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Paris's first Marche des Fiertés was, above all, a women's march - and that is not a footnote, it is where it comes from.
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Pride in Paris
On 25 June 1977 the Mouvement de libération des femmes and the Groupe de libération homosexuelle organised the first march: 400 people from the Place de la République to the Place des Fêtes, with the explicit intention of taking the question into public view. Homosexuality was still subject to legal discrimination in France that year, so mounting the event was itself a risk. Those who took part describe it as a feminist action first: the idea came from the women of the MLF, and particularly from the homosexual women within the movement, and there were very few men.
Today the Marche des Fiertés falls at the end of June and crosses the centre with floats, organisation blocs and sound systems, keeping its character as a demonstration: the demands are written on the banners and not left to the stage alone. The Marais remains the historic quarter of the city's queer life, with bars and bookshops that have been there for decades around the rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, while the nightlife has spread north-east into Belleville and Ménilmontant. The list here shows the city's LGBTQ+ friendly events as a whole - parties, concerts and club nights - not only those falling inside the week of the march.
Common questions
When is the Marche des Fiertés in Paris?+
At the end of June. The march crosses the centre of the city, with a programme of events and parties across the days around it.
When was the first march in Paris?+
On 25 June 1977, organised by the Mouvement de libération des femmes and the Groupe de libération homosexuelle: 400 people from the Place de la République to the Place des Fêtes. It was primarily a women's march.