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“Strength in Solidarity”: NYC Pride announces theme for 2023 celebrations

NYC Pride has announced that “Strength in Solidarity” will be the official theme of its upcoming events and celebrations. Organisers said they are hoping to shine a spotlight on the resilience of the LGBTQ+ community as US lawmakers attempt to reel back rights in a number of states. The theme highlights the cultural significance LGBTQ+ people have in society, as well as being a reminder of the good that can be accomplished when we stand together. “Many individuals within our community are recognised for their unyielding creativity and ingenuity, and…

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Sydney WorldPride: Nicole Scherzinger to headline Bondi Beach Party

Nicole Scherzinger will headline one of Sydney WorldPride’s most highly anticipated events, the Bondi Beach Party, on 4 March 2023. The singer will perform in a line-up which features all-Australian DJs including dameeeela, Jarred Baker, Jacqui Cunningham, DJ Charlie Villas and DJ Dan Murphy. The event will see 12,000 people take to the beach for one day only as it essentially becomes a club for the global LGBTQ+ community. “I am beyond excited to be welcoming Nicole Scherzinger to Sydney for her only performance at Sydney WorldPride,” said Kate Wickett,…

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Pride in London awarded funding to deliver capital’s celebrations until 2027

Pride in London will deliver the capital’s Pride celebrations up to and including 2027, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced. The organisation will receive up to £625,000 from City Hall to plan the event following a competitive open tender process. “I’m delighted to announce this funding to support Pride in London to deliver our capital’s world famous Pride celebrations for the next five years,” Khan said. “London is a beacon of inclusiveness around the world and that is in part due to the powerful impact that the Pride…

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Hanoi Pride returns to Vietnam for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

Thousands of people celebrated Pride in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi as full-scale celebrations returned for the first time since 2019. Hanoi Pride Week took place from September 19 to 25 and saw members of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies take part in workshops, screenings and festivals. The week culminated with a parade which saw thousands of attendees take to the streets of the city for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than two years ago. People waved LGBTQ+ Pride flags alongside the country’s national one,…

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Allyship Articles Birmingham Birmingham Pride Culture Just Like Us LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ ally LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ youth Life Memories of Pride News Pride Pride 2022

Birmingham Pride 2022: Just Like Us host “life-changing” LGBTQ+ youth event

Birmingham Pride took place on 24 – 25 September, with thousands joining the celebrations of LGBTQ+ people and culture in the city. This year marked the 25th anniversary of Birmingham Pride taking place, with the weekend packed with an iconic special guests. LGBTQ+ young people’s charity Just Like Us teamed up with the Pride organisers to run a school event which has been praised by students as helping them “to not feel so alone”. More than 50 pupils and teachers from across the West Midlands attended the event, which school…

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Violence mars Serbia’s Belgrade Pride, but LGBTQ+ marchers hope for change

Despite right-wing protestors clashing with police in the Serbian capital Belgrade’s first ever EuroPride on Saturday, LGBTQ+ marchers said they hoped the event would mark a turning point in the conservative country’s attitudes towards the gay and transgender community. Several thousand people marched through Belgrade to mark the end of EuroPride week, an event staged in a different European city each year. Clashes between religious and right-wing groups and the police marred the start of the march. However, LGBTQ+ people at EuroPride said they hoped change was underway in Serbia,…

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