Pride in Lagos: Photos from Nigeria’s 2023 LGBTQ+ celebration
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Poland’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride with peaceful marches in Katowice and Lublin
Poland’s LGBTQ+ community celebrated Pride with peaceful marches after years of opposition. On 3 September, nearly 4000 people hit the streets of Katowice for the city’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride and equality march. According to Notes from Poland, the annual event was a collaborative venture with the Ukrainian city of Odesa to show solidarity with its queer community. While there were no violent interruptions from anti-LGBTQ+ individuals, it was met with opposition from the conservative group Fundacja Pro. Before the march, Katowice’s mayor attempted to ban the organisation from attending, but…
Read MorePride in London announces Proud & Loud fundraising concert with Calum Scott and Hayley Kiyoko
Pride in London has announced its new fundraising concert, Proud and Loud: Celebrating 50 Years Of Pride. For the past two years, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has halted Pride celebrations around the world. However this year, Pride in London is set to make its highly-anticipated return with an array of immersive LGBTQ+ inclusive events. On 6 May, the volunteer-led organisation announced the lineup for its concert Proud and Loud – which is set to celebrate 50 years of Pride in the UK. Taking place at the Royal Albert Hall on 4…
Read MoreTrans Pride flag planted at Antarctica’s highest peak to celebrate “resilience” of community
A mountaineer waved and planted the transgender Pride flag at the peak of the highest mountain in Antarctica. On 26 December, Erin Parisi reached the summit of Vinson Massif which is 16,067 feet above sea level. After coming out as transgender in 2016, she decided she wanted to climb the highest peaks on each of the seven continents and become the first openly trans woman to do so. “I felt so strong after coming out,” she told NBC News. “I lived in fear, basically my whole life, of being seen,…
Read MoreIs sport ready for a new generation of out and proud queer athletes?
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Read MoreLondon Underground unveils Pride station roundels designed by LGBTQ+ community
Ten new Pride roundels have been installed across the Tube network to celebrate London’s thriving LGBTQ+ community. The newly unveiled Pride roundels have been designed by staff and prominent figures in the LGBTQ+ London Community. The 10 signs are to reiterate Transport for London’s (TfL’s) support for the queer community and the locations have been chosen by each creator. Many of these locations include Vauxhall station, Brixton, Caledonian Road, Hammersmith and Baker Street. Each of these unique designs strives to capture the versatility of the queer community as well as the…
Read MoreThousands attend Budapest Pride in protest of archaic anti-LGBTQ+ law
Thousands of people have attended Saturday’s (24 July) Budapest Pride march in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Advocates and allies lined the streets of Hungary’s capital to use their voices to protest Prime Minister Victor Orbán and the country’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law. Last month, lawmakers passed legislation banning “content promoting gender change or homosexuality” within the school curriculum. The bill has widely been compared to Russia’s “gay propaganda” law, which was passed in 2013, that bans disseminating “propaganda on nontraditional sexual relations” among Russians. One Pride demonstrator told Reuters that…
Read MoreBoston Pride dissolves amid community calls for change
One of the longest-running Pride events in the US has been shut down with no further events planned as the organisation dissolves. Boston Pride, which has been running for more than 50 years, will be shut down following an announcement made on Friday (July 9). In a written statement published online by the Boston Pride Board of Directors, the organisation opened up about their mission to “an environment of diversity and unity”. “For years, we have volunteered our time with Boston Pride because we care about and are passionate about…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ Twitter has effortlessly taken over the Proud Boys hashtag
LGBTQ+ Twitter has done it again! Over the weekend the Twitter hashtag #Proudboys has been gloriously taken over by the LGBTQ+ community and their messages of love and acceptance. During the first presidential debate, the Proud Boys was thrust into the spotlight after Trump told them to “stand back and stand by”, in regards to condemning white supremacist and militia groups. The far-right group was created by Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes. In 2018 the FBI classified them as an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism. It has been reported that Trump’s…
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