Some 2,000 people are said to have turned up the Hong Kong Pride Parade held last Saturday, according to media reports.

Organised by local gay and lesbian groups, the hour-long parade wound through the busy streets of Causeway Bay and Wanchai, to raise awareness about the LGBT community and call for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against lesbians, gays and transgender people. 

The theme of the parade was “For queer, for love, for equality”. 

The first gay pride parade was held in 2008 although the territory had held three annual marches since 2005 to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). A parade was not held in 2010 as the event in 2009 incurred a loss of HK$77,000 (US$10,000).