In 2024, 60,000 people gathered in London for the largest Trans+ Pride in history.
London Trans+ Pride returns to central London on Saturday, 26 July 2025, marking its seventh year of unapologetic protest, visibility, and solidarity.
This year’s Trans+ Pride theme is ‘Existence and Resistance’
At a time when trans+ people in the UK are being pushed further to the margins – through punitive legislation, inflammatory media narratives, and a stark rollback of rights – this year’s march is more important now than ever before.
What started as a grassroots gathering has transformed into a bold, record-breaking movement. In 2024, more than 60,000 people marched in the largest Trans Pride event ever, demanding justice, recognition, and an end to systemic marginalisation.
As political hostility rises, this year’s event is a defiant stand against erasure, and a celebration of trans+ lives, past and present, resilience, activism and joy.
“I stand in solidarity with the trans community and always will. Trans rights are human rights and they deserve our protection empathy and understanding. I despise that they are being used as scapegoats for human suffering when the source of it is actually the very people who try and brainwash people into discriminating against them. My heart goes out to all my trans friends, I am a proud and loving ally.”
Paloma Faith (she/her)
The recent Supreme Court ruling, which redefined “biological sex” in a way that enables the exclusion of trans women from single-sex services, has intensified an already hostile environment for trans people in the UK. Made without consultation from a single trans-led organisation, the ruling has sown fear, confusion, and further alienation.
In the face of this, visible and vocal allyship from cisgender people is not just welcome, it is essential.
“London Trans Pride is a beautiful annual event of joy, protest, love and more. It is now, more than ever, vital that we support the trans community by any means possible – they are one of the most marginalised groups of people in the UK and in recent years they have been under near constant attack from all sides and enough is enough. I implore people from across the UK to turn up this year (be it physical or financial) to show the anti-trans lawmakers, politicians and hate groups that they are on the wrong side of history and that trans people are loved and supported universally.”
Rina Sawayama (she/her)
Silence from those in positions of privilege only strengthens the systems and emboldens the rhetoric that aims to marginalise trans lives.
Now more than ever, it is crucial for cisgender allies to speak up, show support, and stand alongside the trans+ community in the fight for dignity, equality, and justice.
Defiant messages of solidarity and support
Messages of support have come from the likes of Jeremy Corbyn, Jessie Ware, Munroe Bergdorf, Jameela Jamil, Eddie Izzard, Jake Shears, Will Young, Clara Amfo, Nicola Roberts, and Honey Dijon, among others.
“Trans rights are human rights. I proudly stand with the trans community – with love and respect, always.”
Jessie Ware (she/her)
“The trans community are leaders in freedom, passion, solidarity, and frankly, fun. It is in the best interests of our society to uphold and protect them. As they have always tried to uphold and protect others.”
Jameela Jamil (she/her)
“There has never been a more important time to turn up in solidarity with the trans community. Trans people are one of the most marginalised groups in society, but they are so much more than that. They are artists. They are writers. They are campaigners. Above all, they are human beings who just want to live in dignity and peace.”
Jeremy Corbyn (he/him)
“Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Trans Rights are Human Rights. End of story. We have to make this work.”
Eddie Suzy Izzard (she/her)
“I stand in full solidarity with all trans people. The political hijacking of your lives and bodies is driven by a minority, and please know that you are supported, cared for, and loved.”
Will Young (he/him)
“No LGB without the T! Trans people deserve our love, safety, and respect and no amount of government rhetoric can erase their existence, no matter how hard they try. It’s on all of us to step up and show the world that we are not going backwards. The world spins forward, and so must we.”
Russell Tovey (he/him)
“To be yourself in a world that tries to erase you is defiant and beautiful. I see you, I support you, I celebrate you.”
Alison Goldfrapp (she/her)
“To our trans family: You are seen, you are valued, and you are deeply loved. We stand with you, today and always. Your strength and beauty inspire us all.”
Steps
“No amount of legislation will ever erase or silence trans people, we have always been here and will continue to exist outside of an antiquated oppressive system known as the patriarchy.”
Honey Dijon (she/her)
“Every year, the importance of this march grows and grows. With this year seeing in the UK both our two major political parties consistently using trans people as scapegoats for misinformation and harmful rhetoric, it is more vital than ever we show up and remind this country that we are a community who deserve respect, love and safety – and that there are many who agree with this. Trans pride continues to be the best day in the calender year. Where our hurt, anger and demands for justice are blended with love, community & a reminder of the power of solidarity.”
Travis Alabanza (they/them)
“The Supreme Court Ruling is not unique, or unexpected. Our rights have been under attack for a long time and we will not sit by and let the world kick us into the ground. The only solution to our despair is action. We need to remember why we are here. Pride is a protest, and was fought for by generations of unheard trans people. TKDB recognises the power of Trans Pride, and the privilege to have a chance to be loud, and to be ourselves. But we will have nothing left if we do not continue the fight of the generations before us – don’t stop at London Trans Pride! Support your most vulnerable communities: trans kids, black trans women, disabled trans folks; we are the fight, and we are the future. Finally, stop saying ‘Protect Trans Kids’ – you haven’t, and we’ve been left to protect ourselves. Stop with the empty phrases! Stand up! Fight back!”.
Trans Kids Deserve Better
“It goes without saying that there has never been a more urgent time for allyship. At home and abroad, our community is under attack. This year, I’m asking you to go one step further – to shelve passive allyship and step into active advocacy. We need you more than ever to shoulder the weight of our message, not just at marches, but in your everyday life. Show up on the streets and then: take that same energy to your workplace, your social circles, your local pub, and your polling booth. When you witness the power, beauty and collective strength of our community at London Trans Pride, I hope it doesn’t just move you — I hope it galvanises you into action.”
Dani St James (she/her), Not A Phase
“With British trans people facing so much uncertainty on how our day to day lives will change following the Supreme Court ruling and subsequent EHRC guidance. It’s essential that as many of us as possible take to the streets in protest, to show our pride and that we will not be erased, shamed, segregated or forced back into the margins. Watching London Trans Pride grow year on year is both a reminder that trans people aren’t going anywhere, and that our allies see through the relentless, nonsensical, transphobic culture war targeting our community through British politics and much of the media.”
Munroe Bergdorf (she/her)
