Pride Parade: When City Streets Turn Bold And Colourful

When you see tens of thousands of people waving colourful flags on their city streets, you forget the fear, hate and self-loathing constantly being fought. On this day, you witness people from all walks of life parading their pride, their sexuality—each person is a story, unique and telling.

The past decade has given the LGBT community many grounds to strengthen their identity. While parts of the world are going all guns blazing to silence the rights of gay people and marking them as criminal offenders, there are others willing to open doors.

In 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned the one-man, one-woman marriage law to legalise gay marriages. In 2012, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to publicly support the rights of the LGBT community to marry. 2015 saw the gay community of Mozambique succeed in their campaign to get homosexuality decriminalised. In the same year, Nepal joined just a handful of other countries in recognising a third gender on their passports.

Kate Brown was sworn in as governor or Oregon in 2016, making her the highest-ranked LGBT person to be elected to office in America. And this year, January 31 to be precise, thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted for ‘sexual offenses’ in Britain, were pardoned under a new policing law.

Equality must come to each country. And despite the hatred, there is hope. If the Stonewall Riots of 1969, that gave birth to first ever gay march just a year later, are any indication, change is only inevitable when remarkable moments of Pride take place.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.