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Witness one of the biggest pride celebrations in the world at Tel Aviv

Upendra SwamiJune 12, 2019285 Views0

Tel Aviv is a diverse city with multicultural influences and open-minded locals. Every June, in honour of Pride month, people of all genders, religion and colour flood the streets of Tel Aviv in support of love, diversity and freedom to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. With a series of events across the city, Pride is that time of the year when the city takes on a new life with vibrant colours and an intoxicating atmosphere that cannot be ignored. With parties, lectures and art exhibitions, Tel Aviv Pride Week presents an effervescent celebration in a creative and energy-packed environment. The festivities attract hundreds of thousands of participants from both Israel and abroad, with the most-attended and anticipated event being the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 14th. Tel Aviv ...

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Pride festivities start in Belgium today with MiniPride

Upendra SwamiApril 29, 2016325 Views7

As a rousing start of the PrideFestival, MiniPride is being organised on April, 29th. This parade is the folkloric version of the big PrideParade, that will be held later during the PrideFestival. The MiniPride starts with an opening reception in the city hall. Pride starts from 6.30 pm in the ‘Galerie Des Souverains’. This reception will be followed by a manifestation with the fanfare of the Meyboom. The actual PRIDE.be will take place on May, 14th to enable people to come together to pursue equality of rights and to improve the life of the LGBTQI-community. Starting from the City Hall, the MiniPride procession goes towards Manneken-Pis, which will provide in his own way for cherry. After this, the procession returns to the Grand Place which will be lit up in rainbow colours. Then the

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Three-Day Celebration This Weekend for Pride

Upendra SwamiMay 13, 2015196 Views0

Three days, three themes, and tons of activities A three-day celebration will close out PrideFestival, which has been going strong since 1 May. A whole bunch of activities are planned for 14-16 May in Brussels in honour of Pride.be’s 20th anniversary. The must-see PrideParade will be enhanced with three days of activities, nightlife, workshops, and guided tours celebrating the LGBT community. 14 May 2015, Gender@Pride: variations on gender “norms” Gender@Pride will be focusing on different approaches to gender(-identities). Via workshops, talks and even makeovers, groups of women, transvestites and transgender, intersex and queer people will be given the chance to offer their take on gender issues and introduce this world to the general public. Beursschouwburg wil

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Colours of the rainbow take over the centre of Brussels

Upendra SwamiMay 1, 2015220 Views1

Not many countries celebrate the Pride festival with so much pride as the Belgium does. It simply reflects the way we care for equal rights for everybody. The 20th anniversary of Pride.be is here. From today i.e. 1 to 17 May, the colours of the rainbow will take over the centre of Brussels. In addition to the three days of public festivities and the annual parade, there is also a vast and varied programme to be discovered at the two-week PrideFestival. All over Belgium, festivities and initiatives by citizens, intellectuals and activists will take place in the name of conviviality and the fight for equality. Although atmosphere and enjoyment are the key words at Pride.be in Brussels, it remains an opportunity to demand freedom and tolerance. And Pride.be is much more than the three day

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Jean-Paul Gaultier to dress Manneken-Pis for MiniPride

Upendra SwamiMarch 18, 2015222 Views1

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Pride.be, celebrated on the 17th of May 2015, Manneken-Pis will be on show at his very best. In fact, during the MiniPride celebrated in Brussels on the 30th of April, which is a prelude to the PrideFestival, Manneken-Pis will be dressed by the timeless fashion legend Jean-Paul Gaultier. The celebration of 20 years of Pride.be, from the 1st to the 17th of May 2015, does indeed promise a nice array of surprises, one of them being that Jean-Paul Gaultier, one of the great names in the fashion world and activist of the LGBT community, has designed and created a new outfit for Manneken-Pis for the occasion of the anniversary of Pride.be. Best of all, the ‘enfant terrible’ of fashion will present his Pride.be anniversary gift in person since he w

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Belgium Pride will be three days this year

Upendra SwamiMarch 3, 2015329 Views1

This year it is going to be three days of celebrations for Belgium Pride’s 20th anniversary. Pride.be is 20 years old! To celebrate this memorable anniversary, the organisers have decided to pull out all the stops: Pride.be will fill up not one but three whole days! On 14, 15 and 16 May 2015, Brussels will be doing everything it can to do the LGBT community proud. Belgium will be jam-packed full of activities throughout the PrideFestival period from 1 to 17 May 2015. But the last three days will be the festival’s real climax, bringing the event to a close with a bang in Brussels. 14 May 2015, Gender@Pride: variations on gender “norms” Gender@Pride will be focusing on different approaches to gender(-identities). Negative, even aggressive attitudes, are still expressed to the people wh

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Belgian Pride is just ten days away!

Upendra SwamiMay 8, 2014248 Views3

Belgian pride open the European Gay Pride season. On the 17th of May the Pride4Every1 will once again take place in the centre of Brussels. With 80 thousand participants right in the heart of Brussels last year, this event has become a major date in Belgian’s and Brussels’ calendar. The Pride4Every1 is the apotheosis of the PrideFestival that runs from the 2nd to the 17th of May. The Pride4Every1 offers everyone each year a day of complete freedom to be yourself: gay, lesbian, bi, trans*, inter*, queer* and straight, and that too in the heart of Europe. Thanks to its festive, fantastic and unique atmosphere, the Pride4Every1 is an event that carries a message during which the LGBTQI-community and the entire society all speak up with the same voice to defend the values of solidarity and