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Pride Around the World
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Across the world, Pride remains a protest, a salient act of resistance uniting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people. As socio-cultural and political contexts evolve, Pride and LGBTIQ visibility events celebrate resilience, progress, and courage, and they showcase the persistence of LGBTIQ communities in constructing liberating alternatives enforced cisheternormativity.
Outright International identified at least 100 UN member states worldwide where Pride and other LGBTIQ visibility events were held in 2024, with at least 65 of these holding Pride events in multiple. These events aim at resisting state-sanctioned homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and intersexphobia, building public awareness about LGBTIQ populations through the reaffirmation of the existence of diversity, building community and collaboration within LGBTIQ populations, and celebrating gains. Pride doesn’t always take the form of marches or parades; it has evolved to include festivals, performances, social events, press conferences, and more.
100
countries
worldwide where Pride and other LGBTIQ visibility events were held in 2024
65
countries
held Pride in more than one city
93
countries
did not hold public-facing Pride events due to hostile laws and attitudes
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Factors such as invisibility, insecurity, and inadequate funding prevent intersex people and organizations in many countries from achieving adequate representation in LGBTIQ Pride events. There is more to do to ensure equitable representation, visibility, and full inclusion of intersex people in LGBTIQ advocacy and flagship events, including Pride.
Facts
- In 2019, Campaign for Change, the first and only intersex-led organization in Nepal, launched its own event with the intent of heightening visibility of intersex people.
- Metro Manila Pride in 2022 was the first time a group of intersex people participated visibly in Pride (in the Philippines) rights issues. In 2022, 25 intersex individuals participated in the national Pride.
- The inclusion of the intersex flag on the rainbow flag is viewed by some as a “big step forward” for intersex people.
- In 2023, the intersex flag was flown at the opening ceremony during the São Paulo Pride march in Brazil, for the first time in history.
- In 2024, Intersex Venezuela participated in Pride events in the country, including a workshop on intersex people’s rights.
Many Pride events are insufficiently accessible to persons with disabilities: they often involve walking long distances, squeezing through crowds, and standing and waiting under the hot sun, while sign language interpretation of events or adequate street safety measures for visually impaired persons may be an afterthought.
Facts
- In 2019, the Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) noted that LGBT persons with disabilities face intersectional discrimination, greater social exclusion, and violence, and barriers to education, housing, employment, and health, particularly sexual and reproductive rights. They may also face barriers to participation in Pride.
- Grenland Pride in Norway, led by queer disabled activist Michelle Moland, prioritized accessibility, resulting in positive feedback from the queer disabled community.
- In Kathmandu, Nepal, the Queer Youth Group ensures that multiple languages, including Nepali Sign Language, are used in all aspects of Pride to improve accessibility.
- Sydney WorldPride 2023 was noted for its accessibility efforts, including detailed planning, dedicated funding, and oversight into every aspect of the event organization. It offered 23 types of accessibility features, from physical access to sensory/well-being spaces.
- In 2024, Amsterdam Pride, Oslo Pride, Pride Toronto, Bi Pride UK, York Pride, and Pride in London designed accessibility features, including wheelchair-accessible venues and bathrooms, an accessible website and guides, captioning and sign language provision, designated sensory spaces, and assistants to provide aid as needed.
LGBTIQ migrants and refugees who have transitioned from countries with severe restrictions on LGBTIQ organizing to those where Pride is celebrated as a national event reported mixed perceptions of Pride,
Facts
- A refugee from Uganda noted the lack of racial and economic diversity at Pride in the United Kingdom and emphasized the need for Pride to address the material conditions of LGBTIQ+ migrants and refugees.
- A queer feminist from mainland China, found European Prides to be overly corporatized, and preferred feminist marches and BIPOC queer and trans community spaces that prioritize safety and belonging over visibility.
- A gay student from Russia who attended his first Pride in Italy reported feeling a strong sense of community and support, noting the participation of families and older adults who showed solidarity with the marchers.
- In Denmark, some LGBTIQ asylum seekers participate in public Pride events for the first time, while others avoid high-visibility events due to safety concerns. Many Pride events are insufficiently accessible to persons with disabilities.
- In 2024, Stockholm Pride’s event included refugees and asylum seekers with the attendance of Rainbow Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Nordic and Baltic Countries.
- RaricaNow is an organization in Alberta, Canada that organizes a Stonewall Rally and community events for Black queer and trans immigrants and refugees. In 2024, the group organized a trans people’s rights rally.
Global Pride in 2020 aimed to serve as a space for “the LGBTI+ community around the world to come together and celebrate diversity and equality during these challenging times.”
Facts
- The primary organizers, the European Pride Organizers Association and InterPride, wanted to create this space because the COVID-19 pandemic “had a devastating impact on Pride organizations worldwide with hundreds of marches and events cancelled or postponed.”
- The event also focused on the pivotal role of Black trans people in the Pride movement and called for an end to racism.
- Speakers included Carlos Alvarado Quesada, the President of Costa Rica, where equal marriage was recently legalized; Erna Solberg, the prime minister of Norway; Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg; and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.
- Organizers estimate that more than 57 million viewers from all around the world tuned in at some point during the 24-hour online event.
Global Black Pride gives space to Black LGBTIQ people from around the world to come together and celebrate their intersecting identities.
Facts
- Global Black Pride was set up not only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also due to the global spotlight on racism and police brutality in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the U.S. and the wave of Black Lives Matter protests which swept across cities around the world.
- It was first held virtually on July 10, 2020, just after Pride Month, and again in 2021.
- A mix of prerecorded content and live broadcast, the first Global Black Pride connected organizations and viewers on four continents.
- An in-person Global Black Pride was held in Toronto in 2022.
- In 2024, Global Black Pride held in Atlanta, U.S.A., with a conference, festival, and march.
- Black Pride YYC is an organization in Alberta, Canada, that participated in the 2024 Calgary Pride and organizes events for Black and Queer people in the region.
“Two-Spirit” is a cultural term for Indigenous people with gender diversity and or same-sex attraction and sometimes diverse traditional, ceremonial or community roles.
Facts
- There are several queer Indigenous Pride and community events.
- Two-Spirit Manitoba held the first Two-Spirit Sundance in Canada in 2023 and has held annual Sundance events since.
- Sápmi Pride is set up “for the Indigenous people of Norway, Sweden and Finland (the pride moves around each year within the Sápmi territory, without regard for country borders).” In 2024, Sápmi Pride held in “Bådåddjo/Bodø on the Norwegian side.
Pride events globally have centered themes of political solidarity, including activism against t Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Facts
- In Toronto, Queers for Palestine Toronto marched on June 28 and 29, 2024, with allied groups like Jews Say No to Genocide and Labor for Palestine at the Toronto Trans and Dyke Marches in solidarity with Palestine.
- In Berlin, on July 26, 2024, Dyke* March organizers issued a statement condemning genocide in Gaza, with participants chanting slogans in support of the people of Palestine and Sudan.
- The Internationalist Queer Pride of Berlin was held on July 27, 2024, in support of Palestinian liberation and as an expression of political solidarity with various groups experiencing “colonial violence.”
- In New York, the 2024 Dyke March, under the theme “Dykes Against Genocide,” expressed solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Myanmar, Palestine, Sudan and Ukraine.
- The Washington, DC Dyke March 2024 also adopted the theme “Dykes Against Genocide,” while its 2025 pride theme is “Dykes Against Fascism.”
Pride Afrique is aimed at LGBTIQ people and allies across Africa, a continent in which over half the countries still criminalize same-sex relations.
Facts
- The first Pride Afrique was held as a three-day, trilingual online pan-African celebration of Pride in 2020.
- In 2023, Pride Afrique hosted an in-person Pride gathering at the Pan Africa ILGA conference in Mauritius.
- According to participating organization The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, the 2020 event “explor[ed] the diversity of the LGBTIQ+ lived experiences of queer persons in Africa and the diaspora … Pride Afrique 2020 incorporated multiple levels of storytelling that were structural, relational and personal while creating a multi-dimensional narrative for the LGBTIQ+ community.”
- Over 40,000 people gathered for the 2024 Pride Afrique event in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 26, 2024.
As legislatures seek to introduce laws that limit the rights of transgender people, especially in current anti-trans hot spots such as the United Kingdom and Australia, creating safe spaces for visibility, inclusion, and recognition becomes all the more important.
Facts
- Trans Pride Brighton held its first march in 2013 and remains a protest, challenging transphobia in the UK and globally.
- Trans Pride in Melbourne was held for the first time in 2022.
- In 2023, Trans Pride Brighton was believed to have attracted 30,000 participants, despite extreme weather.
- The Transmasculine March of São Paulo, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Transmasculinities (IBRAT), held its first São Paulo march on March 3, 2024, with a follow-up on March 30, 2025.
- Marsha Trans emerged in 2023 as a bold, unapologetically political alternative to Brazil’s increasingly corporatized LGBT+ Parades. By 2024, Marsha Trans had expanded to at least fifteen local marches and a national event embedded within the Transgender Visibility Week in Brazil.
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