InterPride

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Field	Value
name	InterPride
full_name	International Association of Pride Organizers
image	[[File:InterPride logo.png
type	501(c)(3)
founded_date
founders	Marsha H. Levine and Rick Turner (deceased)
coordinates
area_served	Global
focus	Organizations producing LGBT Pride parades
method	Capacity building, networking, sharing knowledge
former name	National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators
website	https://www.interpride.org/
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History

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InterPride was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Texas in the 1980s. The organization was originally known as the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (NAL/GPC), before changing the name to International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (IAL/GPC) in October 1985, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators at the conference in West Hollywood, California, and eventually to InterPride in the late 1990s.

Formation of InterPride

In April 1981, Pride Coordinators Rick Turner and Marsha H. Levine, from San Francisco and Boston respectively, met at a "call to unite" for a gay and lesbian leadership conference in Los Angeles, to start an organization then known as NOLAG (National Organization of Lesbians and Gays). While discussing common issues that their individual Pride organizations faced, and remarking that their connections with the New York Pride and Los Angeles Pride committees were helpful for problem-solving, Rick and Marsha felt this trading of information was important and could develop into a potential network.

More than a year later in August 1982, Levine sent out a call for the First Annual Conference of the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (NAL/GPC), to meet in Boston. Rick Turner (now deceased) declined joining in establishing the organization, due to his deteriorating health. With the aid of San Diego Pride Committee chairperson Doug Moore, who had been collecting a list of national pride organizations, and with small donations from the Los Angeles and Boston Pride Committees, the mailing list from Moore was used to distribute a self-mailing registration form designed and produced by Levine. Though many committees expressed an interest in attending, most didn't have the funds to send delegates at that time.

On October 9, 1982, in Hill House on Beacon Hill, members from the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and San Francisco Pride committees gathered in response to Levine's mailing. Three long tables were pushed together to make a triangular seating area. For two days many topics concerning coordinating LGBT prides was discussed, and while each city had different events, they discovered much of the planning and logistics was surprisingly similar. They voted to hold a second conference in San Diego the next year.

Milestones

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Date	Milestone
October 1985	During the organization's conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with representatives of Toronto, Ontario, and Germany in attendance, the membership voted to officially change the organization's name from the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, to the International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (IAL/GPC). The organization also pledged to continue reaching out to other countries.
October 1997	During the organization's conference in New York, its membership voted to establish the "WorldPride" title and awarded it to the city of Rome, Italy, for the year 2000.
October 1999	The first conference held outside North America, in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 2001	The first conference held in the Southern Hemisphere, in Auckland, New Zealand. Delegates were welcomed by the New Zealand Prime Minister.
October 2003	The first conference held in a city that did not use English as its primary language, in Montreal, Quebec. The conference itself was still conducted in English.
October 2004	The 22nd annual InterPride conference and the first conference held in a non-English speaking country, in Reykjavík, Iceland.
May 2005	The second WorldPride was postponed until August 2006, due to military and religious unrest in the region.
June 2019	Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 included Human Rights conference, festival and Pride March with 150,000 pre-registered participants among 695 groups.
June 2020	In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, co-produced Global Pride, reached more than 200 million people globally, thanks to coverage around the world, including in global titles Time Magazine, Forbes.
October 2022	The first ever General Meeting & World Conference in Latin America takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Membership

As of October 26, 2022, InterPride includes 338 member organizations from 70 countries.

Annual General Meeting & World Conference

During the last three decades, pride organizations from almost every continent have participated in InterPride's annual world conference.

The conference is held each year in a different city, with the location of upcoming conferences being voted on two years prior to their occurrence. To demonstrate a commitment to support and empower the global LGBTI+ Pride community, the conference is now frequently held outside North America. Scholarships, through the Pamela O'Brien Memorial Scholarship Fund, are available for member organizations that cannot afford to attend. O'Brien was a longtime member of Cape Cod Pride in Massachusetts, US and served InterPride as a Regional Director and Vice President of Operations.

In addition, several regional Pride networks hold their own conferences independent of InterPride.

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Year	Host country	Host city	Host organization
United States	Boston	Boston Pride	rowspan="2"
United States	San Diego	San Diego Pride
United States	Wichita	Wichita Pride	Unity & More in '84
United States	Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale Pride	Alive with Pride in '85
United States	San Francisco	San Francisco Pride	Forward Together
United States	Baltimore	Baltimore Pride	Proud, Strong, United
United States	St. Louis	Pride St. Louis	Rightfully Proud
Canada	Vancouver	Vancouver Pride Society	Stonewall 20 – A Generation of Pride
United States	Minneapolis	Twin Cities Pride	Look to the Future
United States	Boston	Boston Pride	Together in Pride
United States	Long Beach	Long Beach Pride	Pride = Power
United States	Houston	Houston Pride	A Family of Pride
United States	Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale Pride	Stonewall 25 – A Global Celebration of Lesbian & Gay Pride & Protest
United States	Phoenix	Phoenix Pride	Pride – From Silence to Celebration
United States	Kansas City	Kansas City Pride	Pride Without Borders
United States	New York City	NYC Pride	Equality Through Visibility
United States	West Hollywood	West Hollywood Pride	Unity Through Diversity
United Kingdom	Glasgow	Glasgow Pride	Prideful Past, Powerful Future
United States	Atlanta	Atlanta Pride	Take Pride, Take Joy, Take Action
New Zealand	Auckland	Auckland Pride	Embrace Diversity
United States	San Francisco	San Francisco Pride	Pride Worldwide
Canada	Montreal	Fierté Montréal	Peace Through Pride
Iceland	Reykjavík	Reykjavik Pride	Vive La Difference
United States	Minneapolis	Twin Cities Pride	Equal Rights. No More. No Less.
United States	Portland	Portland Pride	Pride – Not Prejudice
Switzerland	Zürich	Zurich Pride	United For Equality
Canada	Vancouver	Vancouver Pride Society	Live Love Be
United States	St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Pride	Your Rights, Our Rights, Human Rights
United States	Long Beach	Long Beach Pride	One Heart, One World, One Pride
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Pride	Pride Around the World
United States	Boston	Boston Pride	Pride Links Us Together
Canada	Montreal	Fierté Montréal	Pride 365
United States	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Pride	Reflections of Pride – Stonewall 45
United States	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Pride	Color Our World with Pride
France	Montpellier	Montpellier Pride	Solidarity Through Pride
United States	Indianapolis	Indianapolis Pride	Viva la Vida
Canada	Saskatoon	Saskatoon Pride	Remember the Past, Create the Future
Greece	Athens	Athens Pride	Millions of Moments of Pride
Norway	Oslo	Oslo Pride	Exist. Persist. Resist.
Hosted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic	#YouAreIncluded
Mexico	Guadalajara	Guadalajara Pride	From Silence to Solidarity (English)
Del Silencio a la Solidaridad (Spanish)
Do Silêncio à Solidariedade (Portuguese)
Du Silence à la solidarité (French)
United States	San Diego	San Diego Pride	rowspan="2"
Colombia	Medellín	Corporación Stonewall
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WorldPride

Main article: WorldPride

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WorldPride, licensed by InterPride and organized by one of its members, is an event that promotes visibility and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT pride) issues on an international level. WorldPride includes parades/marches, a human right conference, arts and culture festivals, and other activities.

At the 1997 world conference and general meeting InterPride members voted to award the inaugural WorldPride to be held in Rome in 2000. The host cities continue to be selected by the members of InterPride with WorldPrides usually held every two years.

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No.	Year	Host city
Italy Rome, Italy	1 July – 9 July	The event was organized by the Italian gay rights organization Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli along with InterPride and coincided with the Great Jubilee.
Israel Jerusalem, Israel	6 August – 12 August
10 November (parade)	date=November 2010}}, The Advocate, May 17, 2005
United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	7 July	Held just ahead of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games during celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Pride London planned a parade with floats, a large performance area in Trafalgar Square plus street parties in Golden Square and Soho.
Canada Toronto, Canada	20 June – 29 June	Pride Toronto, in partnership with the city's tourism agency, Tourism Toronto, submitted a bid to host WorldPride 2014. The 2009 annual conference of InterPride, held in St. Petersburg, Florida, US, voted to accept the bid of Pride Toronto to host WorldPride in North America for the first time.
Spain Madrid, Spain	23 June – 2 July	In October 2012, InterPride's membership voted at its annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, US, to award WorldPride 2017 to Madrid Pride and the city of Madrid, Spain.
United States New York City, United States	1 June – 30 June	On October 19, 2015, NYC Pride announced that the city would host WorldPride to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark and Sweden Malmö, Sweden	12 August – 22 August	For the first time, the hosting of WorldPride was shared by two neighbouring cities in the transnational Øresund Region, which comprises Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. It also coincided with the two cities' hosting of EuroGames 2021, an LGBTI+ inclusive sporting event that includes 29 sports with an estimated 6,000 athletes attending.
Australia Sydney, Australia	17 February – 5 March	For the first time, WorldPride was held in the Southern Hemisphere. This provided a focus on LGBTI rights and communities of the Asia Pacific region including a First Nations Hub dedicated to showcasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture. WorldPride coincided with Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan	cancelled	In August 2022, the WorldPride 2025 Taiwan Preparation Committee announced it will give up hosting the event due to allegations InterPride insisted the word "Taiwan" be removed from the name of the event.
United States Washington, D.C., United States	29 May – 8 June	In November 2022, the InterPride membership voted to accept the bid and proposal from Capital Pride to hold 2025 WorldPride in the nation's capital.
Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands	25 July – 8 August	The InterPride membership selected Amsterdam as the site of the 2026 WorldPride event.
South Africa Cape Town, South Africa	TBA	The InterPride membership selected Cape Town as the site of the 2028 WorldPride event. It is set to be the first WorldPride event hosted in Africa.
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Controversies

InterPride allegedly rolled back on a decision to name its upcoming event "WorldPride 2025, Taiwan" and instead proposed "WorldPride 2025, Kaohsiung" which sparked suspicion from the public that the name change is politically motivated. InterPride refuted this claim with the support of Taiwanese Pride organizers who were privy to the contract negotiation.

References

"History". InterPride.
Robinson, Charlotte. (October 12, 2012). "InterPride 2012 Co-Chairs on Celebrating 30 Years of Global Pride". Huffington Post.
"Our Members".
Houston, Andrea. (October 8, 2013). "Xtra heads to Montreal for the InterPride conference". Daily Xtra.
"Scholarship". InterPride.
(July 2025). "Themes & Host Cities". InterPride.
"WorldPride". InterPride.
Buchanan, Wyatt. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/26/MNG3HK5LC71.DTL "Broad Opposition to World Pride in Jerusalem"], ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', July 26, 2006. Accessed August 5, 2007.
(November 2010, ''The Advocate'', May 17, 2005)
(November 11, 2006). "Israelis hold gay pride rally in Jerusalem". [[NBC News]].
"New York City Will Host WorldPride 2019 To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Stonewall - Towleroad".
[https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4624430 Taiwan drops bid to host WorldPride 2025 over naming row]，2022-8-12
(12 August 2022). "Taiwan blames politics for cancellation of global Pride event". [[Reuters]].
(12 August 2022). "Taiwanese organizers announce cancellation of WorldPride 2025". Focus Taiwan.

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