Lgbtq events 2022
Note: Traveling as an LGBTQ+ person always carries a certain degree of risk. It is our reality as we navigate a earth with 60+ countries criminalizing our relationships and a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the world. We encourage our traveling people to understand the laws and cultural challenges they may face in any destination they choose to attend for Pride and beyond. Don't be afraid of the world, but always research information specific to your travels. Enjoy Pride, be vigilant, and look out for each other!
The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past not many decades and much of the progress in awareness is thanks in part to gay pride parades and marches that hold taken place in cities around the world.
The global landscape for LGBTQ+ rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Homosexual Pride, Sao Paulo Male lover Pride or San Francisco Gay Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that permit discrimination or persecution of LGBTQ+ people.
What is Queer Pride or LGBTQ+ Pride?
Gay Pride or rather
Pride Around the Society
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Across the world, Lgbtq+ fest remains a protest, a salient act of resistance uniting lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, transgender, intersex, and gay (LGBTIQ) people. As socio-cultural and political contexts evolve, Pride and LGBTIQ representation 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 Identity festival events in multiple cities. 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. Celebration doesn’t always take the form of marches or parades; it has evolved to include festivals, performances, social events, press conferences, and more.
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“Historic, inspired and unparalleled. Brighton Pride is one of the best international identity festival festivals, we love it” Attitude Magazine.
Pride On The Park supported by Hayu is the official Brighton & Hove Pride fundraiser for our local LGBTQIA+ collective groups. A glittering and truly inclusive community celebration that delivers an lasting day of Pride, it is unique community fundraising event that has enjoyed amazing performances from international stars including Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Ray, Nile Rogers & Chic, Clean Bandit, Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, Years and Years, Sister Sledge, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fatboy Slim, Paloma Faith, The Human League, Ella Elre, Jessie J amongst others.
Described by The Guardian as “the country’s most popular LGBT event,” the Brighton & Hove Celebration Festival is a vibrant celebration of all that is wonderful about our city’s diverse community, with visitors from across the globe enjoying its spectacular celebrations.
Pride has proved itself to be the UK’s biggest, boldest and finest Pride event with people fundraising at its heart.
Riverside LGBTQ+ Pride is a 100% volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) charity bringing visibility to our LGBTQ+ family in Riverside and surrounding Inland Empire areas.
Riverside's Inland Empire Self-acceptance 2025
THANK YOU so much to all of you who showed up to our festival despite the blistering heat! The heat didn't keep us down and we showed PRIDE 🏳️🌈 With hope, joy, group, love, power, and resistance, TOGETHER, we are indeed unlimited. BIG thank you to every one of you who helped in any way to produce this festival happen.
Special shoutouts to all of our volunteers, who sweated throughout the day, from 6 AM setup to those who stayed till 1 AM to pack up and polish up ❤️ We truly can't complete what we act with you, since we are 100% volunteer-powered.
Any pics and videos you send , make sure to tag us at @riversidelgbtq. We will be sharing those taken by our volunteers and staff in the coming week or two while they are creature processed. Meanwhile, inspect out 2025's Digital Program, and this article from The Riverside Scene.
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2023 Festival – THANK YOU!
Riverside's Inland Empire Celebration – Sun, Sep 10, 2023 – Rivers WeHo Identity festival is the Capital of West Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ Pride celebration. For decades, West Hollywood has been dwelling to one of the largest annual Pride celebrations in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of people each June. Thursday, May 22 – Monday, June 30 WeHo Event 2025 kicks-off on Harvey Milk Evening, May 22, with a special event. WeHo Pride Weekend will take place from Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 1 with OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride, the WeHo Pride Street Reasonable, the Women's Autonomy Festival and Dyke March, WeHo Identity festival Parade, and much more! Friday, May 30 WeHo Movement Presents Friday Darkness at OUTLOUD is free to the public and requires an RSVP to secure complimentary tickets, as event capacity is limited.
Pride Starts Here!
WeHo Pride 2025
This year's WeHo Pride Arts Festival will take place from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25 with various events and programming.
Throughout the 40 days from May 22 to June 30, there will be community collective events at various locations.
WeHo Pride bids something for everyone, be sure to check out the events page for more details!Friday Night at OUTLOUD
Past performers include Kesha, Ada