Pride Maracaibo

Maracaibo's Pride march is small, but it's real. In 2024, an EFE photographer captured a march in the city on Friday, 28 June, for International LGBTIQ Pride Day. The next year, Diario La Verdad reported that people of all ages joined in on Saturday, 28 June 2025. The reports don't mention an organiser, but they do describe local collectives, human-rights groups, and young people marching for legal recognition and protection from discrimination.

There's no confirmed report of a 2026 march, and the 2027 date hadn't been announced at the time of writing. If the pattern holds, it'll likely happen around 28 June. Caracas hosts Venezuela's biggest Pride march.

Same-sex relationships are legal in Venezuela, but don't expect marriage, civil union, or anti-discrimination laws. Police often use vague public-decency charges. In February 2024, two people were detained in Maracaibo over a photo shoot outside the Basílica de la Chiquinquirá. March with a group, keep your valuables out of sight, and leave if police start stopping people.