Como Pride 2026

Como is the capital of the province of the same name in Lombardy, with a population of a little over 83,000. The town has no large annual Pride with a fixed date. Como Pride is organised by its own committee, the Comitato Como Pride. When the march returned after a 22-year gap, participants gathered in the afternoon at the Giardini a lago next to the Tempio Voltiano, the lakeside museum dedicated to Alessandro Volta. Several city councillors joined them.

The committee used the march to put demands to the city administration. It asked for an advisory council to monitor and prevent violence against queer people, for the city's official patronage and for awareness campaigns. Whether and when the next Como Pride takes place is announced by the committee itself.

The local association Svolta Arcobaleno is also active in Como. It is affiliated with Arcigay, Italy's national LGBTI association, having joined through the territorial committee of Arcigay Varese, which covers the provinces of Varese and Como. For a large Pride, most people head to Milan. Milano Pride combines its parade with a programme of events and a Pride House, and regional trains run there directly from Como.

On the legal side, same-sex couples in Italy can enter a civil union (unione civile), which gives them most of the rights of marriage. Marriage itself is not available to them, and same-sex marriages performed abroad are registered as civil unions. Joint adoption is not permitted. Discrimination based on sexual orientation is banned in employment, but there is still no national law that also covers gender identity. Legal gender change is possible and no longer requires sterilisation.