What is Dublin Pride?

The Dublin Pride Festival, organised this year by Dublin L.G.B.T.Q. Pride Ltd. , starts this June the 13th, and culminates in the Dublin Pride Parade on the 21st of June 2008, marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, a significant turning point in the history of gay rights.

Dublin Pride has three core values which it aims to promote through the festival:

Celebrating Diversity

Not only to tolerate, but to accept and celebrate diversity with the understanding that it is our differences which make us extraordinary.

Inclusiveness

To seek out those who are on the fringes and to take practical, concrete steps to ensure their inclusion in society.

Increased Visibility & Mutual Respect

To increase the visibility of the Dublin LGBTQ community within the wider Dublin, Irish and global community while communicating the message of mutual respect; to appreciate others for what they are, for how they are different and to respect them for such.