The organizers of the annual Cape Town Pride, a gay pride event in Cape Town ending with a pride parade, have announced that they have won the bid to host the WorldPride 2028 in the Mother City. This is the first time a WorldPride will be held in Africa. Cape Town Pride beat fellow bidder Guadalajara Pride, Mexico, after the bid was presented to members of InterPride, the international organization that brings together 548 Pride organizers from 76 countries across the world, at the 42nd Annual General Meeting & World Conference which was held from 23 to 27 October 2024 in MedellÃn, Colombia.
WorldPride is an international event that features a human rights conference, an arts and culture program, social events, as well as a march to highlight LGBT+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, questioning, intersex, non-binary, asexual, polysexual, genderqueer and gender variant people) realities across the world. It gathers Pride organizers, local and international speakers, artists, activists, politicians and participants across all walks of life.
The next WorldPride takes place from 17 May to 8 June 2025, in Washington DC, USA, followed by WorldPride Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, from 31 July to 8 August 2026.
