#PrideBikeBop @ Dublin Pride

Image is a photo take during last year's Pride Bike Bop by @embeeie. It shows two queer women cycling away from the camera as they travel north along O'Connell Street, Dublin 1. They're wearing pride flags on their backs (like capes, really) and are holding hands in the air. One of the women also has an "End Direct Provision" tote bag on her back, because end Direct Provision, ffs.
Pride Bike Bop 2021 (Image: @embeeie)

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#PrideBikeBop returns!
Saturday, 24 June 2023

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It’s finally June! – which means ’tis the season to remember that Pride is Protest. And so, we’re currently working on our plans to bring Pride Bike Bop to this year’s Dublin Pride March!

We ask that everyone joining us registers in advance
via the sign up form at this link

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What, you may ask, is Pride Bike Bop?

In 2021, like so many things, Pride Month couldn’t really be celebrated due to the pandemic. And so, Monthly Cycles organised Pride Bike Bop (#PrideBikeBop), with the support of IBikeDublin.

We took our LGBTQ+ selves on a queer cycling tour of Dublin city centre with absolutely epic tunes. (We also gave a cheer as we passed a couple of dapper chaps tying the knot at City Hall!)

And so, we thought: Why not do it again – but in the Pride March?

Last year, in solidarity with our trans & nb siblings, we had to cancel our plans to bring Pride Bike Bop to Dublin Pride.

But this year, we’re all systems go!

Is this the first time a cycling group has entered the Pride March in Dublin? We think so! So come join us and make a little bit of queer af history! โœŠ

Important Note: While we understand that some may reject participation in a Dublin Pride event, our current view is to seek reclaim Pride for the community, rather than yield it entirely to corporate capture.

Pride Is Protest, always.

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