Following the police raid of the gay Stonewall Inn on 28 June 1969, the LGBTQ community said “ENOUGH!” and started a serious of demonstrations led by drag queen Marsha Johnson. New York is where the Pride movement was born. In this article, we celebrate the 10 best gay Pride events from around the world, which we think are the most unique and important.īonus mention: London Pride 1. Today Pride events are not only an important way to celebrate who we are, but they act as a crucial symbol to LGBTQ communities around the world to show we are not alone and we are fighting together for full equality and recognition everywhere.
What's worse is that in 7 of these, the governments actively impose the capital punishment for consensual gay acts, specifically: Brunei, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan. There are over 70 countries in the world where being gay is an illegal crime. Whilst we are fortunate to come from a part of Europe (UK/France) where being gay means we have almost the same rights as our straight counterparts, sadly there still exist many places where simply being gay can get you the capital punishment. Gay Pride events are as important now as they have ever been.
