The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia sponsored Salento Pride 2019 and Bari Pride 2019. We also made donations to Hermes Academy and Arcigay Strambopoli Taranto the organisers of Taranto Pride, and to Arcigay Salento co-organisers of Salento Pride.

We are always looking to support LGBTQ+ organisations based in Puglia. If you need support tell us about the work you do for LGBTQ+ people here in Puglia.

Salento and Puglia Pride

Salento Pride and Puglia Pride will return on 21 August 2021 in Brindisi, switching destination from Gallipoli where it had taken place since its inception in 2015.

Gallipoli is the beating heart of gay summer in the Salento. But the organisers of Puglia’s most authentic Pride (also referred to as Puglia Pride) felt that in keeping with inclusivity Salento Pride, now in its 6th year, should be celebrated in the city of Brindisi.

Salento Pride is curated by Ra.Ne (the Rainbow Network), based in Lecce. Follow them on Instagram. The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia were proud sponsors of Salento Pride 2019.

Bari Pride

Another Covid-19 casualty was 2020’s Bari Pride, although on 18 July 2020 the organisers held a socially distanced ”static” Pride event outside the Prefettura di Bari.

The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia were proud sponsors of Bari Pride 2019.

Taranto Pride

Usually held at the end of May, one of the first of Italy’s Pride Wave. The 2020 event was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the organisers hope to hold a Pride event in Taranto in October 2020.

The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia were proud supporters of Hermes Academy e Arcigay Strambopoli Taranto - the organisers of Taranto Pride) in 2019.

Matera Pride

We went to take part in Matera’s first LGBTI* Pride in 2019. We were amazed.

It felt as if the whole city had come out to wave their rainbow flags and cheer the parade on. A concrete example of the confidence and pride that the residents of Matera have developed in their city, its people and their communities.

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