gay pride

noun

A feeling of pride in one's homosexuality; embrace of a positive gay identity and rejection of shame imposed by homophobia.

“My first gay pride was in 1998 and I've been to every one since.”

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Meanings

noungay pride (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA feeling of pride in one's homosexuality; embrace of a positive gay identity and rejection of shame imposed by homophobia.

    Gay Pride, for all its need to show off, did not alienate old-liners of the homophile movement, nor uncommitted young and middle-aged gays, nor even old and/or closety homosexuals.

    1971, Donn Teal, The gay militants, page 85
  2. uncountableA pride festival or pride parade.

    My first gay pride was in 1998 and I've been to every one since.

Origin

Possibly modelled on black pride.

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Translations

Arabic فَخْر مِثْلِيِّين
  • فَخْر مِثْلِيِّين (faḵr miṯliyyīn)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Bulgarian гей го́рдост, гей пра́йд
  • гей го́рдост (gej górdost)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • гей пра́йд (gej prájd)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Catalan orgull gai
  • orgull gaia feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Chinese Mandarin 同志驕傲 /同志骄傲, 同性戀自豪 /同性恋自豪
  • 同志驕傲 /同志骄傲 (tóngzhì jiao'ào)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • 同性戀自豪 /同性恋自豪 (tóngxìngliàn zìháo)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • 同志自豪 (tóngzhì zìháo)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Esperanto gejfiero, gejfiereco
  • gejfieroa feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • gejfierecoa feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Finnish pride
  • pridea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
French Gay Pride, Fierté Gaie
  • Gay Pridea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Fierté Gaiea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
German Gay Pride
  • Gay Pridea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Hebrew גַּאֲוָה
  • גַּאֲוָה (ga'avá)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Hindi गे प्राइड, गे गर्व
  • गे प्राइड (ge prāiḍ)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • गे गर्व (ge garv)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Japanese ゲイ・プライド
  • ゲイ・プライド (gei-puraido)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Korean 게이 프라이드
  • 게이 프라이드 (gei peuraideu)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Persian افتخار به همجنسگرایی
  • افتخار به همجنسگرایی (eftexâr be ham-jens-garâyi)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Polish gay pride
  • gay pridea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Portuguese orgulho gay
  • orgulho gaya feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Russian гей-пра́йд, гей-пара́д
  • гей-пра́йд (gej-prájd)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • гей-пара́д (gej-parád)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Spanish orgullo gay
  • orgullo gaya feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Swedish pride
  • pridea feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Thai เกย์ไพรด์
  • เกย์ไพรด์ (gee-prái)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Turkish Gey Onur Günü
  • Gey Onur Günüa feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Ukrainian ґей-пра́йд, гей-пра́йд
  • ґей-пра́йд (gej-prájd)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • гей-пра́йд (hej-prájd)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • ґей-пара́д (gej-parád)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • гей-пара́д (hej-parád)a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Welsh balchder hoyw
  • balchder hoywa feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
Cite this entry
APA

gay pride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20pride

MLA

“gay pride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20pride. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gay pride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20pride.

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