London Trans+ Pride draws record 150,000 people as march ends in Trafalgar Square for first time

London Trans+ Pride set a new record on Saturday with 150,000 people marching through central London, up from 100,000 last year, ending for the first time in Trafalgar Square with speeches from Kae Tempest, Ceyenne Doroshow, Qween Jean and more.

An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London on Saturday in what organisers say is the world's largest trans pride event, up from more than 100,000 last year.

The march ended in Trafalgar Square for the first time, with speeches and performances from musician and poet Kae Tempest, Ceyenne Doroshow (founder of G.L.I.T.S. and described by GQ as the "Godmother" of the Black Trans Lives Matter movement), Qween Jean (the first openly trans Tony Award winner), and drag king Chiyo.

Celebrities including Heartstopper stars Joe Locke and Yasmin Finney, model Munroe Bergdorf, and author Juno Roche were also in attendance.

The march began at Langham Place at 1pm and travelled south down Regent Street before ending at Trafalgar Square at 3.30pm. The square itself featured Teresa Margolles's sculpture bearing face casts of 726 trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.

Speaking onstage, Kae Tempest told the crowd: "I've been in tears. Over the last 15 years, throughout my transition, every time I've come to Trans Pride, it really is something so special for me."

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This year's theme, 'Our Future, Our Fight', comes less than two weeks before the EHRC's Code of Practice comes into force on 5 August 2026, which directs that single-sex spaces should only be open to people of the same biological sex.

The EHRC guidance follows last year's Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, which held that the terms "woman" and "sex" under the Equality Act 2010 mean "biological woman" and "biological sex".

Lewis G Burton, one of the founding members of London Trans+ Pride, said: "Every single person who marched today is proof that we are not going anywhere, that our joy is louder than their hate, and that London Trans+ Pride will keep fighting, keep loving, and keep growing until every trans person is safe, seen, and free."

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Volunteers carried the Trans Unity Quilt through the march, a 96-metre patchwork made up of over 300 patches contributed by trans people across the UK. The quilt's 12 panels will now be held at Bishopsgate Archives before touring Pride events nationally.

London Trans+ Pride was established in 2019, inspired by Trans Pride Brighton as a grassroots alternative to London's other Pride marches.