Just Ian Photography by Ian Robertson

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Pride 2026 at Glasgow Green

Pride 2026 moves from the streets around Glasgow Green into the slower rhythms of the park. These photographs follow banners, costumes, handmade signs and passing groups, alongside moments of rest beneath the … Show more Show less

Pride 2026 moves from the streets around Glasgow Green into the slower rhythms of the park. These photographs follow banners, costumes, handmade signs and passing groups, alongside moments of rest beneath the trees. The sequence brings public movement and informal gathering into the same frame, tracing a day shaped by conversation, visibility and shared space. Marchers, volunteers, vendors and park-goers appear at different scales: in collective formations, close encounters and small exchanges. Colour carries the brightness of flags, clothing and confetti, while monochrome images offer measured pauses. Together, the photographs create a portrait of Pride as social, mobile and richly varied.

Published
1 August 2026
Location
Glasgow Green
Photographs
13
A group of helmeted motorcyclists, several carrying rainbow flags, ride along a city street; some bikes display L plates. Pride marchers in high-visibility vests and hard hats walk beneath a rainbow “Building Equality” banner. Pride marchers on a city street, including a person holding a sign reading “Puberty Blockers Save Lives” and another sign reading “No Trans Rights No Pride.” A group of Pride attendees walks along a street beside a police van. In front, a person wearing a bright pink cape carries a rainbow folding fan reading “CUNT”, while another person holds a rainbow flag. Three Pride participants walk beside parked cars: one wears a transgender flag as a cape, one is dressed in cowboy-inspired clothing, and one uses a wheelchair while wearing a red cape and silver costume armour. Smiling bearded person wearing a large ram-horn headdress and red patterned garment, holding a carved wooden staff topped with a crystal; colourful flags and other attendees appear behind them. Person in a black jacket and fishnet tights sits on a metal bollard, looking at a phone, while Pride crowds gather behind them on Glasgow Green. A seated man beside a wheeled cart covered with rainbow leis, hats and colourful accessories, with more merchandise spread on the pavement at Glasgow Green. A wheelchair user and two standing people beside a brightly decorated Pride display covered in rainbow colours and flags beneath trees at Glasgow Green. Black-and-white portrait of a person with dramatic eye makeup, a septum ring and facial hair, wearing a leather vest, layered chains, fishnet top and protective arm guards while holding a pole beside an iron fence. Black-and-white photograph of a person resting on grass in fringed boots and sunglasses, with other seated people behind them. Overflowing litter and dog-waste bin beneath trees at Glasgow Green during Pride 2026, with people resting on the grass behind it. People gather beside a canopy tent with a sign reading “Queer Ecology” at Glasgow Green; seated attendees fill the foreground.