LGBT+ Pride 2023: How it's celebrated in Argentina
When and where are the Pride 2023 marches and activities in different parts of Argentina.
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Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. Unlike most countries that celebrate Pride in June and July, in Argentina many of the marches take place in October and November. The country's first Lesbian and Gay Pride march was held in Buenos Aires on July 3, 1992. It commemorated the Stonewall riots. On that historic day, some 300 people marched down Avenida de Mayo to demand human rights. Years later, it was decided to move the date to November so that the spring weather would embrace the LGBTQ+ community, especially those living with HIV, without exposing them to the cold days of June.
November was chosen because it is the anniversary month of the creation of the first sexual diversity organization in Argentina and Latin America: Nuestro Mundo.
When and where: Pride marches in Argentina
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
In Buenos Aires, the 32nd Pride March will be held on Saturday, November 4th. There are several events planned.
The Pride March Organizing Committee (COMO) is calling for action with the slogans: Not one more cut, not one less right. Anti-Discrimination Law, Comprehensive Trans Law Now! Let's stop the anti-rights movement!
Historical timeline
The organizing committee of the Historical Line Pride March calls for a march on Saturday, November 4th, from Diagonal Norte and Florida with the slogan "Pride is democracy".
"For a diverse, dissident, plurinational, popular, anti-racist, trans-feminist, anti-ableist, and anti-punitive Pride," the call to action states. For more information, please visit CHA Argentina's Instagram page
BUENOS AIRES (province)
Parchment
On Sunday, November 12th, Pergamino will host another Pride March. "We'll fill the city streets with color once again, let our voices be heard, we are visible!" says the call to action for this year's LGBTQ+ gathering. The meeting point is at 5 PM in Plaza Merced. on the march's social media pages .
Carmen de Patagones
The eighth Pride march in Carmen de Patagones, Viedma, is scheduled for Saturday, November 11th. Participants will gather at 4:00 PM in Plaza San Martín, march at 5:00 PM, and then attend a festival at 5:40 PM at the Francisco de Viedma Monument. All the details, including videos and flyers, are available on the march's social media pages
Saint Therese
The city of Santa Teresita will host the 5th Pride March of the Partido de La Costa district . It will take place on November 11th, and both the slogans and the route of the march will be announced on the organization's social media
Córdoba capital
The 15th Pride March will take place in the streets of Córdoba on Saturday, November 11th. The slogans: Comprehensive Trans Law, Labor Rights for Sex Workers, and Anti-Discrimination Law.
JUMP
Jump
The 20th annual LGBT Pride March will take place in Salta, the capital of the northern province of Salta. The event will begin on Saturday, November 11th at 5:00 PM at the corner of San Martín and Lavalle streets, with the march itself starting at 7:00 PM.
All the details and the route of the march have already been published on the organizing committee's IG page
Cafayate
In the heart of the Calchaquí Valley, Cafayate celebrates its 3rd Plurinational Pride March on Saturday, November 11th. The march already has its own Instagram account where you can see the slogans and activities. "We're waiting for you to experience a very special march because our rights are defended in the streets!" invites the MTA Cafayate, a diverse community in the Calchaquí Valley.
CURRENTS
With the phrase “Payé Marika to the transfemicidal state” the LGBTTTIQNB+ movement of Corrientes calls for the XII Pride March that will depart on November 17 at 6pm from Plaza 25 de Mayo.
Before this great meeting, they invite those who want to be part of the organization to join them on Saturday, September 16th at 5:30 pm, at Espacio Mariño.
ENTRE RIOS
Gualeguaychú
The LGBT community of Gualeguaychú announced the call for the 3rd Gualeguaychú Pride March, "Freedom with more rights." It will be held on November 11th.
The organizing committee is calling for a meeting on September 23rd to draft the initial documents and begin painting the banner for the big march. For more information, check out their Instagram @orgullogchuaccount
SAN LOUIS
Saint Louis
The organizing committee of the Pride march in San Luis announced that it will take place on Saturday, November 11th at 5 PM in José La Via, from where the march will proceed to Plaza Independencia.
"For our lives, for our dignity, for our transfeminist struggle and for our freedom" are the slogans of this edition, in the first provincial march.
CHUBUT
Trelew
On Saturday, November 11, the streets of Trelew will be filled with color during the 5th Provincial Pride March. "We shout loud and clear, 'We're never going back to the dungeon!'" is one of the slogans used to promote the march.
*This list is open and under construction. Do you know of any marches in Argentina that aren't listed here yet? To add them, please send us the details and flyer to contacto@agenciapresentes.org. Thank you!
The marches we experienced
Lanús
Under the slogans "Rights yes, rights no," the second Pride March was organized in Lanús. On September 23rd at 4 PM, it departed from the intersection of 9 de Julio and 29 de Septiembre streets and proceeded to the Honorable Deliberative Council in Lanús East.
Tiger
The second Pride March in Tigre took place on Saturday, September 23rd at 3 PM. It departed from the Tigre River Station with the slogan “Making us invisible is violence, not one step back.”
The march culminated in a large festival and fair.
Quilmes
The 7th LGBT Pride March took place in Quilmes on September 30th. The gathering was at 2 PM at the corner of Rivadavia and Sarmiento streets in downtown Quilmes. Sign language interpretation was provided.
San Isidro
The Second Pride March was held in San Isidro with slogans such as “Expansion of LGBTIQ+ rights”, “for a society free of harassment and institutional violence”, “for the municipal implementation of the transvestite-trans job quota”, “mandatory training in gender and diversity for municipal officials and workers”, among others.
Merlo
“For our rights: Pride is a political response! We march, we dance, and we fight together!” was the slogan of the 1st LGBTINB+ Pride March in Merlo, held on October 7th. Participants were called to march at 4 PM from Plaza Néstor Kirchner (Libertador and Rivadavia) to Plaza 25 de Mayo.
The event concluded with live music, a drag school, an open mic session, and other activities. For more information, follow @marchadelorgullomerlo and @com_lgbt_merlo
The Slaughter
The 7th Matanza Pride March took place on October 28th, starting at the entrance to the San Justo Shopping Center and ending at San Martín Square in San Justo. There, at 6 PM, a fair and live performances were held. This year's slogan is "Rights yes, right wing no. Pride and democracy."
Avellaneda
On Saturday the 28th, the 2nd Avellaneda Pride March took place. Participants marched from Plaza Alsina to Parque La Estación. Among the slogans were "Labor rights for sex workers!", "No pardon or amnesty for Cristina: Justice!", "Transfeminist judicial reform now!", "Stop the pathologization and stereotypes of diverse children and adolescents!", "Update and implementation of the Comprehensive Sex Education Law!", "Real access to comprehensive healthcare for the LGBTI+ population!", and "Real implementation of the Trans Employment Quota and incorporation of public policies for trans seniors!"
The march was declared of Municipal Interest by the Honorable Deliberative Council of Avellaneda.
Rio Cuarto
“Pride is struggle,” was the slogan for the 7M Diversity March in Río Cuarto. “We march for a comprehensive trans law, an anti-discrimination law, an end to violence: femicides, transfemicides and hate crimes, for historical reparations for trans people, for the separation of church and state, for free childhoods” are some of the main demands of this year's march.
Hundreds of people marched from the Andean Boulevard Ameghino Park.
Rosary
The Pride march took place on October 7th. “Freedom is Memory and Pride. We want you to carry this feeling of the streets filled with our colors and our struggles with you wherever you go. 80,000 times thank you to everyone who joined the fair, the march, and the festival,” the Rosario Pride March organizers posted on their Instagram account.
Santa Fe
On October 8th, the Pride march took place in Santa Fe. "Faced with the threat of a conservative restoration in Argentina, which puts at risk our rights, achieved after decades of struggle, and those of the entire population in education, health, and decent work, we cannot remain on the sidelines of the debate," they said in the call to action for the massive gathering.
"We meet again in the streets to shout 'Not one more adjustment, not one less right!' and for the Historical Reparation Law for Transvestite and Trans survivors after the dictatorship! Because 'in a society that educates us for shame, pride will always be our political response.'"
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