Trans Pride Dublin has said there is ‘No Pride in Genocide’ at the parade and called for a ‘Free Palestine’.
The transgender rights group was one of many groups participating in the Dublin Pride march this afternoon.
Members waved the Palestinian flags and carried signs reading ‘Queers for Palestine’ and ‘No Pride for some without liberation for all’.
Ahead of the march, Trans Pride Dublin said people must “stand against fascism, racism and the corporatisation of Pride”.
“No Pride in Genocide”@DubTrans march in #DublinPride calling for a free Palestine #Pride2024 pic.twitter.com/08MECZNAWW
— ellen (@ellenfkenny) June 29, 2024
“Pride exists to demand a better world free from oppression, we must stand united against the growing far right and ensure our spaces are not depoliticised in order to make us more palatable,” the group said in a statement.
Members of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) also took part in today’s march.
They are calling on the Irish Government to introduce sanctions on the Israeli Government for the continued conflict in Gaza.
It might be raining in Dublin, but O’Connell Street is alive with colour! Let’s go! Happy #Pride Dublin ? pic.twitter.com/pFwmygLKVJ
— Amnesty Ireland (@AmnestyIreland) June 29, 2024
This year’s march marks 50 years since Dublin’s first Pride parade on June 27th, 1974, organised by the Sexual Liberation Movement.
Large crowds gathered in Dublin’s city centre from O’Connell Street to Merrion Square for the parade despite heavy rain.
Members of youth organisation BelongTo have been chosen as this year’s Grand Marshal for the parade.
Belong To was joined by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly who took part in today’s parade alongside Dublin Lord Mayor James Geoghegan.
Delighted to join #BelongTo for today’s #Dublin #Pride pic.twitter.com/vq61PMrC1R
— Stephen Donnelly (@DonnellyStephen) June 29, 2024
BelongTo CEO Moninne Griffith said while things have improved for LGBT people in recent years, there has been a noticeable backslide more recently.
“In 2015 we won the right to walk down the aisle – but today we’re sometimes afraid to walk down the street holding our partners’ hands,” she said.
“We’ve still a long way to go.”
A Pride event in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, was recently postponed following claims Wicklow Pride members were harassed and threatened with protests.
