More than 35,000 marchers from around 600 groups walked through central London on Saturday for the city's annual Pride parade, travelling from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall via Piccadilly. London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined the crowd, while organisers highlighted ongoing concerns including NHS gender-affirming care waiting lists exceeding four years in some regions, the closure of 58% of the city's LGBTQ+ venues since 2006, and over 18,000 hate crimes based on sexual orientation reported to police in 2025. The event, which traces its roots to Britain's first official Pride march in July 1972, has faced criticism in recent years over corporate "pinkwashing" and some groups' links to the arms trade, leading several LGBTQ+ organisations to distance themselves from the march since 2024.