Puglia’s LGBTQ+ Prides
Salento Pride From Salento Pride 2019. The 2020 event, which was to be held in Brindisi marking a move from Gallipoli where it had taken… Read More »Puglia’s LGBTQ+ Prides
LGBTQ+ rights
LGBTQ+ History Month | Puglia’s gay island community created by Fascists
In Italia Sono Tutti Maschi | In Italy they are all men In 1939 under Mussolini’s Fascist Italy, a group of gay men were labelled… Read More »LGBTQ+ History Month | Puglia’s gay island community created by Fascists
LGBT rights in Italy progress
The slow creep towards equality The Italian lower Chamber – by 265 votes for, 193 against and one abstention – has approved a bill… Read More »LGBT rights in Italy progress
Salento Pride on Wikipedia
How nice to see that Salento Pride now has an entry on Wikipedia. Also good to read on the main Wikipedia page for Puglia that:… Read More »Salento Pride on Wikipedia
Will Italy finally move toward LGBTQ+ equality?
Many think of Italy as being LGBTQ+ friendly. Here in Puglia we sometimes feel we are “protected” by a permissive bubble, especially come summer time… Read More »Will Italy finally move toward LGBTQ+ equality?
Italy’s Pride Wave – LGBTQ+ Pride in Italy 2020
Pride parades celebrating LGBTQ achievements and community take place throughout Italy from mid-May to the end of September. The collective Pride wave (“Onda Pride”) sweeps… Read More »Italy’s Pride Wave – LGBTQ+ Pride in Italy 2020
Salento Pride 2020
The next Salento Pride – on 20 June 2020 – will take place in Brindisi, switching destination from Gallipoli where it has taken place since… Read More »Salento Pride 2020
Italian attitudes to LGBTQ+ people
The 2019 edition of the OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Society at a Glance survey examines trends in social well-being across the OECD.… Read More »Italian attitudes to LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ travel index 2019
Sweden has been named the most LGBT-friendly country in the world for travellers according to new research into gay rights in 150 countries. The UK… Read More »LGBTQ+ travel index 2019