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Virtual Global Pride Event to Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Community

VOA News

   In place of crowded and festive in-person parades and celebrations,
   national pride networks have organized a virtual 24-hour international
   [1]Global Pride livestream to take place on June 27.

   The digital event will feature speeches, music and other performances
   from figures such as U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden,
   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,
   singers Kesha and Rita Ora, and actress Laverne Cox.

   The online celebration comes as hundreds of pride parades and festivals
   around the world were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

   Organized primarily by the European Pride Organizers Association and
   InterPride, the event aims to both celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and
   spotlight its unique challenges, especially during mandatory isolation
   periods required to contain the virus.

   "A lot of people, especially young people, have had to go back maybe to
   their families who might not be supportive or they had to go back to
   their home town which might be a bit more conservative," said Ramses
   Oliva, 24, a trans gay man who is an ambassador for charity Just Like
   Us which supports LGBT+ young people.

References

   1. https://www.globalpride2020.org/about/

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