2022 sees the large scale return of Pride events across Scotland. Here’s what dates have been announced so far:
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Trans Pride Scotland | 21st May | Paisley |
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Grampian Pride | 28th May | Aberdeen |
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Arran Pride | 4th June | Brodick |
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Porty Pride | 18/19th June | Portobello |
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Pride Edinburgh | 25th June | Edinburgh |
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Pride Glasgow | 25th June | Glasgow |
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Shetland Pride | 2nd July | Lerwick |
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Mardi Gla | 16th July | Glasgow |
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Dumfries Pride | 30th July | Dumfries |
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West Lothian Pride | 30th July | Livingston |
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Perthshire Pride | 13th August | Perth |
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Vale Pride | 28th August | Alexandria |
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Pride in Moray | 3rd September | Elgin |
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Oban Pride | 10th September | Oban |
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Fife Pride | 17th September | Kirkcaldy |
2019 was the biggest year of pride in Scotland so far with a huge 21 pride events across the country and over 72K people attending a pride event. As well as supporting a number of prides through strategic and financial planning, training, guidance and with resources the Equality Network attended every pride to talk to thousands of LGBTI people about their rights and to spread the message of LGBTI equality. We’re looking forward to doing it all again in 2022!
We got soaked in Stornoway, sunburnt in Perth, we went on the rides in Inverness, listened to the marching bands in Glasgow, waved from the bus in Edinburgh and journeyed through the forest in East Kilbride. We also marched down countless high streets with our placards and our huge trans flag.
2020 was set to be a record breaking year of pride across Scotland, but sadly COVID-19 took its toll. We produced initial guidance for Pride organisers to support them in their response to the restrictions and through our COVID funding support packages distributed over £25,000 to support online events to bring LGBTI communities together during the pandemic.
In 2021 we continued to support Pride organisers with ongoing capacity building support and with funding to ensure Prides had the technical resources going forward through our Pride support fund.
A number of pride events have yet to announce their 2022 plans. We’ll update this page shortly with more information.
Pride History
2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the first major pride event in Scotland, it’s organisers then helped set up the Equality Network! Have a look at our Pride in Scotland History page as we look back over 25 years.