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An emblematic event
The City of Montpellier is part of a long historical tradition of tolerance, hospitality and openness to others.
Organized every year in June, the Montpellier Pride March is an emblematic gathering to fight homophobia and demand the freedom to be oneself, whatever one's sexual identity.
Through joy and communion, the City reminds us that love in all its forms is at home in Montpellier.
Enjoy without risk
With 40% of its population under the age of 30, including 80,000 students, Montpellier is a young and festive city.
While partying and nightlife are undeniable assets, they also entail risks: sexually transmitted infections, auditory risks, violence, assaults on consent, drunk driving,...
The city, which has always been very active on issues of health prevention and risk reduction, is developing an innovative support scheme called "Enjoy without risk".
Promoted by the associations CODES 34 and Avenir Santé in conjunction with City services, this scheme is deployed at festive events and in public spaces.
The professionals, trained specifically for this type of intervention, will offer dialogue, information, guidance but also prevention tools (condoms, breathalyzers, single-use equipment...)
History of Gay Pride
On the night of June 27-28, 1969, a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people rebelled against police forces who had come to raid the Stonewall Inn, a New York gay bar on Christopher Street.
The fight between riot police and those present raged on for several days. The riots have since been seen as a major milestone in the fight for equal rights between heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual, transgender and cisgender people.
Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy and Linda Rhodes proposed that a parade be organized in New York to commemorate them, drawing activists from Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles into the action.
On Saturday, June 27, 1970, the world's first Pride took place in Chicago, followed by another in San Francisco. The following day, larger rallies were held in New York (under the name Christopher Street Liberation Day) and Los Angeles.
In Europe, the first march took place, in Munster, Germany, on April 29, 1972 bringing together around 200 people.
In France, it was from 1971 that a visible LGBTQ+ movement was established, with the creation of the FHAR (Front Homosexuel d'Action Révolutionnaire). In May, activists invited themselves to the trade union parade; this was to be the first step towards the Gay Pride parade.
On June 25, 1977, the first independent homosexual demonstration was organized in Paris. On April 4, 1981, 10,000 people marched as presidential candidate François Mitterrand pledged to decriminalize homosexuality. Once elected, President François Mitterrand honored this pledge the following year.
Since then, the Marche des Fiertés has taken place in June every year in most of France's major cities.
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