WORLD PRIDES

Pride goes global

JUNE

SHANGHAI, CHINA When: 13 to 22 June 2014 Shanghai’s sixth gay Pride celebrates togetherness with its theme of “Better Together” and a wide range of cultural and social activities, culminating in the big party on 21 June. Go to: shpride. com Tourist info: meet- in- shanghai. net Gay info: gayshanghai. com NEW ORLEANS, USA When: 20 to 22 June 2014 Celebrate Pride in the Big Easy. Go to: prideneworleans. com Tourist info: neworleansonline. com Gay info: gayneworleans. com WORLD PRIDE, TORONTO, CANADA When: 20 June to 29 June 2014 The first World Pride ever held in North America promises to be one of the biggest international events ever with ten days of partying and arts and community events. There will be three separate Prides marches – the Trans March on 27 June, the Dyke March on 28 June, and the World Pride Parade on 29 June – and the festival’s ten open-air stages will feature every kind of music from rock to retro, and from folk to disco. Go to: worldpridetoronto. com Tourist info: toronto. ca Gay info: mygaytoronto. com EUROPRIDE, OSLO, NORWAY When: 20 to 29 June 2014 Pride goes all Nordic as the Norwegian capital celebrates EuroPride. Go to: europride2014. com Tourist info: visitoslo. com Gay info: oslo. gaycities. com BERLIN, GERMANY When: 21 June 2014 Get down and dirty in the club capital of Europe. Go to: csd- berlin. de/ en Tourist info: visitberlin. de/ en Gay info: out- in- berlin. de CHICAGO, USA When: 21 to 22 June 2014 Paint the town with Pride in the windy city. Go to: chicagopridecalendar. org Tourist info: choosechicago. com Gay info: chicago. gaycities. com ISTANBUL, TURKEY When: 23 to 29 June 2013 Sample some Turkish delight at Istanbul’s Pride celebrations. Go to: istanballfestival. com Tourist info: goturkey. com Gay info: turkeygay. net NEW YORK, USA When: 24 to 29 June 2014 Grab your slice of the Big Apple in the city where the Pride movement began. Go to: nycpride. org Tourist info: nycgo. com Gay info: new- york- gay. info BARCELONA, SPAIN When: 27 to 29 June 2014 Spain’s second city celebrates its sixth gay Pride in style. Go to: pridebarcelona. org/ en Tourist info: barcelonaturisme. com Gay info: gaybarcelona. com SAN FRANCISCO, USA When: 28 to 29 June 2014 Colour your world with Pride in America’s gayest city. Go to: sfpride. orgsfpride. org Tourist info: sanfrancisco. travel Gay info: sanfrancisco. gaycities. com PARIS, FRANCE When: 28 June 2014 Catch that Eurostar and treat yourself to a little bit of ooh-là-là in the French capital (and check out our guide to gay Paree in this issue). Go to: tinyurl. com/ mqjyl63 Tourist info: en. parisinfo. com Gay info: gayparis. com MEXICO CITY, MEXICO When: 28 June 2014 Head off south down Mexico way to one of Latin America’s biggest gay Prides where last year 80,000 partied in the streets. Tourist info: visitmexico. com Gay info: mexicocity. gaycities. com