| Trans Pride Brighton | |
|---|---|
 The march in 2014 | |
| Frequency | Anually |
| Inaugurated | 2013 |
| Founders | Sarah Savage,Fox Fisher, Phoenix Thomas, Stephanie Scott, Sabah Choudrey |
| Previous event | July 19, 2024 to July 21, 2024 |
| Attendance | 40,000+ [1] |
Trans Pride Brighton and Hove is a pride protest and community festival advocating transgender rights. It is held in Brighton and Hove, England. The event takes place annually beginning in 2013. [2] [3]
Trans Pride Brighton and Hove was founded in 2013, the first trans-specific pride event to be held in the UK. [4] The co-founders included Sarah Savage, [5] Fox Fisher, Phoenix Thomas, Stephanie Scott and Sabah Choudrey. [6] [7]
The 2016 event saw attendance of several hundred people. [8]
The 2017 event saw attendance of 2,500 people. [9]
The 2018 event saw attendance of 5,000 people. [10]
The 2019 event saw an attendance of 8,000 people, 2000 more than was anticipated by the organisers. [11] The march that year used the slogan "putting the T first," in reference to the acronym LGBT, where the T is usually placed as the last letter. [12]
In 2020 and 2021, in-person events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, with events being held virtually instead. [13] [14] The 2020 digital events saw a total audience of 10 000 viewers. [15]
In 2022, in-person events returned and saw an attendance of over 20,000 people. [16] The community festival held in Brunswick Square Gardens was headlined by performance artist Travis Alabanza. [17] An hour into the event they ran into technical difficulties with their card machines, causing an estimated loss of £25,000. [18]
The organisation team behind Trans Pride Brighton opened the Trans Pride Center in 2022, a community space specifically for trans and nonbinary people. [19]
In 2023, they were awarded the Grassroots Pride of The Year award by Gaydio. [20] The 2023 event celebrated 10 years of Trans Pride and had 30,000 attendees despite a yellow Weather warning causing the parade route to be changed. The windy weather made it unsafe to host the event in Brunswick Square Gardens. [21] Instead the Saturday park events were held in the Brighton Dome, The Queery, the Ledward Centre, and The Actors, with the venues offering the spaces at no cost. [22] A beach party was planned for the Sunday, but had to be cancelled due to a fire breaking out in the Royal Albion Hotel the night before. [23] The organisation explained it was due to the smoke, and safety concerns. [24]
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