Mérida Pride 2025: ‘Diversity Advances’ With a March Down the Paseo
“No turning back, diversity advances” is the slogan for the 2025 Pride March in Yucatán. The largest Pride celebration in Mérida will start at the Monumento a la Patria in Mérida at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. This is Mérida’s 23rd annual LGBTQ+ Pride March.
The annual June celebration has exploded in popularity, from barely a thousand participants a decade ago to 2024, when a crowd of over 20,000 was estimated.
(Compare the current Mérida Pride march with the one we covered back in 2017.) This year, organizers project around 25,000 participants.
Originally winding its way through secondary streets, since 2022, Mérida Pride has overtaken the Paseo de Montejo to become the grand boulevard’s biggest annual event.
As part of the activities, the Dharma Institute will host a series of events over three weeks, including conferences, workshops, and cultural, sports, and recreational activities.
A week later, on Saturday, June 14, Valladolid, Ticul, and Progreso will celebrate diversity with an LGBTQ+ Pride march. The latter, the port city’s ninth march, will launch at Casa del Pastel and make its way to Parque Independencia in front of the Ayuntamiento.
Drag performer Paige Bomba will wear the Diversity Queen crown this year, succeeding her predecessor, Keilanyx.
In addition, like last year, the new queen’s parents will also be crowned to recognize their support.
Diversidad Progreso also announced they will join forces this year to hold the fifth LGBTQ+ Pride March in Chelem. This year, the march will be held on Saturday, May 31, and will be linked to the network of national marches coordinated by the Pride Yucatán group.
Celebrations are also planned in much smaller and more remote municipalities. Muna, Motul and Dzoncauich have marches scheduled for June 21; Teabo, Tizimin, Izamal, and Temax on June 28; Chumayel on June 29; Uman and Tekit on July 5; and Conkal on July 12.
Organizers are broadening their outreach beyond lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people. Current literature references the LGBTTQQIAAP community to include a wider range of sexual orientations and gender identities. It stands for: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic, Ally, and Pansexual.
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