Sbarvouven.cz, the LGBT peer-to-peer mentoring website, celebrated its 5th birthday in February of this year. Since its inception it has helped 3,500 clients, the majority of whom are people under the age of 25. Last year saw the second-highest number of clients – only in the first year of the website had more people asked for help.
This will be the tenth year that hundreds of people have pledged to run down phobias. The charity run to fight homophobia and stigmatization of people with HIV will take place on Sunday May 17 to commemorate the day that homosexuality was struck off the list of WHO mental diseases thirty years ago.
Po letech se konečně podařilo prosadit přistoupení hlavního města k Fast Track Cities. Nové vedení radnice schválilo přistoupení k této iniciativě, jež má zajistit aktivnější boj proti šíření HIV a AIDS v Česku.
For the first time in 9 years, on 10 August 2019 it rained on us throughout the march. We knew it was bound to happen at some point, and it happened this year! We are however immensely happy that the rain could not stop the participants to the biggest gay pride in Central and Eastern Europe. According to estimates, there were 30,000 in the parade.
What is this year’s Prague Pride Parade going to look like? 21 floats and 3 honorary cars for Prague Pride Marshal will be part of the march, as well as diplomats from 11 countries.
This year, Pride festivals around the world are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a milestone in the history of the LGBT+ movement. The Prague Pride Festival, which will happen between 5 and 11 August this year, will also dip into these important historical moments.
Last year we had marshals at the Prague Pride for the first time – personalities who were awarded that title as a recognition for their work for the LGBT community and for their being an inspiration and role models for others.
Prague Pride is joining the vast family of prides who will this year reflect the 50th anniversary of Stonewall riots and celebrate the achievements of the LGBT+ movement. As the Czech Republic had a specific LGBT history due to the Iron Curtain, we will focus on the legacy of the past, relevance for today and our responsibility for future generations. Prague Pride 2019 will take place from 5 till 11 August, the Pride Parade on Saturday 10 August.
An interview with Vladi Luxuria, transgender politician, actress and TV personality from Italy.
Yasmin Benoit is an alternative model, blogger and actress from Great Britain and currently one of the main faces of the asexual community world-wide. Early in 2019 she initiated a spontaneous social-media campaign #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike challenging stereotypes about asexuality and thanks to her activism asexuality is gaining greater visibility in media and in the LGBTQ+ community.
Prague Pride z. s.
Rybná 716/24
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Reg. ID 22842730
Registration in the Register of Association: Municipal Court in Prague, Section L, Insert No. 22311
