55,000 – 60,000 ATTENDEES TAKING TO THE STREETS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE TRANS+ COMMUNITY

London Trans+ Pride (LT+P) took place on Saturday 27th July and broke records as the biggest trans pride in the world, and in history, with 55,000-60,000 attendees marching through central London in solidarity with the trans+ community. Powerful speeches were conducted from the likes of Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney, Trans Legal Clinic founder Olivia Campbell-Cavendish, Trans Prisoner Alliance founder and activist Sarah Jane Baker and many more.

Speaking about 2024’s event, one of the founding members of LT+P Lewis G. Burton says:

“London Trans+ Pride 2024 was the biggest one to date! This show of solidarity with the trans+ community yesterday was so powerful and poignant – in a time when we need the public’s show of support now more than ever. We have confirmation that 55,000-60,000+ people were in attendance at its highest point, meaning that this made London Trans+ Pride the biggest trans pride march in the world right now. Often at times due to vitriol and bigotry inflated by the UK media that our community faces we often feel like we live in a country where we are not loved and respected. Yesterday was a beautiful reminder to not only the glorious trans+ community but to London, the new Labour government and the rest of the world that trans+ people are loved and this love is a huge majority”.

LT+P is a peaceful march through central London, open to trans+ people, the LGBTQIA+ community and allies, joining in a union of celebration for trans+ lives, past and present, standing for trans+ rights and marching in solidarity with Palestine, Sudan, Haiti and Congo.

“THIS YEAR’S THEME IS IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING INJUSTICES AND ATROCITIES HAPPENING ACROSS THE WORLD”
LEWIS G. BURTON, FOUNDING MEMBER OF LONDON TRANS+ PRIDE

Holding a Press Brunch the morning before LT+P this year, on Friday 26th July at The Mandrake Hotel, LT+P had an incredible show of support from the likes of Bimini (artist), Romy (artist), Ella Morgan (Married At First Sight), Yasmin Finney (Heartstopper), Baby (Ru Paul’s Drag Race), Le Fil (Ru Paul’s Drag Race), Olivia Campbell Cavendish (Trans Legal Clinic), Jude Guaitamacchi (Trans Solidarity Alliance) and many more. A moving panel took place with Bimini, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish, Lewis G Burton, Jude Guaitamacchi, Ella Morgan, Ren (LT+P organiser), urging attendees of the importance of attending LT+P and supporting the trans+ community during these testing times.

“This year’s theme is in response to the ongoing injustices and atrocities happening across the world”, the founding member of London Trans+ Pride Lewis G. Burton says. Justice and Liberation is seemingly sought out by all, however more often than not does not include trans+ people. The lives of a minority group (around 0.5% of the U.K. population) are routinely questioned, delegitimised, ridiculed, gate-kept and used as divisive, political pawns.

2024 has seen a rise in attempts to back-pedal the trans+ community’s human rights. There has been a higher number of notable attacks on trans+ youth, further generating a toxic climate in the U.K., and trans+ youth especially need allyship now more than ever.

This was the most important year in London Trans+ Pride’s history. Trans+ rights and the call for trans+ justice are intrinsically linked to racial justice, climate justice and disability justice movements. With the knockbacks and attempts to reverse trans+ people’s human rights, London Trans+ Pride’s attendance being record-breaking this year is the beautiful support the community needed.

Photo Credit: AJ Stetson