Cape Town Pride Explained

Cape Town Pride is an annual gay pride event ending with a pride parade held in Cape Town, South Africa. It usually runs from around the end of February and is a week of festivals, parties and other events.[1]

The first South African pride parade was held in Johannesburg on 13 October 1990, the first such event on the African continent. The first pride parade in Cape Town was held in 1993, and it has been held as an annual event subject to interruptions thereafter.[2] [3]

The parade resumed after a period in 2001 as part of a week-long Cape Town Pride event,[1] [3] from 10 to 17 December. The 2001 event was met with a protest organised by local Anti-abortion organisations outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in Somerset Road where a Gay Pride "Dignity and Diversity" Interfaith Service was being held.[4]

Cape Town Pride was not held in 2003 when the event timing was moved to February.[1]

In 2006, the event adopted the theme "Uniting Cultures of Cape Town", in 2007 "The Carnival of Love", in 2009 "Pink Ubuntu – Uniting Cultures of Cape Town",[5] and in 2011 "Love Our Diversity".[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Cape Town Pride Festival. Western Cape Events. Cape Travel Information. 14 February 2011. 6 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325005842/http://www.capetravelinformation.com/2011/02/14/the-cape-town-pride-festival/. 25 March 2012.
  2. Book: de Waal. Shaun. Manion. Anthony. Pride: Protest and Celebration. 2006. Jacana Media. 9781770092617. 6, 37, 64. 22 July 2014.
  3. Book: Tucker. Andrew. Queer Visibilities: Space, Identity and Interaction in Cape Town. 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 9781444399776. 22 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Making a stand for Truth – Catholic Action Life League. The Roman Catholic Faithful. 22 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006025003/http://rcf.org/friends/call.htm. 6 October 2011. live.
  5. Web site: Photo Galleries. Gap Leisure. 6 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513174221/http://www.gapleisure.com/ecard. 13 May 2013. dead.
  6. Web site: Matsebula. Peter. Love Our Diversity at this Year's Cape Town Pride. Behind the Mask. 19 January 2011. 6 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120720164441/http://www.mask.org.za/love-our-diversity-at-this-year%E2%80%99s-cape-town-pride/. 20 July 2012.

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