Report Launch: Pride Around the World in 2023

In 2021, Outright published its first Pride Around the World report, which sought to provide a global snapshot of what Pride looks like and means in different countries. We defined “Pride” as any public-facing, open, and visible event with the purpose of affirming the existence of LGBTIQ people, demanding recognition and protection of our rights, and celebrating progress to date. Like our 2021, 2022, and 2023 reports, this report focuses primarily on events that activists identified as “Pride” but also includes other events aimed at advancing public visibility of LGBTIQ people, queer cultures, and human rights issues affecting LGBTIQ communities. It centers around ten case studies: Belize, Florida, Mauritius, South Africa, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Argentina, and Italy, intersex inclusion in Prides in (Latin America), disability inclusion in Prides, and queer migrant inclusion in Prides. The case studies focus on discussing issues impacting global LGBTIQ rights movements - using multiple approaches to build the movement from the ground up while gaining political allyship in Belize, working through legal crackdowns and with a media rife with anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric in Florida, USA, and marching to recognize progress made through the decriminalization of sodomy in Mauritius. The report includes a special focus on the inclusion of intersex communities, migrants and refugees, and disabled queer people.