Countdown

Day(s)

:

Hour(s)

:

Minute(s)

:

Second(s)

Portsmouth Pride exists to support the LGBTQ+ community in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas.

We create safe spaces for the community to come together through our series of year-round events, and we celebrate the diversity of our amazing city and residents at our annual, free Main Day event

We are inclusive of all and advocate for further protection of the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ people not only in Portsmouth, but across the UK and around the world. 

We work with local community action groups, schools & colleges, universities, sports clubs, local businesses, political representatives, civil bodies and individuals, as well as regional and national charities focused on progressing and protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. 

We are leading members of the UK Pride Organisers’ Network (UKPON) and as volunteers, we all work to share resources and expertise with other members across the country.

Portsmouth Pride’s year-round work brings together a community that can often feel isolated and experience difficulty in accessing social activities.

UNESCO research found that LGBT people experience discrimination and exclusion in everyday life, and Stonewall research found that only half of LGBTQ+ people feel able to be open about their sexual orientation or gender identity with everyone. 

Portsmouth Pride creates environments for inclusion and free expression throughout the year, and we know from experience that these activities are sometimes the only opportunities for community members to feel safe, included and truly themselves.

Since 1972, people in the UK have been attending Pride events to come together with the wider LGBTQ+ community and to feel free to be their authentic selves and this has evolved over time to include much more than a protest march. 

Portsmouth Pride hosts a completely free-to-attend one-day Pride event for the people of Portsmouth and surrounding areas:an event bringing together a community-led parade, two stages, over 50 stalls, a family funfair and much more. 

The event brings together the LGBTQ+ community as well as inviting allies and local residents to connect with us, share our space and enjoy the event.

One of Portsmouth Pride’s fundamental principles is that Pride should be free, open and accessible to all, and unfenced. 

Each year we put on our Main Day event – with entertainment, food and community stalls – which is an open space for the community to attend and be as involved as they choose. 

Tally, our Chair of Portsmouth Pride says: “Pride is there for everyone, and there should be no barriers for people to express who they are. And there should be no barriers for people to be with their community. 

“Portsmouth Pride is about the LGBTQ+ community, and that includes allies, that includes parents of LGBTQ+ people, that includes the children of LGBTQ+ people, and even the younger generation. 

“It’s a place where you know that you’ll be surrounded. People like you have similar stories and that is priceless and we shouldn’t be putting a price on it”.

Text PORTSMOUTHPRIDE to 70085 to donate £10 to help Keep Pride Free

Contact Us:

2 + 9 =