Dyke march

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::summary Lesbian-led gathering and protest march ::

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A dyke march is a lesbian visibility and protest march, much like the original Gay Pride parades and gay rights demonstrations. The main purpose of a dyke march is the encouragement of activism within the lesbian and sapphic community. Dyke marches commonly take place the Friday or Saturday before LGBTQ pride parades. Larger metropolitan areas usually have several Pride-related happenings (including picnics, workshops, arts festivals, parties, benefits, dances, and bar events) both before and after the march to further community building; with social outreach to specific segments such as older women, women of color, and lesbian parenting groups.

Dyke marches are concentrated in various influential cities across North America, Europe, and Latin America. The first Dyke March was conducted in the United States in 1993 in Washington, D.C.. Cities in the U.S. where dyke marches may be found include New York City (with marches in the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens), Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Long Beach, Minneapolis, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (Maine), Portland (Oregon), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC, and West Hollywood. In Canada, dyke marches can be found in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. In Europe, dyke marches take place in various cities, including Berlin, London, and Stockholm. The first Latin American dyke march was held in Mexico City in 2003.

History

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Before the concept of a "dyke march" came to be, one of the first documented lesbian pride marches in North America took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in May 1981. Approximately 200 lesbians attending the fifth Bi-National Lesbian Conference marched through downtown streets chanting "Look over here, look over there, lesbians are everywhere!"

Later, in October 1981, the now-defunct organization Lesbians Against the Right held a "Dykes in the Streets" march in Toronto, Ontario, with lesbian power, pride, and visibility as the theme. 350 women participated in this demonstration. Another similar demonstration would not be held again in Toronto until 1996.

The first conceptualized and self-proclaimed dyke march was formed in Washington, DC, during the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. Organized by the Lesbian Avengers, over 20,000 women participated in the march on April 24, 1993. Due to the successful turnout of this first march, the New York Lesbian Avengers decided to organize a march of their own held in June 1993. Beyond marching throughout the city, a manifesto was handed out and the Avengers created a “float”: a bed on wheels full of kissing dykes. A banner, which is used every year to demarcate the front of the March, was improvised at Bryant Park with markers and oaktag. Around the same time that year, Atlanta and San Francisco also held their first dyke marches.

Most dyke marches today occur in late June during Pride celebrations commemorating the Stonewall riots in New York City on June 28, 1969.

Importance to community

The first Dyke March held in April 1993 in Washington D.C. was accompanied with a manifesto crafted by the Lesbian Avengers. The purpose of the flyer was to address the necessity for grassroots lesbian organizing, especially given the anti-gay bills being pushed throughout the early 1990s. After learning about this manifesto, lesbians from Los Angeles created a large banner for their contingent, and those from Philadelphia constructed a vagina statue that was carried through the streets of Washington D.C.

An excerpt from this call to action within the lesbian community reads:

Lack of recognition by media

After the second annual Dyke March in New York City on June 25, 1994, there was a lack of media coverage of the event in spite of attendance numbers reaching 20,000. The New York Times was the only major newspaper that published a mention, albeit brief, about the march. The Lesbian Avengers perceived the overall silence to be a "media blackout", resulting in an aggressive media campaign.

Concurrent with the international march on the United Nations on June 26, 1994, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) issued a press release about Stonewall that failed to recognize the existence of the Dyke March. The Lesbian Avengers confronted the organization about this oversight, and GLAAD re-issued the press release with the addition of a sentence acknowledging the absence of mainstream media coverage about the march.

International Dyke march events

Europe

Germany

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As of 2023, there are dyke marches in more than twenty cities and regions in Germany. The nationwide network of "Dyke* March Germany" is gathering information on all of the dyke marches in Germany on their Instagram account.

There is a yearly dyke march in Hamburg and since 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Since 2017 also in Heidelberg, and since 2018 in Oldenburg.

The Berlin Dyke March has been in operation since 2013 in the LGBT-friendly neighborhood of Kreuzberg. Historically, the march occurs annually in June, on the day before the Berlin Pride Parade.

As of 2025, there are dyke marches planned throughout the year in Berlin, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Lüneburg, Nürnberg, Oldenburg, Rhein-Neckar, the Ruhr area (three dyke marches each year), Weimar, and Würzburg.

United Kingdom

The London Dyke March was first organized in 2012 and is held each year in June. The 2014 march featured speakers, including Sarah Brown, a transgender lesbian activist and former Lib Dem councilor. The London Dyke March emphasizes diversity, including bois, queers, femmes, butches, and lipstick lesbians.

France

In France, the first non-mixed march was organized by the "Lesbians of Jussieu" group[7] on June 21, 1980. It would take more than thirty years for another lesbian march to take place, during EuroLesboPride in Marseille in 2013.

Eight years later, in April 2021, lesbian marches were held in Paris (and several other French cities). At the initiative of the Collages Lesbiens collective, the event brought together more than 10,000 people in Paris. The demonstrators took the opportunity to demand access to medically assisted procreation.PMA. Several famous lesbian activists, such as Adèle Haenel, Céline Sciamma, and Alice Coffin, participated in the procession. The event is being held again in April 2022, in Paris but also, for the first time, in Lyon. New editions took place in Paris in 2023 on April 23 at the initiative of the association Fièr.e.s, in 2024 on May 4 with the associations and collectives Les Inverti.e.s, Féministes révolutionnaires, Collectif Queer Racisé.e.s Autonomes, Queer education and Diivines and in 2025 on April 26 with the associations and collectives Diivines, Féministes révolutionnaires, Label Gouine, Front Transfem, Queer Education, Bi Pan Paris, Front Bisexuel, the Trans Solidarity Organization, Toutes des femmes, OUT Trans, Collectif Insurrection Trans.

Netherlands

Amsterdam saw the launch of its first Dyke March in 2022, as a response to the increasing depoliticization of mainstream Pride events. Organized independently of the city's canal parade, the Dyke March creates space for protest, visibility, and solidarity among dykes, lesbians, queer women, and all oppressed communities. The 2025 march will take place on July 5.

Italy

Rome hosted its first-ever Dyke March on April 26, 2025, marking a significant moment for Italy’s lesbian and queer communities. The march was staged in conjunction with the 4th EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Conference.

Belgium

Despite its vibrant queer community, Brussels had never hosted a Dyke March until 2025. The first-ever Dyke* March Brussels is set to take place on May 16. The organization's manifesto states: "This march is a space where dykes* take the lead and advocate for issues that disproportionately affect us. We are committed to creating a platform for those who lack public spaces to be present and heard, to share, exchange and love. We celebrate the many aspects of dyke* lives, and demand our rights. (...) Dyke* liberation must be intersectional. Our fight cannot be separated from that against racism, capitalism, colonialism, environmental destruction and other discrimination rooted in patriarchy and/or cis-heteronormativity. (...) We invite everyone to march not only for those present but also for those whose voices are silenced and for those who continue to struggle for their right to live openly and authentically."

Latin America

Mexico

The first Latin America demonstration of a dyke march was held in Mexico City on March 21, 2003. This march extended from the symbolic Monument to the Revolution to the Zócalo, the capital's huge central plaza. Organizers state "For us, the Lesbian March is an important show of visibility because it aims at smashing stereotypes and prejudices."

North America

United States

Asbury Park, New Jersey

The inaugural Asbury Park Dyke March was held in October 2020. The march took place in the absence of the annual Jersey Pride parade and festival, cancelled that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boston

The first Boston Dyke March was held in 1995, with the goal of "offering a non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration." At this inaugural march, the Boston Lesbian Avengers organized a fire-eating ritual to mourn the murders of Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock. The ritual has since become an annual tradition at the Boston marches.

Chicago

The Chicago Dyke March is held in the month of June and has been in operation since 1996, beginning in the Lakeview neighborhood. In 1997, the march moved to LGBT-friendly neighborhood of Andersonville. Many participants consider it "a chance to celebrate ourselves as women, as lesbians, and to show the community that we are here."

In 2008, organizers of the Chicago Dyke March announced that it would remain in a new location for two consecutive years. The location of the march changed every two to three years to increase visibility throughout all neighborhoods of Chicago, in addition to increasing inclusiveness and accessibility. The March was held in Pilsen in 2008 and 2009, in South Shore in 2010 and 2011, in Uptown in 2012 and 2013, in Humboldt Park in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and in La Villita in 2017.

New York

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Organized by the New York Lesbian Avengers, the first New York City Dyke March was held in June 1993. The Second Annual New York City Dyke March was held in June 1994 and led to the solidification and continuation of the yearly NYC Dyke March. The march is open to everyone who identifies as a "dyke".

As with the San Francisco Dyke March, the organizers do not seek out a permit, and put an emphasis on the political. Any person who identifies as a dyke is welcome to march regardless of gender expression or identity, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, race, age, political affiliation, religious identity, ability, class, or immigration status.

Portland, Maine

The Portland Dyke March has been held annually since 2005. Initially, the march was part of the larger Southern Maine Pride parade. Since 2006, however, the dyke march has been held as an independent event. The march usually starts from Monument Square and is led by the local Dykes on Bikes contingent.

San Francisco

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The first San Francisco Dyke March was held in June 1993, and is celebrated every year on the last Saturday in June. The march begins in Mission Dolores Park with speeches, performances, and community networking; and ends in the Castro District. The dyke march is informal, with marchers creating their own signs and most people showing up to participate, rather than to just watch. The San Francisco Dyke March has high attendance numbers.

The streets along the march route are lined with enthusiastic spectators in support of the women.

In the early years, the San Francisco Dyke March Committee (a small group of volunteers) never applied for nor received a permit from the city, exercising the First Amendment right to gather without permits and often changed its route to avoid the police.

Seattle

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Seattle's dyke march occurs the Saturday before Pride and begins with a Rally at 5 pm at Seattle Central Community College, followed by the march through the streets at 7 pm. The rally is held outdoors, includes speakers and performers who are women identified and queer identified, and is ASL interpreted. In 2023, the march switched from a permitted march to a non-permitted one. Dykes on Bikes stepped up in the wanted absence of the Seattle Police Department to provide route safety, like blocking intersections for pedestrians.

Washington, DC

The DC Dyke March was first organized in April 1993 and thereafter held annually in June until 2007. After a 12-year absence, the march returned in 2019 with "Dykes Against Displacement" as its theme, in protest of the elimination of low-income housing due to gentrification. The march, however, became mired in controversy resulting from the banning of "nationalist symbols".

Incidents regarding Jewish pride flags and anti-Zionism

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2017 Chicago

In 2017, Chicago Dyke March (CDM) organizers singled out three women carrying Jewish pride flags and began questioning them on their political stance in regards to Zionism and Israel. After a discussion, organizers asked them to leave the event, insisting that the rainbow flag with the Star of David "made people feel unsafe" and that the dyke march was "pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist". The incident prompted widespread criticism and accusations of anti-Semitism. A member of the Dyke March Chicago collective stated that the women were removed due to the flags, and pro-Palestinian organizations were asked by CDM to release statements of solidarity while they crafted an official statement. March organizers later released a statement maintaining that the women were asked to leave for "expressing Zionist views that go directly against the march’s anti-racist core values."

In 2018, members of the local Jewish LGBT community expressed reluctance to attend that year's march, citing concerns about safety and alienation.

In 2021, an Instagram post from the CDM organizers included the American and Israeli flags burning. The post was later deleted and replaced with a new image that shrouded both flags in flames.

2019 Washington, DC

Similar to the 2017 decision made by the Chicago Dyke March, the 2019 Washington DC Dyke March adopted a policy that "nationalist symbols", including Israeli and American flags and the Star of David when centered on a flag, cannot be displayed. Organizers said these symbols represent "violent nationalism", while "Jewish stars and other identifications and celebrations of Jewishness (yarmulkes, talit, other expressions of Judaism or Jewishness) are welcome and encouraged".

In response to the policy, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated, "It is outrageous that in preparing to celebrate LGBTQ pride, the DC Dyke March is forbidding Jewish participants from carrying any flag or sign that includes the Star of David, which is universally recognized as a symbol of the Jewish people....Banning the Star of David in their parade is anti-Semitic, plain and simple."

More than two dozen Jewish lesbians and Zionist supporters brought the prohibited flag and symbol to the march. They debated the perceived mistreatment and exclusion with march organizer Jill Raney. Thereafter, DC Dyke March organizers allowed the group to participate in the march with their Jewish pride flags.

2024 New York City

On June 27, 2024, the NYC Dyke March issued a statement supporting the safety of Jewish participants at the march and condemning the 7 October attacks. Within thirty minutes, this statement was deleted and replaced by another that referred to the first as a "mistake" that did "not reflect the official stance of the Dyke March", adding that the organization "unapologetically stands in support of Palestinian liberation". The march also raised money for the hardline anti-Zionist group Within Our Lifetime. In opposition, a group of Jewish dykes held a separate event at the same time as the march.

Gallery of dyke marches

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