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Cuenca Pride
Cuenca Pride is an annual march in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, in commemoration of the International LGBT Pride Day. During the march, people from LGBT communities parade through the city streets wearing colorful clothing and holding signs with messages of advocacy, as a show of pride in their identity and as a commemoration of the struggle for social inclusion and the rights of sexual diversity. The march was first held in 2014 and takes place each year in late June in the historic center of the city. Attendance reaches several thousand people each year, with approximately 5,000 attendees at the 2023 march. In addition to common activities held in other similar marches, the traditional burning of the vaca loca is a unique element of the Cuenca march.
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Cuenca Pride is an annual march in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, in commemoration of the International LGBT Pride Day. During the march, people from LGBT communities parade through the city streets wearing colorful clothing and holding signs with messages of advocacy, as a show of pride in their identity and as a commemoration of the struggle for social inclusion and the rights of sexual diversity. The march was first held in 2014 and takes place each year in late June in the historic center of the city. Attendance reaches several thousand people each year, with approximately 5,000 attendees at the 2023 march. In addition to common activities held in other similar marches, the traditional burning of the vaca loca is a unique element of the Cuenca march.
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