Thousands of people to celebrate Glasgow's Pride Mardi Gla
It's the first major pride event in Europe to have bisexuality as its theme.
Last updated 16th Jul 2022
Thousands of people are marching from Glasgow Green to George Square for Glasgow’s Pride Mardi Gla - the first major pride event in Europe to have bisexuality as its theme.
Speeches will be made from Glasgow Green with Scottish Government Minister Patrick Harvie, who is bisexual, addressing the crowds.
Mr Harvie will be joined by the Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Councillor Jordan Linden, who will become the first gay Council Leader to speak at a pride march in Glasgow.
Queen of Pride, Dame Barbra La Bush, said: "This weekend will be the largest gathering of people who are LGBT+ and allies that our city has ever seen and I just can’t wait to declare that pride is open.
“With the rising attacks against people who are LGBT+ it is more important than ever that people who support equality turn out and support the march and our communities"
A representative of President Joe Biden from Democrats Abroad will also talk about the recent decisions of American Courts and the impact this has worldwide for equality.
The streets of Glasgow will be turned into a sea of rainbow flags as the march departs, with a number of colourful, vibrant floats playing party tunes to get the city into a celebration of LGBT+ equality.
Live entertainment will play a big part across the weekend – with the Cheeky Girls, The Voice winner Craig Eddie and boyband Just the Brave headlining the main stage at the brand new Strathclyde Students Union, 51 Richmond Street in a free event for supporters of LGBT+ rights.
On Sunday, entertainment moves to Clyde Island at the King St car park where the new host of the BBC Radio 1 drivetime show Dean McCullough will wow crowds on a specially constructed beach complete with fairground rides, rainbow candyfloss and loads of fun as Glasgow celebrates Pride on the Beach.
Across the weekend, there will be a Pride Hub at Strathclyde University as well as a Life-Long Learning and Employability zone to inform people about career options during the cost-of-living crisis.
There will be a youth and family zone, a health and wellbeing zone, a sport and activities zone as well as a debates zone in association with Scullion Law where Police Scotland and the Crown office will join together to speak about the growing number of hate crimes in Scotland.
Dan Syme, Chair of the organising committee said:
“We are also delighted that every LGBT+ venue is coming together as one to provide amazing entertainment, our partnership with Clyde Island to bring Pride to the Beach and our Pride Hub which will be an amazing space for our communities and people that support us to visit over the weekend"
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