Star-Studded Launch for World’s Biggest Trans Pride March

[London, 19th July 2025] – London Trans+ Pride brought together prominent activists, celebrities and advocates at the Mandrake Hotel yesterday for a powerful press launch event ahead of their historic march on Saturday 26th July. Last year’s march broke records as the largest trans march in history, with over 60,000 attendees, and organisers are hoping for even greater numbers this year. The march has garnered powerful support from Jeremy Corbyn, Jessie Ware, Jameela Jamil, Eddie Suzy Izzard, Jake Shears, Will Young, Clara Amfo, Harris Dickinson and many others who have shared messages of solidarity.

The event was attended by Munroe Bergdorf, Married At First Sight’s first trans bride Ella Morgan, Heartstopper‘s Bel Priestley, musician Romy, cast members of BBC’s new drama What It Feels Like For A Girl – Hannah Jones and Alex Thomas-Smith – Sex Education‘s Anthony Lexa and key organisers from Trans Kids Deserve Better.

Speaking on a powerful and inspirational panel with Munroe Bergdorf, Trans Kids Deserve Better and Sukey Venables-Fisher (on the London Trans+ Pride organising team) at yesterday’s event, one of the founding members of London Trans+ Pride, Lewis G Burton, emphasised the urgent need for this year’s march: “This year’s theme is ‘Existence and Resistance,’ in response to the recent UK Supreme Court ruling… We are here to remind each other that we’re not going anywhere. We are loved. These legislative things can come into place, but you will not get rid of us. You cannot remove us from society”.

The panel addressed the hostile political climate trans+ people are currently facing in the UK, with Munroe Bergdorf highlighting how “every single one of us is affected by the Supreme Court ruling” and noting that “a red alert for first signs of genocide fell under the radar of the British press. You really just see how orchestrated it all is, and how not only are we being kept out of the room in terms of decision making, but we’re just being kept out of the room, period”.

Young activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better spoke powerfully about the impact on their generation. “It’s hard to explain, especially to a cis person, what it’s like to feel like you’re watching all of the pieces fall into place to take everything away from you,” said Merlin, before declaring: “We’re gonna march in the streets of London and take up space, because we’re not usually allowed to take up space.”
The panel made clear that visible support from allies is now more crucial than ever. “We’re less than 1% of the population, so we’re not going to get anywhere without [allyship],” said Cliff from Trans Kids Deserve Better. 

Munroe Bergdorf went on to say: “That’s what I love so much about London Trans Pride – I arrive feeling stressed, and then I leave feeling galvanized and seen and loved and held”.
London Trans+ Pride returns to central London on Saturday 26th July 2025, marking its seventh year. Last year’s march drew over 60,000 people, making it the largest Trans Pride in history.
This year’s march comes at a critical time, following the Supreme Court ruling that redefined “biological sex” in a way that enables exclusion of trans women from single-sex services – a decision made without consultation from a single trans-led organisation.

The march demands include a total ban on conversion therapy, fully funded gender-affirming healthcare, and legal recognition for non-binary people. As organisers emphasise, “We don’t want special treatment — we want to live in peace, to love freely, to build our futures without fear.”

London Trans+ Pride takes place Saturday 26th July 2025 in central London.