The parade through the city is one of the central events of the festival's 10-day run.
Thousands of people are expected in Londonderry for the 2024 Foyle Pride parade.This year's - which organisers have said is a celebration of diversity and inclusivity – has had community, local and global, as its central theme.
“It’s been a great week so far and we think numbers are up again, so we are looking forward to tomorrow,” Foyle Pride committee member Jim Doherty toldThe LGBT+ festival, he added, mixes party with protest."There is a lot of stuff that has to be achieved yet on these islands but internationally there is a lot of awful stuff happening; in so many countries homosexuality is illegal.
“The death penalty exists in Uganda, for example. We see ourselves in an international context. We are marching for those people.”The festival has grown in the last 30 years to become one of “the key dates in the city’s calendar”, Mayor of Derry and Strabane Lilian Seenoi-Barr said. “It’s a real celebration of diversity and individuality, the parade embodies inclusion and the atmosphere on the day is electric,” she added.
The parade leaves the North West transport hub at 14:00 BST before crossing the Craigavon bridge, and making its way through the city centre.Police have advised motorists of some traffic disruption but say officers will “be on the ground to accommodate the flow of traffic”.He was a leading figure in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group during the 1984 miners' strike.
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