Pride in Central London 2025

This Pride season, Regent Street proudly celebrates the spirit of inclusivity, visibility, and love with the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag unfurled along our iconic curve. As the heart of London comes alive with colour, we stand united with the LGBTIQA+ community honouring diversity and inclusivity throughout June, July and beyond.  

Pride Parade – Saturday 5th July 

We’re thrilled to support the Pride in London Parade, returning on 5 July. The parade will follow its historic route, from Hyde Park Corner down Piccadilly and around Piccadilly Circus, before heading through St James’s to Whitehall. 

Whether you’re cheering from the sidelines or marching with pride, we invite you to share your photos with us on Instagram at @RegentStreetW1 and @StJamesLondon. 

A closer look at the Pride flags

Each year, Pride is symbolised by a growing family of flags that represent the beautiful diversity of the global LGBTIQA+ community. Here’s a brief history of some of the key Pride flags flying with meaning and purpose: 

2021 – Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag 

Created by Valentino Vecchietti, this inclusive design integrates the intersex symbol into the Progress Pride flag. It represents people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). The flag also honours Black, Brown and Indigenous people, as well as those affected by HIV/AIDS. It reflects the values of the Yogyakarta Principles +10 in international human rights. 

2018 – Progress Pride Flag 

Designed by Daniel Quasar, this flag builds on the Philadelphia Pride flag. It includes stripes for trans and non-binary communities and a chevron to acknowledge people living with or lost to HIV/AIDS. 

2017 – Philadelphia Pride Flag 

Spearheaded by activist Amber Hikes, this version added black and brown stripes to the traditional rainbow to celebrate people of colour and Indigenous members of the LGBTIQA+ community. 

2013 – Intersex Pride Flag 

Created by Morgan Carpenter, this flag features a yellow background with a purple circle, avoiding gendered colours and symbolising wholeness and autonomy for those with natural variations in sex characteristics. 

1999 – Trans Pride Flag 

Monica Helms’ design includes light blue, pink, and white stripes to represent trans men, trans women, and those with non-binary or undefined genders. 

1978 – Rainbow Pride Flag 

Originally designed by Gilbert Baker, this now-iconic symbol of Pride used eight colours, each representing aspects of life such as healing, nature, and spirit. Today, the simplified six-stripe version is widely recognised around the world. 

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