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June is a celebration of Pride: the movement for the self-respect, dignity and equality for the LGBTQ+ community around the world. On this occasion, we will use thematic questionnaires to assess the opinions of our users in the Pulzus application, and we will analyze the collected data in a series of articles published on our website on a weekly basis.
It has been a proven tactic for centuries for social groups that perceive oppression to take to the streets to demand their equality. However, history had to progress until the XX century for such demonstrations to become peaceful, both from the side of the participants and from the side of the authorities. The leaders who fought for gay rights and sexual freedom drew much from the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance and Martin Luther King Jr.’s African American Civil Rights Movement. The first Pride is considered to be the peaceful march that took place in Chicago in 1970 on June 27. The purpose of the event was originally to march from Washington Square Park to the Water Tower in memory of the Stonewall riots, but eventually they went all the way to the civic center, and the demonstration continued the next day. In parallel, similar marches took place on the West Coast, in San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is important to point out that gay rights protests were very difficult to authorize at the time, and police protection was only reluctantly provided, as “otherness” was considered so unacceptable. The then chief of police of Los Angeles, for example, said: “As far as I’m concerned, granting a permit to a group of homosexuals to parade down Hollywood Boulevard would be the same as giving a permit to a group of thieves and robbers.” According to the Budapest Pride website, gatherings and cultural programs have been organized annually in Hungary since 1992 on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. The festival adopted the name Budapest Pride in 2009.
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Who participates?
Contrary to common beliefs and prejudices, the Budapest Pride is not just a parade of people on the LGBTQ+ spectrum who are fighting for their own equality. They welcome people of all gender identities and sexuality who are sympathetic to the promotion of identity and sexual freedoms.
It is also a misconception that Budapest Pride is an event that violates public taste, promotes public nudity and exhibitionism. Although there are some loosely-dressed people every year, they make up a very small percentage of the participants and usually march at the very beginning of the demonstration. TV cameras almost exclusively record them, and viewers who are never experienced the Pride march themselved can easily draw the wrong conclusion that the people they see on the screen can be identified with the entire team of participants of Budapest Pride. The reality is that this parade is more like a May Day Summer Festival with a good atmosphere, in which all ages are represented, and in many cases you can also see families with children.
What happens?
Every year, the official organizers of Budapest Pride get the parade authorized months in advance, and as a result, the Hungarian state ensures the police protection of the demonstration. The participants meet at a meeting point predetermined by the organizers at a designated time, and then march along a specified route to the venue of a festival event. At the end of the protest, they listen to speeches, have picnics, and the more persistent stay for a party.
This year, the 27th Budapest Pride will take place on the 23th of July. The gathering place is in the 13th district, at the corner of Dráva Street, followed by the crowd marching on Carl Lutz and id. Antall József quays, passing the Parliament, and making their way to Szabadság Square, where the stage and the “civic village”.
Weekly public opinion poll
During the fourth week of Pride Month, we asked the following questions on the Pulzus app:
• What do you think the Pride Parade is about? You can mark multiple answers!
• Do you think the Pride Parade is justified?
• Would you be open to ever participating in a Pride Parade?
• What was the reason why you took part in the Pride Parade? You can mark multiple answers!
The detailed results of the survey conducted in the application can be viewed in the diagrams below.
What do you think the Pride Parade is about? You can mark multiple answers!
Next week we will provide more thematic questions and analysis. Join us to find out more about the topic!
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