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Contents:

• 50+ GAY PRI EVENTS & PARAS AROUND THE WORLD
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
• 10 BIGGT GAY EVENTS THE UNED STAT
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

50+ GAY PRI EVENTS & PARAS AROUND THE WORLD

The LGBTQ+ rights movement has ma tremendo stris over the past few s and much of the progrs visibily is thanks part to gay pri paras and march that have taken place ci around the world. The global landspe for LGBTQ+ rights, protectns and acceptance vari tremendoly by lotn, wh some statns attractg lns of visors to their events like Madrid Gay Pri, Sao Plo Gay Pri or San Francis Gay Pri, while more than 70 other untri have laws that allow discrimatn or persecutn of LGBTQ+ people.

Gay Pri or rather LGBTQ+ pri events (ed to be more clive), cludg pri paras and ftivals were started major urban centers to improve the visibily, acceptance and legal protectns for LGBTQ+ people livg those muni. As the years went on, addnal ci North Ameri and Europe began to hold their own public monstratns or pri day, eventually leadg to what we know today as a gay pri para, march, celebratn or ftival.

Whether travelg alone, wh iends or fay, visg durg a gay pri event n be a fun way to experience a new statn and IGLTA n help you fd LGBTQ-iendly bs almost any lotn to help make you trip memorable, safe and excg. Follow along on a gay wrer’s adventur at Pri around the world; read about a bisexual woman’s journey to The Gambia to vis her stnchly relig fay; and hear om a non-genr-nformg traveler about unexpected challeng and triumphs on the road.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Although you wouldn't gus based on a night out at the gay bars along and around Sgapore's Neil Road, homosexualy is actually still illegal this cy-state, thanks to the csty legislative holdover Sectn 377A. Dpe the para's name and some fierce looks, packed an overt polil msage and lled for equaly and acceptance South Korea's homophobic culture, where LGBTQs have no legal protectns, and queer celebri rema publicly closeted lt they risk losg mastream reers. While lbians typilly kick off many ci' gay pri paras wh a "dyk on bik" ntgent, the NYC Dyke March is an entirely separate event and explicly not a para, but an urgent First Amendment prott march (whout a perm).

Bis a Pri-like Sunday afternoon march replete wh the Dyk on Bik, there's a host of French Quarter street parti and ncerts, an amatr strip ntt, and packed to the gills gay bar/club danc.

WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

In 2004, Folsom got a European unterpart anizatn and event, which tak place the gay nightlife hub of Schöneberg and featur plenty of leather, latex, Levis, nsensual fetish play, and of urse, a dance party. 21-22), Flame Con spotlights queer creators ics, gamg, media, and other ntent through panels (2019 topics clud "The Gay Animatn Renaissance" and "Genr Queerns and Fluidy Comic Classics"), pl plenty of teractive gamg fun, goods for sale, and splayg. Meanwhile, 2006 saw birth to another ternatnal queer sports/cultural event, the World Outgam, while the European Gay and Lbian Sport Feratn's EuroGam will next take place along wh WorldPri Copenhagen, Denmark, and neighborg Malmo, Swen, om Aug.

10 BIGGT GAY EVENTS THE UNED STAT

16th, 2021, Hong Kong's Floatilla entails a leral splash of a gay party: an ex-pat and tourist-iendly gatherg of junk boats filled wh LGBTQs, om circu boys to bears to lbians to drag queens, who sun, swim, dance, drk, and make merry at sea for the day.

Wolfyy’s ultimate list of gay pri events around the world n help you plan out your pri season, get tails on specific events, or even spire you to attend a pri celebratn you’ve never experienc before. Keep an eye out for other Pri events the cy durg the entire month of June, cludg Pri Prents, a celebratn of gay cema, and Rabows on the Hudson, an event where ships will fly pri flags all across the water.

The groups that participate the event are undoubtedly very lorful—keep an eye out for anizatns like Dyk on Bik, Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays, and the *gulp* leather ntgent. Activi and events are ually centered the smopolan Chue neighborhood (affectnately known as the “gay neighorhood”) throughout the week, though thgs to do related to Pri n be found throughout the cy.

LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN

Berl July 23 Berl has long held a reputatn as the Gay Capal of Europe and is a mt-vis statn for clubbers all around the world, so only mak sense that Germany’s largt cy would be Pri wh s love for techno mic and rave. CSD Berl ually marks the ncln of weeks filled wh LGBTQ muny events across the cy, such as CSD on the Spree, which se people celebratg on boats on the river, and Stadtft Berl, a separate gay and lbian ftival (hoe mic clud) that is the largt of s kd Europe. Schled to take place om July 30 through Augt 7, Amsterdam Pri boasts a packed schle filled wh over 300 events, cludg a “gay tour” of the cy’s LGBTQ history, a mil productn of Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and plenty of dance parti.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Taipei October 29 Taiwan has been known as a haven for LGBTQ people for years, but 2019, the small island untry ma thgs official by beg the first Asia to legalize gay marriage. The tradn of the event began 1978, when a small group of prottors gathered Sydney’s Darlghurst neighborhood and were met wh police vlence and arrts, sce homosexualy was still illegal at the time. Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: The heart of gay Sydney is the Darlghurst neighborhood, which is nveniently loted near Sydney’s central bs district and is easily accsible by the cy’s mass trans system.

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WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

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