The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day.
Criteria for inclusion on this list are: Established: It has occurred two or more times. Events that have happened only once are excluded. LGBTQ: It is primarily focused on one or more of the LGBTQ communities. Notable: It is well-attended, has existed for a long time, or is notable in some other way. Yearly: It recurs yearly or less often (e.g. quadrennially).
Not all events on this list may be currently active.
Worldwide
LGBT event Location Official website Occurs every Start Gay Games Various 4 years 1982 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Everywhere May 17 2005 International Family Equality Day Everywhere first Sunday of May 2012 International Transgender Day of VisibilityEverywhere transgenderdayofvisibility.org March 31 2009Bisexual Awareness Week (BiWeek)Everywhereglaad.org/biweek16-22 September2014Celebrate Bisexuality Day (BiDay)Everywherebivisibilityday.com23 September1999 National Coming Out Day Everywhere hrc.org October 11 1988 Transgender Awareness Week Everywhere glaad.org/transweek Second week of November 2000 Transgender Day of Remembrance Everywhere November 20 1999 World OutGames Various glisa.org/outgames/world-outgames/ 4 years 2006 WorldPride Various interpride.org 6 then 2 then 3 years 2000 Trans Flag Day Everywhere hrc.org August 19 2014
Africa LGBT event Location Official website Occurs every StartBotswanaGaborone PrideGaborone, Botswanaprideofafrica.co.bwOctober2019Mauritius Rainbow Parade Mauritius Rose Hillcollectifarcenciel.org June 2006South Africa Cape Town Pride Cape Town, Western Cape capetownpride.org February 2001International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia Durban Beach WalkDurban Beach Fronthttp://www.pflagsouthafrica.org MayAnnually Durban Pride Durban, KwaZulu-Natal www.durbanpride.org.za June/July 2011 Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Durban, KwaZulu-Natal www.dglff.org.za August/September 2011 eKurhuleni Pride East Rand, Gauteng www.ekurhulenipride.co.za 2009 Johannesburg Pride Johannesburg, Gauteng www.prideofafrica.org October 1990 Mr & Miss Pretoria Gay Pride Pretoria, Gauteng http://www.ptapride.co.za May - October 2014 (founded by F Zeelie, B Walker) Khumbulani Pride Gugulethu, Western Cape capetownpride.org May 2013 Limpopo Pride Polokwane, Limpopo www.limpopolgbtiproudlyout.co.za 2012 Mother City Queer Project Cape Town, Western Cape mcqp.co.za December 1994 Mr Gay World South Africa Gauteng mrgwsa.com November 2009 Nelson Mandela Bay Pride Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape www.nmbpride.co.za October 2011 Out in Africa Film Festival Johannesburg, Gauteng and Cape Town, Western Cape www.oia.co.za September/October 1994 Pink Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, Western Cape pinkloerie.co.za May 2001 Pretoria LGBTI Pride Pretoria, Gauteng ptapride.co.za October 2013 Soweto Pride Soweto, Gauteng September 2004Tunisia International Day Against Homophobia Tunis May 2016
Asia LGBT event Location Official website Occurs every StartChina Beijing Queer Film Festival Beijing www.bjqff.com (Chinese language) Varies; Usually between May–September 2001 Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Hong Kong S.A.R. www.hklgff.hk September 1989 Hong Kong Pride Parade Hong Kong www.hkpride.net/en/ November 2008 Shanghai LGBT Tourism Week Shanghai www.tontou.com/pinpai/ShanghaiLGBTTourismWeek October 2015 Shanghai Pride Shanghai www.shpride.com/?lang=en June 2009 ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Shanghai www.shpride.com/films/?lang=en June 2015 Shanghai Queer Film Festival Shanghai shqff.org/en September 2017India Ahmedabad Queer Pride Ahmedabad www.instagram.com/queerabad February 2020 Raipur Queer Pride Raipur www.instagram.com/lgbtqchhattisgarh/ September 2019 Bangalore Queer Film Festival Bangalore blrqueerfilmfest.com February 2008 Bengaluru Pride Bangalore www.bangalorepride.com June 2008 Bhopal Pride March Bhopal May 2017 Bhubaneswar Pride Bhubaneswar June 2009 Chennai Pride Chennai June 2009 Delhi Queer Pride New Delhi June/July 2008 Pride De Goa (Goa Pride) Goa November 2018 KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival Mumbai mumbaiqueerfest.com May 2010 Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk KolkataJune1999 Mumbai Queer Azadi March Mumbai www.queerazaadi.wordpress.com August 2008 Queer Media Collective Awards in assn. GayBombay Mumbai gaybombay.org June 2009Orange CIty LGBT Pride MarchNagpurJanuary2016 Chandigarh LGBT Pride Walk Chandigarh, Punjab https://signedevents.com/india/chandigarh/lgbt-pride-walk-chandigarh-2017 (archived) March 2017Indonesia Bali PRIDE Bali Bali PRIDE 2014 Q! Film Festival Jakarta www.qmunity-id.org (archived) 2002Israel Ashdod Pride Parade Ashdod June2013 Be'er Sheva Parade Beersheba June2009 Eilat Pride Parade EilatJune2001 Hadera Pride Parade Hadera June2012 Haifa Pride Parade Haifa June2003 Jerusalem Pride Parade JerusalemJune2002 Petah Tikva Pride Parade Petah Tikva June2012 Rishon LeZion Parade. Rishon Lezion June 2010 Tel Aviv Pride Parade Tel Aviv telaviv-pride.com June 1993 TLVFest (the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival) Tel Aviv tlvfest.com/tlv/he/en World Pride Jerusalem www.worldpride.netJuneIran Iran LGBT Pride Parade, IranPride Iran iranlgbt.com 4th Friday of July 2010Japan Aomori International LGBT Film Festival Aomori www.aomori-lgbtff.org July 2006 Asian Queer Film Festival Tokyo aqff.jp/2013/english/index.php (from 2013) 2007 Ehime LGBT Film Festival Matsuyama, Ehime www.rainbowpride-ehime.org December (1st Week) 2011 Kansai Queer Film Festival Osaka & Kyoto kansai-qff.org 2005 Kansai Rainbow Festa Osaka www.rainbowfesta.org October 2006 Pink Dot Okinawa Naha, Okinawa pinkdotok.jp July 2013 Rainbow Reel Tokyo Tokyo rainbowreeltokyo.com/2019/en/ July 1992 Rainbow March Sapporo September (2nd Sunday) 1996 Tokyo Pride Tokyo tokyorainbowpride.com April (Last Sunday) 2012 Tokyo Rainbow Week Tokyo www.tokyorainbowweek.jp April/May 2012Korea Busan Queer Culture Festival Busan www.busanqueer.org 2017 Daegu Queer Culture Festival Daegu 2009 Jeju Queer Culture Festival Jeju Island www.jejuqcf.org 2017 Jeonju Queer Culture Festival Jeonju 2018 Korea Queer Film Festival Seoul kqff.co.kr 2001 Seoul Pride Film Festival Seoul spff.kr 2011 Seoul Queer Culture Festival Seoul sqcf.org 2000 TDOR MARCH Itaewon, Seoul 2018Lebanon Beirut Pride Beirut www.beirutpride.org May 2017Malaysia Seksualiti Merdeka Kuala Lumpur www.slideshare.net/mobile/aidanesa/seksualiti-merdeka-2012 August 2008MyanmarYangon Pride Festival (&PROUD)Yangonwww.andproud.net January2014Nepal International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and BiphobiaThis day is also known as International Day Against Queer/MOGAI-phobia (IDaQuMoB) in Nepal Nepal Pride Parade Kathmandu June 29 2019 Queer Womxn Pride Kathmandu Queer Rights Collective March 8 2019 Mitini Nepal Pride Parade Kathmandu Mitini Nepal February 14 2005 Blue Diamond Society Pride Parade Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar www.bds.org.np Gai Jatra 2016 National LGBTI Day (Nepal) Nepal Puash 6 (Bikram Sambat) 2015Philippines Black Party Manila Manila OctoberMetro Manila PrideManilawww.metromanilapride.orgJune1994 Pride International Film Festival Manila 2004 White Party Manila Manila www.manilapride2008.com JuneSingapore IndigNation Singapore www.indignation.sg August 2005 Pink Dot Singapore pinkdot.sg May 2009Sri Lanka Abhimani Film Festival Colombo www.facebook.com/AbhimaniQueerFFCMB June 2006 Colombo Pride ColomboTaiwan Kaohsiung Pride Kaohsiung November 2010 LGBT Civil Rights Movement Film Festival Taipei September/October 2000 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) Taipei, Kaoshiung and Taichung October 2014 Taiwan Pride Taipei twpride.org/twp/index.php?q=2015_en September/October 2003Thailand Bangkok Pride Bangkok www.facebook.com/bangkokpride.official (on Facebook) June 2022 Bangkok Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Bangkok en-gb.facebook.com/BGLFF (on Facebook) June 2015 Bangkok Together Bangkok October Chiang Mai Pride Chiang Mai www.facebook.com/cnxpride (on Facebook) May 2008 Circuit Festival Asia Pattaya www.circuitfestival.netwww.facebook.com/CircuitFestivalAsia (on Facebook) June 2018 gCircuit Songkran Bangkok www.gcircuit.com April 2007 Isaan Pride Festival Khon Kaen www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093585377089 (on Facebook) June 2022 KHAOSAN Pride Friendly Bangkok www.facebook.com/MissTourismWorldThailand (on Facebook) May/June 2023 Love Pride Parade Bangkok emsphere.co.th/event-love-pride-parade-2024 June 2024 Pattaya Gay Festival Pattaya www.pattayagayfestival.com November Pattaya International Pride Festival Pattaya www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076040292895 (on Facebook) June 2018 Phuket Pride Phuket www.phuket-pride.org March 1999 Pride Nation Samui International Festival Ko Samui www.pridenationsamuifestival.com June 2024 PRISM a Circuit Festival Bangkok www.prism-festival.com February 2024 PRISM: PRIDE Bangkok www.prism-festival.com June 2024 RGB pride party Bangkok www.rgb-pridefestival.com June 2024 Songkhla Pride Songkhla www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093492336843 (on Facebook) June 2022 Sunee Plaza Gay Festival Sunee Plaza, Pattaya www.suneeplaza.info November 15 2009 Thailand International LGBTQ+ Film & TV Festival Bangkok tilff-thailand.comwww.facebook.com/tilff.official (on Facebook) September 2024 White Party Bangkok Bangkok www.whitepartybangkok.com December 2014 XXO Party Bangkok www.facebook.com/XXOParty (on Facebook) October 2018 ZODIAC LGBTQ Pool Party Pattaya www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562609172094 (on Facebook) August 2024
Europe