Dublin Pride has long been a highlight of the Irish LGBT+ calendar and serves as an established hallmark in the Irish Pride movement. The festival has been steadily gaining impetus since its inception and has influenced the development of new, smaller Pride festivals across the country, in counties such as Galway, Cork, and, most recently, Carlow. The popularity of Dublin Pride has, in some sense, located the LGBT+ community in mainstream discourse during the month of June, and particularly throughout the festival.
The prospect of a liberal, welcoming, street party attracts thousands of people each year, and its continued growth has led to its influence being felt in all sectors of society; more and more companies and organisations are adopting the Pride colours throughout June and beginning to have a presence at the Parade.
Present-day Pride is now conceived of at a distance from its indignant origins: demonstrations for LGBT+ rights. Ollie Bell and Clara Barry are organising this second Trans Pride as a reaction to what they see as the transformation of Dublin Pride into a sensational, corporatised party-like event often tokenised by those same corporations.