Margate Pride

Margate Pride envisions a world where all LGBTQIA+ people live safely, joyfully, and openly as their whole selves in the communities they call home.

About Us

Margate Pride is a community-led celebration of LGBTQIA+ life, creativity, and activism. We bring people together through diverse events—from parades and art trails to social gatherings and advocacy platforms—championing inclusivity and fostering meaningful connections. Proudly grassroots and non-profit, we rely on community support to create free, accessible events that inspire and empower all.

  • Explore our calendar for Margate Pride events and queer happenings across Margate—or list your own.

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  • Get involved with Margate Pride through volunteering, joining the Friends of Dorothy, exploring our queer and allied business directory or simply donating.

    Get Involved

  • Discover Margate Pride's history and help shape our legacy by sharing your stories, photos, and videos to preserve our journey for future generations.

    Discover Our History

SATURDAY 9 AUGUST 2025

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SATURDAY 9 AUGUST 2025 ⋆

View fullsize Posted @withregram • @mermaidsgender As LGBTQ+ sector organisations, we are deeply disappointed that the UK Government has decided to continue criminalising the prescription of puberty suppressing medicines for trans children and young people ou
View fullsize QUEER STUFF IN THANET We’re pulling together the listings for queer stuff going on in Thanet for JANUARY 2025. If you would like your event or activity included, please complete our online form [https://www.margatepride.org.uk/submit/] or get
View fullsize This World AIDS Day 2024, we stand together to raise awareness, fight stigma, and support the 39+ million people living with HIV. This year’s theme, “Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress,” reminds us that only tog
View fullsize Each Year, individuals, groups and organisations donate [cash and in-kind] support. These donations are the life blood of Margate Pride. As the year nears its end, we wanted to give a little shout out to some of the excellent folk who have gone abov
View fullsize For the 2024 Margate Pride Festival evaluation, we shifted our focus toward gathering more in-depth qualitative data. We prioritised open-ended feedback forms and real-life feedback forums rather than relying heavily on traditional data extraction me
View fullsize Trangender Day of Remembrance honours the lives of transgender and gender-diverse individuals who have been lost to anti-transgender violence. It is a day of reflection, remembering those who faced discrimination, hatred, and brutality simply for bei
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View fullsize Trans Awareness Week, celebrated annually from November 13-19, is dedicated to raising visibility and support for transgender and gender-nonconforming people. The week highlights the challenges faced by trans individuals, including discrimination, vi
View fullsize Intersex Day of Remembrance, honours the memory of those who have suffered or died due to prejudice, discrimination, and violence against intersex individuals. This day brings awareness to the challenges intersex people face, including non-consensual
View fullsize Posted @withregram • @lgbthistorymonth We are delighted to be launching the UK LGBT+ History Month 2025 theme from Conway Hall. A place steeped in history from the conference of doctors that led to the founding of the NHS, to speakers such as Ge
View fullsize QUEER STUFF IN THANET We’re pulling together the listings for queer stuff going on in Thanet for DECEMBER 2024. If you would like your event or activity included, please complete our online form [https://www.margatepride.org.uk/submit/] or ge
View fullsize Happy Trans Parent day! Trans Parent Day is celebrated to honour and uplift transgender and gender non-conforming parents, as well as parents of transgender children. The day is a celebration of love, acceptance, and family diversity, challenging tr
View fullsize VARNISH Saturday 2nd November. 8-10pm ARK, Cliftonville TICKETS via @arkcliftonville “I was chosen, you see. Right from the start. They weren’t prepared to leave the quality of their offspring to chance!” It takes star quality to
View fullsize Thank you to everyone who came along to our Margate Youth Pride Tie Dye workshop yesterday @margateartsclub Our facilitator Carole helped us to rejuvenate t-shirts using natural dyes from plants. Turmeric, red cabbage, lemon juice and baking powder
View fullsize SHAPESHIFTERS ELISSA CRAY + JOLINE KWAKKENBOS Curated by Dame Tracey Emin DBE @tkestudios Preview: Saturday 2nd November, 5- 8pm This exhibition brings together two queer artists, each carving out their own dialogue with the self, gender and ident
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View fullsize It's Intersex Awareness Day! Today, we celebrate and support intersex individuals, acknowledging their unique experiences and contributions. Intersex Awareness Day is about spreading knowledge, breaking down harmful stereotypes, and advocating for th
View fullsize We’re very happy to share the rescheduled FilmPride Screening as part of @margatefilmfest THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER, 2024 6PM @tomthumbtheatre Deborah Espect is the Festival Director of @filmpride - Brighton & Hove Pride's Official Queer F