city's tourism agency, Tourism Toronto, submitted a bid to host WorldPride 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from June 20 to June 29, 2014. The 28th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, voted to accept the bid of Pride Toronto to host WorldPride 2014 for the first time in North America. In the first round of voting Toronto won 77 votes to Stockholm's 61. In the second round of voting Stockholm was eliminated and Toronto won 78% of the vote, fulfilling the 2/3 majority needed to finalize the selection process.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-wins-bid-to-host-world-pride/article1328285/ |title=Toronto wins bid to host World Pride |work=Globe and Mail |date=2009-10-18 |location=Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022135253/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-wins-bid-to-host-world-pride/article1328285/ |archive-date=22 October 2009 }}

WorldPride 2014 festivities included an opening ceremony at Nathan Phillips Square featuring concert performances by Melissa Etheridge, Deborah Cox, Steve Grand and Tom Robinson,[https://www.thestar.com/news/pridetoronto/2014/06/19/rise_up_the_theme_as_worldpride_2014_arrives.html "Rise Up" the theme as WorldPride 2014 arrives]. Toronto Star, June 19, 2014. an international human rights conference whose attendees included Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Frank Mugisha and Edie Windsor[https://www.thestar.com/news/pridetoronto/2014/06/26/worldpride_human_rights_conference_reminds_pride_revellers_the_struggle_continues.html "WorldPride: Human Rights Conference reminds pride revellers the struggle continues"] amongst 2,400 attendees and 195 presenters from around the world,[https://issuu.com/rayhelkio/docs/wphrc_final_report "WorldPride Human Rights Post Conference Report"]. Issuu, January 23, 2015. a gala and awards event, a variety of networking and social events including Canada Day and American Independence Day celebrations and an exhibition commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Three marches occurred over the last three days of the ten-day celebration: the Trans march, the Dyke march, and the WorldPride Parade. Of these marches, the Trans and Dyke marches were more political,[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/06/27/trans-pride-march-held-in-downtown-toronto/ Trans Pride March held in downtown Toronto]. CityNews, June 27, 2014.[https://www.thestar.com/news/pridetoronto/2014/06/28/dyke_march_draws_thousands_in_longest_walk.html Dyke March draws thousands in ‘Longest Walk’]. Toronto Star, June 28, 2014. while the WorldPride Parade was more celebratory and included floats, musical acts, and dancers.[http://o.canada.com/news/toronto-pride-parade-475540 Pride parade caps festivities in annual gay and lesbian festival in Toronto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024108/http://o.canada.com/news/toronto-pride-parade-475540 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. canada.com, June 29, 2014. All three marches were the longest of their kind in Canadian history.[http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/29/toronto-pride-parade-2014-photos-show-streets-packed-with-12000-marchers-and-thousands-of-spectators/ Toronto pride parade 2014 photos show streets packed with 12,000 marchers and thousands of spectators]. National Post, June 29, 2014. Over 12,000 people registered to march in the WorldPride parade and over 280 floats took part in the march. The parade lasted over five hours, marking it as one of the longest parades in Toronto's history.[http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/fun-free-and-fabulous-worldpride-parade-in-toronto-1.1891494 WorldPride 2014: Massive parade in Toronto caps off pride festivities]. CTV Toronto, June 29, 2014. The parade's grand marshal was Brent Hawkes, the pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto,"Gay rights leader cherishes his New Brunswick roots". The Telegraph-Journal, June 28, 2014. and Georgian activist Anna Rekhviashvili served as international grand marshal."Georgian activist selected as WorldPride grand marshal". The Globe and Mail, May 16, 2014.

There were many free public stages throughout Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, featuring drag queen and king shows, burlesque shows, cultural performances, and musical acts including Carly Rae Jepsen, Peaches, Against Me!, Hercules and Love Affair, Chely Wright, Pansy Division, Lydia Lunch, The Nylons, k.d. lang, Carole Pope, Parachute Club,[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/06/23/the_parachute_club_releases_remix_version_of_rise_up.html "The Parachute Club releases remix version of ‘Rise Up’"]. Toronto Star, June 23, 2014. Dragonette and The Cliks.[http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=170121 The Cliks turn it on for Pride]. NOW, June 22, 2014. PFLAG sponsored a Pride flag, mounted on a flagpole atop the Churchmouse and Firkin pub, which automatically raised or lowered itself based on the volume of positive or negative commentary about LGBT issues on Twitter, and promoted the hashtag #raisethepride to attendees wishing to help raise the flag.[http://globalnews.ca/news/1410061/group-launches-twitter-activated-flag-for-world-pride-festivities/ "PFLAG launches Twitter-activated flag for WorldPride festivities"]. Global News, June 23, 2014.

The event's slogan was "Rise Up". Parachute Club, whose 1983 single "Rise Up" has long been considered a Canadian gay anthem, released a contemporary remix of the song a week before the festivities.

The closing ceremony, held at Yonge-Dundas Square following the parade, featured performances by Tegan and Sara, Robin S, CeCe Peniston, Rich Aucoin, God-Des and She and Hunter Valentine.[http://dailyxtra.com/toronto/news/tegan-and-sara-close-worldpride-toronto-with-bang "Tegan and Sara close WorldPride Toronto with a bang"]. Xtra!, June 30, 2014.

When estimating the potential economic impact of WorldPride for Toronto, Pride Toronto officials said that Pride Week 2009 drew an estimated one million people to Toronto and contributed C$136 million to the city's economy, and stated that they expected WorldPride's impact to be about five times bigger.[http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/60807--toronto-to-host-world-pride-in-2014 "Toronto to host World Pride in 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022063838/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/60807--toronto-to-host-world-pride-in-2014 |date=October 22, 2009 }}. CityNews, October 18, 2009. Results showed that WorldPride brought in C$791 million, nearly six times the 2009 figure.[http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news-and-ideas/news/worldpride-brought-big-dividends-toronto-pride-says-95315 "WorldPride brought big dividends to Toronto, Pride says"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113073424/http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news-and-ideas/news/worldpride-brought-big-dividends-toronto-pride-says-95315 |date=January 13, 2017 }}. Daily Xtra, October 31, 2014.

{{further|Madrid Pride}}

In October 2012, InterPride's membership voted at its annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to award WorldPride 2017{{cite web | url=http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/worldpride/ | title=WorldPride Madrid 2017 | work=Madrid Pride | date=2016-11-21}} to the city of Madrid, Spain.{{cite web | url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/madrid-host-2017-world-gay-pride081012/ | title=Madrid to host 2017 World Gay Pride | work=Gaystarnews.com | date=2012-10-08 | access-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419182716/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/madrid-host-2017-world-gay-pride081012 |archive-date=19 April 2013| author=Littauer, Dan}} The other candidate cities to host the event in 2017 were Berlin and Sydney, but Madrid won unanimously{{cite web | url=http://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-madrid-sido-elegida-sede-world-pride-ano-2017-20121008103814.html| title=Madrid, elegida como sede de la WorldPride 2017 | work=Europapress.es (news agency in Spanish) | date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2017-05-11}} in the voting of more than 80 delegations from around the world.File:Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid, illuminated with the rainbow colours during the celebrations of WorldPride 2017.jpg, Madrid, illuminated with the rainbow colours during the celebrations of WorldPride 2017]]

This celebration in Madrid coincided in time with the 24th Europride, which was hosted for the second time in the Spanish capital (the first one was in 2007). It took place from June 23 to July 2, 2017.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldpridemadrid2017.com/.| title=World Pride Madrid 2017 | work=Official website of World Pride Madrid 2017 |access-date=2017-05-11}} The event's slogan was "Whoever you love, Madrid loves you!",{{cite web | url=http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?c=CM_Actualidad_FA&cid=1354627427083&language=es&pagename=ComunidadMadrid%2FEstructura |title='Whoever you love, Madrid loves you', lema y presentación en Nueva York del World Pride | work=Official website of the Community of Madrid regional government | language=es | access-date=2017-06-29}} and the song chosen as the anthem was "¿A quién le importa?" by Alaska y Dinarama, which was specially adapted for the event with the collaboration of several Spanish popular singers among the LGBT community, including Fangoria – the band of two of the three former members of Alaska y Dinarama.{{cite news| url=http://www.lasexta.com/especiales/world-pride-madrid/orgullo-lgtbi/a-quien-le-importa-asi-suena-el-himno-oficial-del-world-pride-madrid-2017_201706285953f2d20cf2a25c00ab7737.html |title='A quién le importa': así suena el himno oficial del World Pride Madrid 2017 | work=laSexta.com (Spanish TV channel) | language=es | date=2017-06-29 | access-date=2017-07-01}}

WorldPride Madrid 2017 also coincided with two key anniversaries in the history of the LGBT community in Madrid and Spain: the 40th anniversary of the first demonstration in Spain in support of the rights of LGBT people – which took place in Barcelona in 1977 – and the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB, from Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales).

The opening ceremony of the event took place at the Calderón Theatre on Friday, June 23, 2017. Few days later, on Monday, June 26, the Madrid Summit, the International Conference on Human Rights, was inaugurated at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Several cultural events took place in the subsequent days, including the traditional and massive demonstration on July 1, with up to 52 floats going through the 2 kilometers between Atocha (Plaza del Emperador Carlos V) and Plaza de Colón. The WorldPride closing ceremony took place on July 2 at Puerta de Alcalá, giving the baton to New York City for the celebration of WorldPride 2019.

{{Main|Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019}}

In 2019, WorldPride was hosted in New York City by Heritage of Pride as Stonewall 50 — WorldPride NYC 2019; it marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969 in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, which are widely considered to be the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement{{cite web |author=Julia Goicichea |date=August 16, 2017 |title=Why New York City Is a Major Destination for LGBT Travelers |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/why-new-york-city-is-a-major-destination-for-lgbt-travelers/ |access-date=February 2, 2019 |publisher=The Culture Trip}}{{cite web |title=Brief History of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement in the U.S. |url=http://www.uky.edu/~lbarr2/gws250spring11_files/Page1186.htm |access-date=September 2, 2017 |publisher=University of Kentucky}}{{cite web |author=Nell Frizzell |date=June 28, 2013 |title=Feature: How the Stonewall riots started the LGBT rights movement |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/06/28/feature-how-the-stonewall-riots-started-the-gay-rights-movement/ |access-date=August 19, 2017 |publisher=Pink News UK}}{{cite web |title=Stonewall riots |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Stonewall-riots |access-date=August 19, 2017 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}} and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.{{cite web |author=U.S. National Park Service |author-link=U.S. National Park Service |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Civil Rights at Stonewall National Monument |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/stonewall.htm |access-date=August 6, 2017 |publisher=Department of the Interior}}{{cite web |title=Obama inaugural speech references Stonewall gay-rights riots |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530065722/http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html |archive-date=2013-05-30 |access-date=2013-01-21}}

An estimated five million people attended events in Manhattan during the final weekend of WorldPride NYC alone, making it the largest LGBT pride event ever held.{{Cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Karma |last2=Katersky |first2=Aaron |date=July 2, 2019 |title=Millions more attended WorldPride than expected |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/million-people-crowed-nyc-worldpride-mayor/story?id=64090338 |url-status=live |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 |access-date=2019-07-09 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Caspani |first1=Maria |last2=Lavietes |first2=Matthew |title=Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality: organizers |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-idUSKCN1TV0T2 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703050158/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-idUSKCN1TV0T2 |archive-date=2019-07-03}} The NYC Pride March had an estimated 150,000 pre-registered participants, making it the largest parade in city history.{{Cite web |last=Burnett |first=Richard |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Cost, corporatization: Fierté Montréal preps bid for 2023 WorldPride |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cost-corporatization-fierte-montreal-preps-bid-for-2023-worldpride |access-date=July 10, 2019 |website=Montreal Gazette |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=James |date=June 28, 2019 |title=How the NYPD will keep Pride, the largest NYC public event ever, safe |url=https://pix11.com/2019/06/28/how-the-nypd-will-keep-pride-the-largest-nyc-public-event-ever-safe/ |access-date=July 11, 2019 |website=WPIX 11 New York}}

{{further|Copenhagen Pride}}

For the first time in history, WorldPride was held in two cities in two countries from 12 to 22 August 2021—Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and the Swedish neighbouring city Malmö, both in the Øresund Region. WorldPride was hosted by Copenhagen Pride, with Malmö Pride as a partner. The cities are a twenty/thirty-minute commute apart.

WorldPride was combined with EuroGames and other activities held simultaneously in that same area, with the event branded as 'Copenhagen 2021'.[https://www.copenhagen2021.com/worldpride Copenhagen WorldPride 2021, "About"] The WorldPride event will coincide with two LGBTQ anniversaries: seventy years since the world's first successful genital reconstructive surgery in Denmark in 1951; and fifty years after Gay Liberation Front's Danish chapter was founded in 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/stories/2019/15/worldpride-closing-ceremony-2019-07-01-gcn.html|title=WorldPride's Closing Note of Love|last=Chauvin|first=Kelsey|date=July 1, 2019|website=Gay City News|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702172533/https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/stories/2019/15/worldpride-closing-ceremony-2019-07-01-gcn.html|url-status=dead}}

The Crown Princess of Denmark was patron of the event, making her the first ever royal to serve as patron for a major LGBTQ event.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic having an impact on major events, organisers of Copenhagen 2021 said in early January 2021 that they are "continuing to plan for full delivery of all Copenhagen 2021 events taking into the account the guidance and recommendations" of government agencies.{{Cite web|url=https://copenhagen2021.com/covid19/|title=Copenhagen 2021 COVID19|date=January 11, 2021|website=Copenhagen 2021|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}} Organisers have also said that they will not cancel or postpone the events, instead moving to a digital model if in-person events cannot be delivered.

{{further|Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras}}

File:Sydney Opera House World Pride.jpg lit up for WorldPride in 2023]]

File:Ava Max meeting fans.jpg (pictured in 2019) performed at the Sydney event in 2023.]]

At InterPride's 2019 meeting in Athens, WorldPride 2023 was awarded to Sydney, which received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal (36%) and Houston (3%). It would mark the 45th anniversary of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras—Australia's largest and longest-running LGBT pride event, and five years since same-sex marriage was recognized in Australia. It was the first WorldPride hosted in the Southern Hemisphere and Asia-Pacific.{{Cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Kevin |last2=Collins |first2=Antonette |date=2019-10-21 |title='Sydney, we're coming for ya, baby': Australia wins WorldPride bid for 2023 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-21/sydney-wins-bid-for-worldpride-in-2023/11621850 |access-date=2019-10-22 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU}} The event planned to highlight the state of LGBT rights in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the involvement of Indigenous peoples in Australia's LGBT community (which would be the subject of an event programme at Carriageworks).{{Cite web |last=Galvin |first=Nick |date=2023-02-15 |title=WorldPride's serious message among glitter and sequins |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/worldpride-s-serious-message-among-the-glitter-and-sequins-20230215-p5cksl.html |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

Sydney WorldPride 2023, with its official theme 'Gather Dream Amplify', was held between 17 February and 5 March during Australia's summer. The festival's official theme song was "We the People" by Electric Fields.{{cite web |first=Ellie |last=Robinson |title=Electric Fields share official WorldPride theme song 'We The People |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/electric-fields-share-official-worldpride-theme-song-we-the-people-3403825 |website=NME |date=February 24, 2023 |access-date=25 February 2023}} WorldPride consisted of a 17-day combined 45th Anniversary Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras/WorldPride 2023 Festival.{{Cite web |title=Sydney's Bid for WorldPride 2023 |url=https://www.mardigras.org.au/sydneys-bid |access-date=2019-10-22 |website=Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Ltd |language=en |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020133818/https://www.mardigras.org.au/sydneys-bid |url-status=dead }} The centrepiece was a three-day LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Conference focusing on LGBTIQ+ people's experiences of discrimination and persecution in the Asia Pacific region and more broadly. Other signature events included:

• 19 February – Fair Day
• 24 February – The Opening Ceremony features performances by Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX, Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, and Electric Fields; it was hosted by Courtney Act and Casey Donovan
• 25 February – Mardi Gras Parade
• 25 February – Mardi Gras Party, featuring Sugababes and Agnes
• 26 February – Laneway
• 26 February – Domain Dance Party, featuring Kelly Rowland
• First Nations Gathering Space
• 1–3 March – Human Right Conference
• First Nations Gala Concert
• Mardi Gras International Arts Festival
• 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival
• 4 March – Bondi Beach Party, featuring Nicole Scherzinger
• 5 March – Pride March (over the Sydney Harbour Bridge)
• 5 March – Closing Ceremony, featuring MUNA, Kim Petras, G Flip and Ava Max.

{{Further information|Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.)}}

WorldPride 2025 was hosted by Capital Pride in Washington, D.C., which was awarded the event in November 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=DC selected to host WorldPride 2025, billed as largest LGBTQ+ event in the world |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pride-lbgtq-gay-district-selected-to-host-worldpride-2025-queer-gender-event-world-washington-dmv-bowser-parade-capital-world-interpride-alliance- |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=WJLA |language=en}}

The 2025 event was initially awarded to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, marking the first WorldPride planned to be held in Asia. However, WorldPride and the Kaohsiung hosts came into conflict over the branding of the event, and withdrew in August 2022; WorldPride had requested that the event be named "WorldPride Kaohsiung" or "WorldPride Kaohsiung, Taiwan", despite having previously agreed to using "Taiwan" (which was chosen for alignment with Taiwan Pride, and to be inclusive of plans for associated events outside of Kaohsiung). WorldPride stated that this was for consistency with its prior events (which have typically used the host city name), but reports indicated that WorldPride's changes may have been politically-motivated due to Chinese government policies that do not recognize Taiwan as a separate country from China.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-17 |title=Taiwan withdraws from hosting WorldPride 2025 over naming controversy |url=https://globalvoices.org/2022/08/17/taiwan-withdraws-from-hosting-worldpride-2025-over-naming-controversy/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Global Voices |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Blanchard |first1=Ben |title=Taiwan blames politics for cancellation of global Pride event |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-blames-politics-cancellation-global-pride-event-2022-08-12/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=Reuters |date=12 August 2022}}{{cite web|title=晚報：授權方拒以Taiwan命名活動，台灣籌委會宣佈停辦2025世界同志遊行|url=https://theinitium.com/article/20220812-evening-brief/}} Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed regret over the cancelation, claiming the outcome would harm Asia’s vast LGBTIQ+ community.{{cite web |title=Global LGBTQ event cancelled after demand to remove Taiwan's name |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/12/taiwan-blames-politics-for-cancellation-of-global-pride-event |website=Al Jazeera |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network |access-date=13 August 2022}} Taiwan Pride claimed "major discrepancies between our stances on the event’s naming, understandings of Taiwan’s culture and expectations of what a WorldPride event should look like".{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=Taiwanese organizers announce cancellation of WorldPride 2025 (update) - Focus Taiwan |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202208120018 |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News |language=en-US}}

The 2024 election of Donald Trump for a second term as president led to some organizations re-evaluating their participation in WorldPride due to his stances on the LGBTQ community, including executive orders targeting the transgender community. In February 2025, Egale Canada announced it would not participate in WorldPride or any other U.S.-hosted LGBT event in 2025 due to safety concerns, and in protest of Trump's policy decisions.{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Lou Chibbaro |date=2025-02-07 |title=Canadian LGBTQ group cancels WorldPride participation over Trump policies |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/07/canadian-lgbtq-group-cancels-worldpride-participation-over-trump-policies/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.washingtonblade.com |language=en-US}} Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton also pulled its corporate sponsorship citing executive orders, likely referring to Executive Order 14155—which prohibits the U.S. government from contracting with companies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). WorldPride stated that "we are navigating current challenges and many unknowns", and that "we are confident, however, that we will have the support necessary to have a successful and safe WorldPride that meets this moment."{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Lou Chibbaro |date=2025-02-11 |title=Booz Allen withdraws as WorldPride corporate sponsor |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/10/booz-allen-withdraws-as-worldpride-corporate-sponsor/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Washington Blade |language=en-US}} InterPride itself has issued a travel advisory for the United States effective 13 March 2025, citing executive order requirements on passports.{{Cite web |last=Lavers |first=Michael K. |date=2025-03-13 |title=InterPride issues advisory for transgender, nonbinary people traveling to US |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/13/interpride-issues-advisory-for-transgender-nonbinary-people-traveling-to-us/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Washington Blade |language=en-US}} In April 2025 the Kennedy Center canceled all events it planned to host during WorldPride; the Center's board had recently been fired and replaced by Trump appointees, who then elected Trump as chairman.{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Nate |date=2025-03-07 |title=Gaga, Britney, and a Moldovan Oligarch: A Cultural History of Ric Grenell, Trump’s Man at the Kennedy Center |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/a-cultural-history-of-ric-grenell-trumps-man-at-the-kennedy-center |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=2025-04-26 |title=Kennedy Center Quietly Cancels World Pride Events In “Disappointing” Move |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/kennedy-center-quietly-cancels-world-pride-events-1236377505/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

The WorldPride Music Festival on June 6 and 7, headlined by Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan, and Zedd, was produced by Jake Resnicow and Insomniac and held at the RFK Festival Grounds.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2025-02-18 |title=Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to Headline WorldPride Music Festival in Washington D.C. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jennifer-lopez-troye-sivan-worldpride-music-festival-full-lineup-schedule-1236129856/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2025-02-18 |title=Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to Headline 2025 WorldPride Music Festival in D.C. |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-troye-sivan-worldpride-music-festival-dc-lineup-1235265685/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

{{Further|Pride Amsterdam}}

Amsterdam, The Netherlands will host WorldPride from July 25 to August 8, 2026.{{cite web |title=WorldPride Amsterdam 2026 |url=https://worldpride.amsterdam/ |access-date=8 April 2025}}

• Europride
• Pride parade
• List of largest LGBT events

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{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Kevin |last2=Collins |first2=Antonette |date=2019-10-21 |title='Sydney, we're coming for ya, baby': Australia wins WorldPride bid for 2023 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-21/sydney-wins-bid-for-worldpride-in-2023/11621850 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |access-date=2019-10-22}}

{{cite web |last=Hackney |first=Peter |date=2019-10-20 |title=Sydney wins bid to host WorldPride 2023 |url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/sydney-wins-bid-to-host-worldpride-2023/188481 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-22}}

{{cite web |title=WorldPride event canceled over use of nation's name |date=August 13, 2022 |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/08/13/2003783438 |publisher=The Taipei Times |access-date=13 August 2022}}

{{cite web |title='The gay Olympics': Sydney wins bid to host 2023 WorldPride event |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-gay-olympics-sydney-wins-bid-to-host-2023-worldpride-event |website=SBS News |language=en |access-date=2019-10-22}}

{{cite news |last=Nunn |first=Gary |date=2019-10-22 |title='Years in the making': the story behind Sydney's successful WorldPride 2023 bid |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/years-in-the-making-the-story-behind-sydneys-successful-worldpride-2023-bid |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=2023-09-14}}

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• [https://worldpride.amsterdam/ WorldPride 2026], Amsterdam
• [https://worldpridedc.org/ WorldPride 2025], Washington D.C.
• [https://sydneyworldpride.com/ WorldPride 2023], Sydney
• [https://copenhagen2021.com/ WorldPride 2021], Copenhagen
• [https://2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org/ WorldPride 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528141920/https://2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org/ |date=May 28, 2019 }}, New York City
• [http://worldgaypridemadrid2017.com/en/home/ WorldPride 2017], Madrid
• [http://www.worldpridetoronto.com WorldPride 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807144309/http://worldpridetoronto.com/ |date=August 7, 2018 }}, Toronto
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120607232549/http://www.pridelondon.org/worldpride WorldPride 2012]}}, London
• [http://www.interpride.org/ InterPride]

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