World gay pride 2022
Pride Around the Planet
#OutrightProud
Across the world, Lgbtq+ fest remains a protest, a salient act of resistance uniting lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender, intersex, and lgbtq+ (LGBTIQ) people. As socio-cultural and political contexts evolve, Pride and LGBTIQ noticeability events celebrate resilience, progress, and courage, and they showcase the persistence of LGBTIQ communities in constructing liberating alternatives enforced cisheternormativity.
Outright International identified UN member states worldwide where Celebration and other LGBTIQ representation events were held in , with at least 61 of these holding Pride events both within and outside the capital city. These events aim at resisting state-sanctioned homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and intersexphobia, building public awareness about LGBTIQ populations through the reaffirmation of the universe of diversity, building group and collaboration within LGBTIQ populations, and celebrating gains. Pride doesn’t always hold the form of marches or parades; it has evolved to include festivals, performances, social events,
Pride Month British Embassy joins parade in Guatemala
British Embassy staff led by Ambassador Nick Whittingham, participated in Guatemala’s celebration event on 25 June. The famous parade returned alongside a slew of events in collaboration with different human rights organizations.
Unfortunately, the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons remain vulnerable or actively violated in many places. LGBTQI+ status or conduct is still illegal in 70 countries around the world. In far too many parts of the world existence lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender non-conforming, intersex, or simply gender non-conforming means that even the most basic of daily activities such as going to work or to the doctor’s office can result in force, harassment and deep social exclusion.
By participating in this year’s event, the Combined Kingdom and other allies honoured the resilience of LGBTQI+ people in Guatemala, who are fighting to live authentically and freely. We reaffirm our creed that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. We linger committed to ending force and discrimination because of sexual orientation, gender individuality or expre
Note: Traveling as an Gay person always carries a certain degree of risk. It is our truths as we navigate a world with 60+ countries criminalizing our relationships and a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the world. We encourage our traveling community to know the laws and cultural challenges they may face in any destination they elect to visit for Pride and beyond. Don't be anxious of the nature, but always research information specific to your travels. Enjoy Pride, be watchful, and look out for each other!
The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past few decades and much of the progress in visibility is thanks in part to gay pride parades and marches that have taken place in cities around the world.
The global landscape for Queer rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Homosexual Pride, Sao Paulo Gay Pride or San Francisco Male lover Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that allow discrimin
PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATING PRIDE AROUND THE WORLD
Summary
On this occasion, ILGA World is sharing video interviews with human rights defenders from across the world, reflecting on the importance of Pride, sharing their first memories of seeing a Event event, and letting everybody comprehend about what is in store for our communities on this season.
Subtitles available in English and in Spanish. Click on the bar below each video to access a transcription of the clip.
What is your first memory of Pride?
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What is your first memory of Pride?
(Anna Brown, Equality Australia)
For me, I grew up in Melbourne, in Victoria, so it wasn&#;t until my 20s that I was able to appear my first Mardi Gras celebration in Sydney and it was truly incredible: I just had never seen that many people from the community that I was part of outbeing unclosed about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. More there, noticeable, on the streets, and it was just that feeling of liberation, of be