Draft:Bogotá Pride

Bogotá Pride is an annual Pride event held in Bogotá, Colombia on the last Sunday in June. It is the largest pride parade in Colombia, attracting more than 100,000 participants in 2023.

History
The first LGBT+ march in Bogotá occurred on June 28, 1983 when a group of around 32 homosexuals met to protest by marching from the Plaza de Toros de Bogotá to the Plazoleta de las Nieves; this event is considered by some authors as the Colombia's first pride march.

The first LGBT+ pride parade in Bogotá was held for the first time on June 28, 1996, organized by Grupo Equiláteros and activists Manuel Velandia and León Zuleta with a small number of participants. The following year the parade gained strength thanks to the Cultural and Sports Week, created by the G&L organization, and which took place between June 21 and 30; That week included a parade along the Bogotá bike path in which a rainbow flag 16 meters long and 3 meters wide was displayed.

Between 2003 and 2008 the march was called "March of Full LGBT+ Citizenship" and in 2009 and 2010 they were called "Marchs of Diverse Citizenships". In 2019 the Bogotá pride march, which moved along Carrera Séptima from the National Park to the Plaza de Bolívar, brought together approximately 90,000 people.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bogotá LGBT+ pride march was suspended in 2020 and was replaced by a virtual event held on June 28. The following year the in-person marches were resumed and took place on July 4.