With the Pride Parade celebrating its 48th active year, we see thousands celebrating the LGBT community across the globe.

Emma Logan | Editor of Wellbeing

Throughout the 21st Century, the month of June has become known as “Pride Month”, where society comes together to support, celebrate and empower the LGBT+ community across the globe. This is done through participating in marches and other events where people often fly rainbow flags in support. The Pride Parade has been active for forty-eight years, with the first march taking place on 28th June 1970 and this year, pride marches took place all over the world.

Pride At Home

Glasgow’s lively and energetic pride march ran from 14th July until 15th July which happened to be the same dates on which Donald Trump was visiting the country. Nicola Sturgeon – First Minister of Scotland – became the first serving Prime Minister or First Minister in the UK to lead a Pride event when she took it upon herself to run Glasgow’s biggest LGBT+ event. Perhaps the most notable part of the event was the Trump rally in which Sturgeon also participated as she has been known to condemn his policies and began the movement for equal marriage in Scotland while also promising equal rights for transgender individuals.

Pride In The Wider World

As well as Glasgow’s sparkling parade, the people of London showed their determination to support the LGBT+ community when they were faced with a serious thunderstorm warning yet continued with their march. The event was attended by people from all walks of life who were able to fully express themselves whilst celebrating their differences. This, in my opinion, is the most wonderful thing about Pride – the fact that it gives everyone the ability to come together and celebrate happiness and equality.

What this shows is that we are undeniably becoming a more tolerant and accepting society and I believe that there is a bright future ahead for members of the LGBT+ community, especially if high-profile politicians continue to stand up for their rights and encourage each and every individual to express themselves.

  • By Emma Logan, Editor of Wellbeing
  • Sources: BBC News, The Guardian
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