London Trans+ Pride

London Trans+ Pride is a pride march advocating transgender rights held in London, England, United Kingdom.

History

Trans Pride London was founded in 2019 by Lucia Blayke and led by a collective group of trans+ people. It was founded in part due to a rising climate of transphobia in the UK and across the world, as well as in response to an anti-transgender protest controversy that occurred at the Pride in London march in 2018, where eight anti-trans activists took the lead of the march without authorisation.^[1][2][3] The 2019 march was held in September and saw attendance of around 1500 people.^[4][5]

The 2020 march saw attendance of 4000 people, with a number of COVID-19 safety measures put in place by the organisers, and called for legal recognition of non-binary identities and a ban on intersex genital mutilation.^[6] It also included a memorial to Elie Che, a prominent transgender London activist and performer who died in August of that year.^[7]

The 2021 march was held in June, and included calls for a ban on conversion therapy, greater access to healthcare for trans people, and a ban on intersex genital mutilation.^[8] The event included speeches by Munroe Bergdorf, Ki Griffin, Bimini Bon-Boulash, Abigail Thorn, and Kai-Isaiah Jamal.^[9][10]

The 2022 march was held in July, with attendance of over 20,000 people.^[11][12] The event called to "celebrate the memory of trans lives taken and uphold the next generation of trans revolutionaries," and included speeches by Yasmin Finney and Charlie Craggs.^[13][14] Abigail Thorn said at the event that "legally and politically", trans people in the country "are not allowed to control our own lives". Today London Trans Pride is led by a group of trans+ activists since Lucia Blayke's departure in 2021.^[15]

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