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Beyond Proud
BID BOOK
BEYOND PROUD
Beyond Proud
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 42 LETTERS OF SUPPORT
43 Civil Society
6 WELCOME
52 Government and public offices
Co-Presidency
Government of Portugal 55 Public figures
57 Business
8 1. LGBTI PORTUGAL: A MIXED PICTURE 58 Culture and Education
Successes and Obstacles
LGBTI Milestones
12 2. BIDDERS: A TRIO OF SYNERGIES
ILGA Portugal
rede ex aequo
Variações
18 3. CONCEPT: BEYOND PROUD
Human Rights Conference
March, Village and Festivals
Arts and Cultural Agenda
24 4. PROGRAMME: 6 DAYS, 2 CITIES, 1 DESTINY
Highlights
Schedule
Venues
32 5. BUSINESS PLAN: SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
Budget
Sustainability
Marketing and Communications
36 6. PORTUGAL: #1 IN LGBTI TRAVEL
Getting there
Highlights
Eat, drink, sleep
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. LGBTI PORTUGAL: A MIXED PICTURE 3. CONCEPT: BEYOND PROUD 5. BUSINESS PLAN: SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS 6. PORTUGAL: #1 IN LGBTI TRAVEL
Since the end of Portugal’s dictatorship in 1974, particularly in The vision of a pan-European Pride movement will mark 30 EuroPride 2022 Portugal public events, including the Human Renowned for its warm weather and warm welcome, Portugal
the last two decades, the country made accelerating progress years in 2022 since the first EuroPride march took place in Rights Conference will be free to attend. In addition, our planning is among the 20 most visited countries in the world, receiving
on LGBTI rights, particularly for a long-closed country and London. In 2022, we will celebrate not just Pride, but pride in our includes helping students in particular with accommodations in an average of 13 million foreign tourists annually. Ranked among
conservative culture. As a result, in 2019, Portugal ranked #7 accomplishments as a movement that has changed the landscape order to make youth participation a priority. the five most peaceful countries in the world, Portugal also tied
on ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map. However, Portugal remains for LGBTI lives in Europe. At the same time, such a landmark for #1 on the 2019 Spartacus Gay Travel Index. Since five years,
with Eastern Europe near the bottom of OECD countries for anniversary invites us to look forward, to see how we can expand EuroPride 2022 Portugal will be marketed as a single, contiguous, Portugal consistently features among Top-10 destinations, on both
LGBTI social acceptance. Stigma, discrimination, isolation, and the vision of EuroPride beyond today and beyond boundaries, in 6-day festival that begins in Porto and ends in Lisbon. professional (Monocle, Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveller, etc.)
victimisation remain the reality of many. order to transform LGBTI lives beyond recognition. Communications will take a digital-first, substance-first approach, and user-generated (TripAdvisor, Airbnb, etc.) lists.
timed with the calendar of European and worldwide LGBTI
events from 2019 to 2022. Social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, While the need for greater LGBTI social acceptance and legal
2. BIDDERS: A TRIO OF SYNERGIES etc.) will serve for audience-capture and as extensions of the equality is acute, openness to foreigners and a culture of
4. PROGRAMME: 6 DAYS, 2 CITIES, 1 DESTINY EuroPride 2022 website and app. By going beyond promotion and respectfulness mean that Portugal remains among the safest,
Portugal’s EuroPride 2022 bid represents a joint effort by three information to deliver added-value knowledge, we will position most welcoming places for LGBTI travelers. Lisbon and Porto have
national organisations who, together, offer LGBTI people a path EuroPride 2022 Portugal takes place Monday-Saturday, 19-24 EuroPride 2022 as a must-attend event. dynamic, visible LGBTI presence, and initiatives in smaller cities
to self-determination, autonomy, and community in all aspects September. The Human Rights Conference opens the evening are multiplying rapidly as evidenced by the local Prides and EPOA
of life. ILGA Portugal is the country’s largest and oldest NGO of Monday, 19 September in Porto. The EuroPride Village in Faithful to our Beyond Proud concept for EuroPride to be a members emerging in the last two years.
working for the social integration of and an end to discrimination Lisbon opens to visitors the afternoon of Thursday, 22 September, positive force for communities, we will design a social and
against LGBTI people and their families. rede ex aequo promotes with a party that night. Special rail offers facilitate the 2.5-hour environmental programme to guide our efforts. We will aim to
social integration and recognition of the needs specific to LGBTI trip between Porto and Lisbon during the week, with capacity meet B Lab standards for sustainability and inclusivity the full
youth through a network of local support, social, and activism added Lisbon-bound the last day of the conference. EuroPride length of our supply and value chains, and encourage our vendors
groups. Variações promotes LGBTI economic empowerment by culminates with the march on Saturday, 24 September, which and partners to do the same.
helping LGBTI-owned/-focused small businesses in Portugal, and delivers festival goers to the EuroPride Village for the closing and
employees and associations at larger firms. handover ceremonies, and the main concert.
Both cities will host an Espaço EuroPride mixed-use event
space near the official event venues. Open all week, these will
house an educational exhibition, be available for receptions, and
performances, and to groups wishing to organise meetings and
workshops in relation to EuroPride. In addition, businesses and
arts institutions across both cities will be engaged to develop a
EuroPride-related social and cultural agenda to accompany the
political events.
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GOVERNMENT OF PORTUGAL
WELCOME
CO-PRESIDENCY
On behalf of the Steering Committee it is our great pride to bid We live in perilous times, in Europe and elsewhere, when Human Portugal currently ranks 7th on ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map,
to host EuroPride 2022 in Portugal, especially now, when we as a Rights are challenged on a daily basis and used as populist but there is still so much to do where there are no rankings: on
movement are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall weapons, targeting our communities politically and decrying social perception and acceptance. Thus we present a national
riots. identities as threats. The LGBTI movement has historically upheld application, as we recognize the enormous national gaps that
inclusion and diversity, to leave no one behind. We want to persist: where North and South are moving at different speeds;
This candidacy is a collaborative effort across civil society in reaffirm this in 2022: to address Europe as a whole, including the where urban and rural don’t speak the same language; where
Portugal, with outstanding support from very diverse Human migrant communities that are an integral part of our societies. countryside and coast don’t see the same human dignity. But at
Rights and LGBTI organisations and relevant Government officials. We also want to engage in interregional dialogue, so that we can the same time, Portugal is a country where Prides are flourishing
If approved, EuroPride 2022 Portugal will have a profound impact support each other in our mutual concerns, where “us versus and where informal groups are stepping up to intervene, and we
on the proximity between CSOs and local and national Government, them” becomes only “us” proudly embracing our differing views want to share our excitement about this with all of Europe.
and how LGBTI issues are perceived by society as a whole. and diversity.
Portugal is known for its hospitality, great food, even better
nightlife and gorgeous views. We are eager to open this reality
to LGBTI communities and to share this with thousands of LGBTI
activists during EuroPride 2022.
We are Beyond Proud to welcome you!
Marta Ramos Carlos Sanches Ruivo
Executive Director, ILGA Portugal President, Variações L
EUROPRIDE 2022 PORTUGAL CANDIDACY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
6 MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL , HE MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA
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1.LGBTI PORTUGAL :
A MIXED PICTURE
Since the end of Portugal’s dictatorship SUCCESSES AND OBSTACLES
in 1974, particularly in the last two
decades, the country made accelerating While Portugal’s LGBTI civil society fosters best practices and successes can serve to inform and empower political activism
progress on LGBTI rights, particularly for achieves legal and political advances, the law still does not protect in other conservative societies, where progress is most urgent.
a long-closed country and conservative equal access to goods and services, healthcare and employment. Portugal’s lapses, meanwhile, remind even its more advanced
culture. By 2019, Portugal ranked #7 Legal protection against hate crimes and for asylum seekers peers to translate policy progress into everyday experience.
on ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map and is incomplete. Bullying in schools and lack of LGBTI education
tied for first on Spartacus Guides persist. Especially outside the major cities of Lisbon and Porto, EuroPride would show Portugal the value, beauty and power
ranking of LGBTI travel destinations.1 much work remains in order to overcome cultural inertia and of diversity. EuroPride would federate the slowly emerging
However, Portugal also joins Eastern prejudice, which continue to hamper LGBTI security, equality, crop of local Prides and LGBTI initiatives across Portugal, giving
Europe near the bottom of OECD access, and inclusion. sustenance and permanence to a national movement that will
countries for LGBTI social acceptance.2 inspire others. EuroPride would help ensure that headline progress
Stigma, discrimination, isolation, and Portugal thus forms a bridge between more and less advanced does not remain confined to paper.
victimisation remain a daily reality for European countries in terms of LGBTI equality. Portugal’s
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• Sex characteristics of intersex
T I M E L I N E O F L G B T I M I L E TO N E S I N P O R T U G U E S E H I S TO R Y
minors gain legal protection
• Equal age of • 2nd law regarding gender
consent established recognition adds
• Sexual orientation 1st LGBTI Pride
self-determination for adults
included in hate march in Ponta
De facto unions for • Government and ILGA Portugal
crimes laws Delgada (Azores)
same-sex couples host the 6th European IDAHOT
given legal recognition Forum
Homosexuality
• Variações founded, association
decliminalised
• 8th country in the for LGBTI business and tourism
world to recognise • Artificial insemination/IVF
• 1st LGBTI Pride marches in
1st Arraial Lisboa Constitution bans same-sex marriage allowed for lesbian couples
Faro, Aveiro, Viseu and Bragança
Pride festival discrimination based • 1st LGBTI Pride • Same-sex adoption gains
• 1st LGBTI Pride march in Ponta
on sexual orientation march in Coimbra legal recognition
Delgada (Azores) after
4 years of absence
1974 1982 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019
1st LGBTI Pride 1st LGBTI Pride Sexual orientation/gender • Gender identity included 1st LGBTI Pride
march in Lisbon march in Porto, identity recognised for in hate crimes laws marches in
Carnation Revolution Portugal’s second • 1st LGBTI Pride march Barcelos and
asylum purposes
brings ends 50 years largest city in Braga Matosinhos
of dictatorship
ILGA Portugal • Employment
founded as first 1st law regarding 1st LGBTI Pride
anti-discrimination laws passed
national LGBTI gender recognition marches in Vila Real
• Foundation of rede ex aequo,
rights organisation and Funchal (Madeira)
association of LGBTI youth and
allies
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S T R AT E G Y
2 .BIDDERS: CIVIL SOCIETY
ADVISORY
A TRIO OF SYNERGIES COUNCIL
Portugal’s EuroPride 2022 bid represents a joint effort by three
national organisations who, together, offer LGBTI people a path to
self-determination, autonomy, and community in all aspects of life:
• ILGA Portugal is the country’s largest and oldest NGO working
for the social integration of and an end to discrimination against
LGBTI people and their families.
• rede ex aequo promotes social integration and recognition STEERING COMMITTEE
of the needs specific to LGBTI youth through a network of local (Heads of Bidding Organisations)
PLANNING
support, social, and activism groups. INDEPENDENT
PA R T I C I PA N T S
• Variações promotes LGBTI economic empowerment. It
GOVERNMENT
helps LGBTI-owned/focused small businesses in Portugal, and
employees and associations at larger firms.
Business
& Culture
The heads of these compose a Steering Committee that consults
a Civil Society Advisory Council including local Pride organisers
and recognised non-profit groups working on LGBTI issues, thus
ensuring support from a wide range of stakeholders.
I M P L E M E N TAT I O N
S E C R E TA R I AT S TA F F & V O L U N T E E R S
VENDORS E X H I B I TO R S MEDIA PUBLIC
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Founded in 1995, ILGA Portugal belongs to the ILGA Europe rede ex aequo began informal activities in 2002 through
Advocacy Network, is a founding member of NELFA, an the Descentrar Project of ILGA Portugal, funded by the
IDAHO correspondent, and a member of FRA’s Fundamental Portuguese Institute for Youth. It was formally organised
President - Tavares
Rights Platform and of the Advisory Council of the Portuguese President - Nuno Pinto in 2003 and attained legal status in 2004. rede ex
Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality. Based in Lisbon, aequo’s mission is to:
ILGA Portugal coordinates groups devoted to specific topics, such Nuno Pintois an LGBTI activist and volunteer with Tavares is an activist and volunteer with rede ex aequo since 2016.
as Lesbian or Trans issues and Rainbow Families, and key initiatives ILGA Portugal since 2005, and a member of the Board • Fight discrimination, and promote social integration Tavares is currently Chair of the Board. Tavares studies leisure
including: of which he is now President since 2011. Nuno holds and recognition of the needs and specificities of LGBTI management and tourism and works actively in projects related to
a degree in political psychology and does research in youth the protection of LGBTI youth and sex education in schools.
• Political intervention: Lobbying Portuguese political parties the field of social sciences. He has a PhD from ISCTE
and the Government, building alliances with private and public Lisbon University Institute, with a thesis on the situation • Implement strategic scientific, social, cultural, and
institutions, organizing conferences and promoting petitions, of Trans people in Portugal, and works on national political interventions on behalf of LGBTI youth and
among other activities. and international projects involving both research and education
intervention in LGBTI domains.
• Arraial Lisboa Pride: The largest annual LGBTI Pride event in • Create and foster the development of local support,
Portugal. Integrated in the Festas de Lisboa municipal festival, the social and working groups for LGBTI youth and
party takes place on Lisbon’s main square. Live performances, DJ’s supporters
and a Pride village including stands for NGOs and LGBTI businesses
draw around 70,000 attendees each year. The association runs support centres, activism and social
programmes throughout the country. rede ex aequo
• LGBT Centre: A helpline, psychological and legal counseling, HIV also organise discussions and clarification sessions in
and STI prevention, social integration assistance for asylum seekers Executive Director - Marta Ramos schools about sexual orientation, gender identity and
and refugees, a documentation centre on LGBTI issues and victim (Co-President of EuroPride 2022 expression. Victims can report instances of homophobic
support, many cultural and political events, and opportunities for Portugal) or transphobic bullying to the association’s Observatory. Vice President - Isaac Rodrigues
supervised training and volunteer work. rede ex aequo also offer support and information for
With a background in Law and a major in Human Rights, family and friends of LGBTI young people. Isaac Rodrigues began activism with rede ex aequo in 2014. Isaac
• Prémio Arco-Íris: Annual Rainbow Awards ceremony honours Marta Ramos is the Executive Director of ILGA Portugal. has been an active volunteer ever since, having been appointed
people or institutions whose work throughout the year promotes She previously worked at the Office of the Council of rede ex aequo is inscribed in the National Register of as Treasurer of the Board and currently serving as Vice President.
the fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in the European Youth Associations and is part of the National Youth Isaac is dedicated to projects involving Trans youth.
expression and identity, and sex characteristics. Parliament and at the Portuguese Commission for the Council, the Forum for the Rights of Children and
Citizenship and Gender Equality. Marta is a member of Youth, and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
• Information: Publications on LGBTI rights and access to resources, ILGA Portugal since 2011, where she developed specific Transgender, Queer Youth and Student Organisation
multimedia campaigns against LGBTI discrimination, education work and expertise on combating and raising awareness (IGLYO).
and training of professionals to ensure LGBTI access to public of anti-LGBTI hate crimes, particularly via projects with
services. the Observatory on Discrimination and UNI-FORM.
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CIVIL SOCIETY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Civil Society Advisory Council has a three-fold role:
(1) to include perspectives from the full spectrum groups based on identity, issue and geography across
Portugal;
(2) to engage the community beyond the major cities and beyond the most established LGBTI civil society
Founded in 2018, Variações: LGBTI Business & Tourism issues and actors in a collective effort behind EuroPride;
Association of Portugal unites more than 60 firms in a President - Carlos Sanches Ruivo (3) to facilitate EPOA membership among new local Pride organisers in cities across the country.
non-profit association that supports LGBTI economic (Co-President of EuroPride 2022 In so doing, we want to empower activism at local level nationwide, and connect individual efforts into a
empowerment in Portugal. The core membership Portugal) national visible and consolidated LGBTI movement. As of July 2019, the council comprises:
consists of LGBTI-owned, -managed, and -focused
small businesses working to establish Portugal both Carlos Sanches Ruivo, 51, is a co-founder and current President of
at home and abroad as a top destination for LGBTI Variações, and founder of The Late Birds Lisbon, Portugal’s largest
residence, travel and investment. Promoting Portugal LGBTI hotel company. Carlos graduated in Telecom Engineering in Community Identity Health Social
as a hub for the worldwide LGBTI community also Paris, where he worked for 20 years before pursuing his MBA and activism and inclusivity and well-being activities
promotes a culture of inclusivity within Portugal by starting The Late Birds. Having spent 38 years abroad and as an
using economic incentives to advance social goals. To activist, mostly in French LGBTI political and sports organisations, • AMPLOS: Parents of • Rumos Novos – • Grupo de Ativistas • Lisbon Bear Pride:
do so, Variações engages with LGBTI groups at large Carlos is now an active leader of Portugal’s LGBTI community, and LGBTI children and Católicas e Católicos em Tratamentos/ Leisure
firms and with public authorities to support diverse and The Late Birds both serves as a hub for the LGBTI community in youth* LGBT: LGBTI faithful CheckpointLx: STI
inclusive workplaces, labour and business practices, and Lisbon and sponsors many cultural, social, athletic, and charity events prevention and • Associação Cultural
legislation. throughout the year, such as the Queer Film Festival, Fado Bicha and • It Gets Better • Coletivo Zanele treatment* Janela Indiscreta
Portugal’s participation in the 2018 Paris Gay Games. Portugal: LGBTI youth Muholi de Lésbicas e (Queer Lisboa Film
Variações’ first year operating budget was empowerment Bissexuais Negras: LB • Associação para Festival): Culture
approximately EUR 20,000 from membership fees women of colour o Planeamento da
and voluntary contributions to specific initiatives. • Somos Blergh: Grass- Família: Family planning • Associação
Government grants for Variações’ second year increased roots mobilisation • OPUS Diversidades services* Desportiva
this amount more than ten-fold, reflecting the (formerly Opus Gay): BJWHF/One
Government’s commitment to a strong LGBTI economy • Alluma: LGBTI LGBTI and age anti- • Associação Portuguesa Club Fits All
in Portugal. student organisation discrimination* de Apoio à Vítima:
(University of Madeira) Victim support services
• Ação Pela
• Mais: LGBTI health Identidade: Trans and • Associação Plano i/
Executive Director - Diogo Vieira da Silva students organisation intersex identities Centro GIS: Social
inclusion and
Originally from Porto, Diogo Vieira da Silva, 29, is a co-founder and • Academia Cidadã / integration*
current Executive Director of Variações. Diogo became an LGBTI Citizenship Academy:
activist at a young age, having joined several projects, including Civic participation* • Casa Qui:
leading Portugal in the European coordination of the It Gets Better Psychological, social and
Project, which ran from 2017 to 2018. Diogo is Assistant General • Colectivo LGBTI legal support to LGBTI
Manager at The Late Birds Lisbon. He holds degrees in Hospitality Viseu: Local activism children and youth
Management, International Trade and Digital Marketing.
* = local pride organizers
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3.CONCEPT: BEYOND PROUD THEMES PROGRAMME
B eyo n d Pol i ti ca l
In a survey of Pride mission statements from around the
world, amid approaches ranging from the philosophical
To day
Co n f e r e n ce s
to the mechanical, two cities stand out. The Prides of & ce r e m o n i e s
New York and San Francisco, the cities with the longest
experience in LGBTI activism converge on four specific
objectives, which we distill into three concrete goals for
EuroPride 2022:
INFORM I N I T I AT E
INFORM I N I T I AT E
Te a c h a b o u t L G B T I Q l i ve s
INFORM
people
Honour LGBTIQ heritage
INSPIRE Cultural S oc i a l
ideas B eyond B eyo n d
Ce l e b ra t e L G B T I Q c u l t u r e Exhibitions & Parties &
B ound arie s R e co g n it io n
I N I T I AT E p e r f o r m a n ce s activities
action INSPIRE INSPIRE
Promote LGBTIQ equality
The vision of a pan-European Pride movement will
mark 30 years in 2022 since the first EuroPride march
took place in London. In 2022, we will celebrate Pride,
including pride in our accomplishments as a movement EuroPride creates opportunities for and mobilizes activism by
that has changed the landscape for LGBTI individuals in allowing as many stakeholders as possible to join with their
Europe. At the same time, such a landmark anniversary own initiatives. The themes and programme above provide
invites us to look forward, to see how we can expand a framework to guide and encourage other stakeholders,
the vision of EuroPride beyond today and beyond in particular from the Civil Society Advisory Council,
boundaries, in order to transform LGBTI lives beyond who would like to organise political, cultural and social
recognition. events that complement the official calendar.
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HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE Not OK is OK looks at mental health
issues for LGBTI persons. It considers
Purpleconomy looks at LGBTI
economic empowerment and at
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH
ENCOUNTER
the impact that homophobia, its socioeconomic impact around
EuroPride will open in Porto with the Human Rights Conference following a weekend-
transphobia, biphobia and interphobia us. It recognises that LGBTI-owned, The International Youth Encounter, part
long youth encounter organized by rede ex aequo (see box). The three-day conference
have on the well-being of LGBTI -run, and -friendly businesses offer of rede ex aequo’s regular programme,
will be free to attend, and present keynote speakers, panel discussions, roundtables,
persons, on top of the daily negation opportunities and influence for people will happen in Porto 16-20 September,
informational presentations, and practical workshops. The conference will be conducted
of living in a heteronormative media who may not have access to them contiguous with the Human Rights
by a renowned Portuguese TV host and will be followed by two LGBTI-specialised
environment. It analyses existing elsewhere. It examines how business Conference. During the first days,
rapporteurs who will attend workshops and collect notes on key messages. Below, we
services and options for more adequate can continue to improve LGBTI young people from across Europe will
identify a spectrum of connected topics that span the varied needs of multi-speed
and appropriate healthcare. autonomy, self-determination, and get to know each other and explain
progress on LGBTI rights evident across Europe.
community, in particular by addressing the work they do in their organisations.
• Proposed speakers: Mental Health Europe; Pink
Therapy; EPATH.
acute problems in the LGBTI Beginning the 20 September, they will
community like youth unemployment, attend the conference sessions in Porto,
mentoring, and retirement and after which they will attend the march
Let’s Get Physical looks at how sports eldercare. It also addresses negative and other activities held in Lisbon.
Faith Matters looks at debunking Them Us looks at Europe’s potential Kids These Days looks at the specific do and do not accommodate LGBTI effects like gentrification, hyper-
cultural and social stereotypes about for enabling Human Rights progress needs of LGBTI youth and how they are athletes. It recognises the gendered tourism and persistent economic Young people have less budget to
LGBTI persons and their opportunity in former occupied countries and too often neglected by misconceptions nature of sports to date and how this exclusion within the LGBTI world. travel and participate in events like
to live truly and publicly express their how, conversely, these countries can about age. It recognises that today’s poses particular problems for Trans, EuroPride, and their professional and
• Proposed speakers: Nova School of Business; IES Social
faith. It acknowledges both sides of equip European LGBTI organisations young people are tomorrow’s leaders Intersex and gender diverse athletes. Business School; B Lab; L’Autre Cercle; OECD; Schwulen activist networks tend to be limited.
the taboo when it comes to religion, with a truly integrationist discourse. It and family heads, and those who will It reflects on which opportunities Beratung; Rainbold; MisterB&B; OPUS Diversidades. As today’s young activists will become
gender identity and sexuality, and recognises the need for Europeans to shape the society of the future. It looks athletes are given to come out as tomorrow’s leaders, it is vital to
proposes to have an open, straight- redress LGBTI communities in former beyond education to acknowledge LGBTI. provide them with tools, knowledge,
forward interfaith debate informed occupied countries and assist other the full experience of being young and experiences and networking to
We encourage diverse voices, including
also by discussions during the Vatican’s organisations in their work to promote LGBTI. • Proposed speakers: GaySurfers; FARE network; empower them from the earliest.
Outsport Project; BJWHF/One Club Fits All. those on narrow and even controversial
World Youth Day, which Portugal will equality and Human Rights. It also The International Youth Encounter
• Proposed speakers: IGLYO; SALTO-YOUTH Inclusion topics in an open environment
host earlier in the summer of 2022. recognises that advocacy for LGBTI thus aims to integrate more young
Resource Centre; International Partnership for Queer that can structure and channel
equality may come at the expense of Youth Resilience (INQYR). people into EuroPride. We will work
• Proposed speakers: European Forum of LGBT Christian the passionate, sometimes chaotic
respecting local cultures and examines with donors and hostels to provide
Groups; Confederation of Associations of LGBTQI but always fundamental process of
European Muslims (CALEM) and Rainbow Jews. the consequences for LGBTI people scholarships and accommodation.
activism. In addition to the official
caught in the middle, for whom asylum Young people from all over Europe will
conference, we will list and promote
abroad is the only option. find a safe environment to share their
sessions organised by others and
connect them with the resources they experiences, deconstruct prejudices
• Proposed speakers: Arquivo Identidade Angolano;
Commonwealth Equality Network; ABGLT; LGBT Arabic; require, in both Porto and Lisbon, surrounding gender and sexuality, and
Organisation for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM);
where dedicated Espaço EuroPride build their skills and broaden their
LGBT Asylum Support; European Asylum Support Office
venues will include space for events. networks as activists.
(EASO); UNHCR.
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MARCH, VILLAGE AND FESTIVALS PITCH BEACH ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT ARTS AND CULTURAL AGENDA
The weekend immediately preceding the Human Pitch Beach is an international competition that takes place in The arts have a particular benefit beyond their thought-provoking
Rights Conference in Porto, and on weeknights of the Lisbon every summer since 2010. It brings together athletes and and political role. Artwork installations, exhibitions and performances
conference, Porto Pride and a programme of outdoor supporters from over a dozen countries for two sports days during manifest underrepresented identities and issues with a visual impact
film screenings will give added incentive for visitors to a 4-5 day programme with other social activities. Competition is that conference sessions do not have. Further, they last longer by
the city. Further, Porto’s student, nightlife and LGBTI organised into two categories: (1) Pitch - rugby, volleyball, football nature, expanding education and communication opportunities for
neighbourhood offer an array of popular restaurants, and swimming competitions in indoor facilities or grass courts in weeks to months before and after the EuroPride festival. As a result,
bars, clubs and boutiques for many different crowds, the city, and (2) Beach - rugby, volleyball and football on a beach the arts offer an abundance of visual material for media to use, and
tastes and budgets all in close proximity to the near Lisbon. Pitch Beach is hosted and organised by BJWHF/One can expand media coverage beyond the reductive stereotyping that
EuroPride venues. Club Fits All, a non-profit organisation promoting the practice Pride is about only certain kinds of people or events.
of sports without any form of discrimination. To date, the group
In Lisbon, the EuroPride Village will open the last three has also established the Dark Horses rugby and Lisbon Crows Further, a 2019 meeting of Portuguese curators made clear the
days of EuroPride on Praça de Comercio, the biggest volleyball teams. widespread desire to include LGBTI narratives in programming.
public square in Portugal: 3.5 waterfront hectares These include both new shows and presentations of existing
surrounded by colonnades and a triumphal arch. Several collections that explore gender, identity, self-expression, love, family,
dozen stands will offer products, catering, information faith, freedom, politics, prejudice, etc., both in artwork explicitly and QUEER LISBOA INTERNATIONAL
and meeting places. As a political, cultural, and social implicitly, and in the lives of artists. However, while curators from fine FILM FESTIVAL
agora, the EuroPride Village will dedicate areas for to folk art understand that LGBTI narratives can shine new light and
caucuses on youth, families, elders, women, and/or help reach new audiences, their directors and trustees doubt the Queer Lisboa is Lisbon’s oldest film festival and the
cultural background, who will be the object of proactive relevance in terms of content and/or growth potential. EuroPride’s first Portuguese festival dedicated to LGBTI-themed
outreach. The mainstage will feature nightly live ability to attract audiences and media coverage would offer proof to cinema. Created in 1997, Queer Lisboa has become
performances to animate open-air parties. Concurrently the contrary. one of the most internationally recognised of its
Lisbon will host the Pitch Beach Athletic Tournament
genre for the quality of programming and activities
(see box). At the time of writing, discussion is ongoing with visual, performance, as well as the guests it attracts. Queer Lisboa gives
literary and applied arts institutions in cities around the country. The awards for Best Feature Film, Documentary, Short
On the last day of EuroPride 2022, the March will follow aim is for exhibitions, shows, residencies and workshops to offer a Film, School Film (short format), and Queer Art
Lisbon’s central avenues, it’s final leg 2.5 km down critical mass of LGBTI programming throughout (at least) Portugal’s experimental formats. In parallel, non-competition
Avenida da Liberdade to an enfilade of plazas that summer high season. As a first step, the Queer Lisboa International sections offer themed programmes dedicated to a
lead to the EuroPride Village for the closing speeches, FIlm Festival (see box), which would run during EuroPride, have particular filmmaker or culture, retrospectives on
handover ceremony and concert. committed to arrange special, public screenings in conjunction with the historical representation of Queer identity in
EuroPride in both cities. Additional interest has come from leading film, sections dedicated to Queer Cinema subgenres,
museums and the Disquiet International Literary Programme. We as well as panel discussions, lectures, workshops,
will develop these and other options further. exhibitions, and art installations.
22 23Beyond Proud
4 .PROGRAMME:
6 DAYS , 2 CITIES , 1 DESTINY
EuroPride 2022 Portugal takes place Monday-Saturday, 19-24 September. The VENUES ESPAÇO EUROPRIDE
Human Rights conference opens the evening of Monday, 19 September in Porto.
The EuroPride Village in Lisbon opens to visitors the afternoon of Thursday, 22 Porto and Lisbon, as the country’s two largest cities, and its With events in two cities and activity migrating from one
September, with a party that night. All week, special rail offers facilitate the 2.5-hour political, social, cultural and economic hubs, are experienced in to the other, a sense of presence and continuity in both
trip between Porto and Lisbon, with capacity added to bring conference goers to and well equipped for hosting large, public events. They are only is essential to the cohesion of a single, national festival.
Lisbon for the Village opening. EuroPride culminates with the March on Saturday, 300 kilometres apart with frequent, direct road/rail (2.5 hrs) and To achieve this, each city will have a mixed-use Espaço
24 September, which delivers all to the Village for closing speeches, the handover air (30 min) links. EuroPride indoor facility, to be integrated with the official
ceremony, and the main concert. events venues, and serving as a EuroPride anchor or
“embassy” in Lisbon during the Porto Human Rights
All week, Porto and Lisbon will each host an Espaço EuroPride mixed-use event MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY Conference, and in Porto when the centre of activity moves
space (see box) near the official event venues. This space will house an educational to Lisbon for the EuroPride Village and March.
exhibition open to the public and be available to groups wishing to organise EuroPride venues were specifically selected for their proven ease
meetings and workshops and other events related to EuroPride. Finally, businesses of access for people with reduced mobility: ramp entrances, toilet All week, the Espaço EuroPride, open to the public, will
and arts institutions will be engaged to develop a EuroPride-related social and equipped for people with reduced mobility, wheelchair-suitable inform people about LGBTI history with a retrospective
cultural agenda to accompany the political events. elevators, priority services and other features. exhibition about the European Pride movement’s work
and accomplishments. EPOA member organisations will
In Porto and Lisbon, hilly areas with steep and narrow alleys give be invited to provide multimedia content about the LGBTI
character to certain older neighborhoods. But the hearts of both history and current situation of their country. Local media,
cities comprise large, flat, easily navigable zones well served by schools, associations, and the public will be invited to
wheelchair-accessible mass transit and free public lifts to higher events at the Espaço EuroPride or to visit them on their
elevations. Where these are not available, taxis and ride-share own.
services offer an abundant, reliable and inexpensive alternative.
As local hubs of the larger EuroPride 2022 festival, the
A silver lining to Portugal’s last economic crisis is that Espaço EuroPride will also hold official receptions and
new investment redeveloped long-antiquated buildings. other events, and live-stream video links to conferences
Accommodation and facilities that were once inaccessible by and events happening in the other city. Furthermore, the
dint of age now conform to all modern standards of accessibility, spaces will be available for recognised, independent groups
safety and egress. For an example of more specific descriptions, to reserve as a venue for their own presentations, meetings,
consult this travel guide to accessible Lisbon: https://www. and workshops organised to complement the EuroPride
momondo.co.uk/discover/article/travel-guide-accessible-lisbon. official schedule.
Furthermore, all Human Rights conference events and public
speeches will offer Portuguese and International Sign Language
interpretation, and audio components of multimedia materials
will be created with the visually impaired in mind.
24 25E U R O P R I D E 2 0 2 2 P O R T U G A L C A L E N DA R O F E V E N T S Beyond Proud
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Th u r s d ay F r i d ay S a t u r d ay S u n d ay
16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 2 2 S e p te m b e r 2 3 S e p te m b e r 2 4 S e p te m b e r 2 5 S e p te m b e r
FOCUS
Human Rights
Yout h E ncounter & HIGHLIGHTS
Yo u t h E n co u n te r Youth En coun te r & Co n fe r e nce & Eu r o Pr i de Eu r oP r i de
You th E n cou n te r Youth En coun te r Human R i g ht s Human R i g ht s
& P o r to P r i d e EuroP ride Ope n ing Eu r o P r i d e F e st i vi ti e s F e sti v i ti e s
Conference Conference
F e st i vi t i e s 1. Crescendo of events culminating in the
EuroPride March, handover and concert
2. Extends LGBTI annual youth camping retreat
and activism workshops by rede ex aequo with
accommodation support in Porto and Lisbon for
• NGO partner student participants
workshops
• Informal activities for
• Keynote speeches 3. QueerLisboa Film Festival, showing 100+
EPOA early arrivals • Keynote speeches • Pa ne l a nd
• Panels and LGBTI-themed feature, short and documentary
• r ede ex aeq u o • Media event TBC • Panels and w o rksh o p re p o rt s
• r e d e ex a e q uo • r e de ex a e quo workshops films from around the world
In ter national • Es pa ço EuroP rid e workshops
P O R TO
e nco unte r e n coun te r • Evening event t o p l e na ry
You th E n cou n te r We lcome Re ce pt i on f o r • Evening event • Cl o si ng • E sp a ç o • E sp a ç o • E sp a ç o
• P o r to P r i d e • I n de p e n de n t • Espaço EuroPride
• In depen dent EPOA members and • Queer Lisboa a d d re sse s E uro Pri d e e x h i b i t E uro Pri d e e x h i b i t E uro Pri d e e x h i b i t 4. Espaço EuroPride venues in both cities to
• I nd e p e nd e nt s oc ia l a n d • QueerLisboa
social and conference screening • M e d i a e ve nt T BC host public exhibitions, events, and livestream
so c i al a nd c u l t u ra l c ult ura l eve n t s screening
cu l t u ra l event s participants • Independent social • Trave l to L i s b o n between the cities to allow remote event
eve nt s TB C TBC • Independent
T BC • Queer Lisboa and cultural events (2 . 5 h ) f a c i l i t a t e d
social and cultural attendance
screening TBC b y ra i l o f f e rs
events TBC
• Independent social
and cultural events 5. Three days of Human Rights Conference in
TBC Porto
6. Promoted agenda of independent cultural
and social events in Porto to attract LGBTI
tourists during conference period
7. Pre-arranged offers with Comboios de
• E s p aço E u r o P r i d e • Eu r o P r i de Vi l l ag e • E u r o P r i de V i l l ag e
ex hi b i t an d P o r to • Es pa ço Eu r o P r i d e • E s p aço E u r o P r i d e
• I n fo r m a l Portugal (CP) national railways to facilitate travel
a c t i vi ti e s for between Porto and Lisbon in both directions
LISBON
• E s paço l i ve - s t r ea m exhi bi t ex h i b i t
• E spaço E uroPride • E spaço E uroPride EP OA l a te staye r s
E u r oPr ide a n d • Esp a ço • Es p a ço • Es p a ço Eur oP r id e • Q u e er L i s bo a • P i tc h B ea ch • ( P i tc h B eac h
exhibit and Porto exhibit and Porto • P i tc h B e ac h 8. Three days of EuroPride Village in Lisbon
Qu eer Lis boa Eu r o P r i d e exhi bit Eur oP r ide exhib it exhib it • E u r oP r i d e V i l l a g e s p o r t s day s o c i a l day )
live-stream live-stream s po r t s d ay and
F i l m F es t i va l • Q u e e r Li sb o a • Que e r Lis b oa • Que e r Lis b oa o pe n s • Qu e e r L i sb oa • E u r oPr i de
• Queer Lisboa • Queer Lisboa c l o s i ng
j oi n t o pen i n g • P i tc h B e a c h c l os i ng P arad e 9. EuroPride Festivities concurrent with Pitch
af te r - pa r t y
s po r t s fes t i val • Op e n- ai r n i g h t • H a nd ove r a n d Beach sports festival, with teams of LGBTI
o pe n i ng pa r t y co nce r t Co nce r t athletes from over a dozen countries
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PORTO
Regular, high-capacity events in Porto include the Red
B o av i s t a &
Ce d ofe i a
CITY HALL
Bull Air Race, World Touring Car Cup Race and, in 2019, the
UEFA Nations League
Regular,football tournament.
high-capacity events inAs the include
Porto hub forthe Red Bull Air
Race,north,
Portugal’s industrial World Touring
the cityCar Cup
also Race and,
receives in 2019, the UEFA Nations
frequent
trade shows andLeague football
organises tournament.
events As the Fashion
like Portugal hub for Portugal’s
week. industrial ALIADOS
Porto also hosts north, the city also
the Primavera receives
Sound frequent trade
electronic musicshows and organises
festival PLAZA
on the seaside. events like Portugal Fashion week. Porto also hosts the Primavera
With an international
With anairport close to
international the city
airport centre,
close wellcentre, well served
to the city UNIVERSITY TO U R I S T
served by mass transit, offering many hotel options, public
by mass transit, offering many hotel options, public spaces and OF PORTO CENTER
spaces and alternative routes, Porto’s
Porto’sinfrastructure canandand
)
alternative routes, infrastructure can has handled
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has handled large crowds with ease.
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(1
Ma ssa re l o s
Porto has multiple Porto has multiple
indoor indoor venues
and outdoor and outdoor
usedvenues
for used for
international events. A re a a ro u n d
international events. The Palacio daThe Palacio
Bolsa sitsdain Bolsa sits in the historic centre
the historic t h e ca t h e dra l
and main area of tourist interest. Its
centre and main area of tourist interest. Its ornate, exotic ornate, exotic style creates
style of Po rto
an exciting and inspiring atmosphere for exhibitions, receptions,
creates an exciting and inspiring atmosphere for exhibitions, PALACIO
and meetings. The nearby University of Porto has numerous
receptions, and meetings.
state of the The nearby University
art auditoriums of Porto
and classrooms for smaller sessions.
DA BOLSA
has numerous state of the art auditoriums and classrooms Ri be i ra
Both are within a few minutes flat walk of Porto’s 2-hectare main
for smaller sessions. Both
square, are within
Avenida a fewThis
dos Aliados. minutes
space,flat
usedwalk
for outdoor cinema,
of Porto’s 2-hectare main square,
large-screen footballAvenida
viewing,dos
NewAliados.
Year’s EveThis
celebrations and
live events,
space, used for outdoor is surrounded
cinema, by majestic
large-screen officeviewing,
football buildings and grand
New Year’s Eve celebrations and live events, is surrounded by
majestic office buildings and grand hotels, and crowned by
Porto’s City Hall. V i l a Nova de G a i a
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LISBON
AV
Lisbon welcomes a constant stream of conventions,
EN
festivals and other events. The city hosts the annual Web
Summit attracting as many as 70,000 people to the city
ID
each year since its move from Dublin in 2016. Lisbon also
A
hosted the EuroVision Song Contest in 2018, receiving
DA
more than 50,000 attendees from abroad. Annual
LI
P rincipe
music festivals like NOS Alive, Superbock Super Rock,
BE
R eal
MEO Outjazz attract international headliners and their
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thousands of fans every summer. MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF
A
ANTI-LGBTIQ VIOLENCE
D
Praça do Comercio is the main city square of 3.5 hectares
E
(2
on the shores of the Tagus river where it widens to form Bairro
.5
Lisbon’s harbour. Here, the annual Arraial Lisboa Pride Alto
KM
village and concert hosted 60,000 people in 2019. In 2018, Baixa Alfama
it simultaneously hosted Arraial Lisboa Pride and World
)
Cup football viewings. Immediately adjacent to Praça PÁTIO
do Comercio, Patio de Gale is a large, versatile indoor- Chiado DE GALE
outdoor space, home to Lisbon Fashion Week and, in
2018, the Condé Nast International Luxury Summit. The EUROPRIDE
ornate City Hall is across the street. Tree- and commerce-
lined Avenida da Liberdade runs north 2.5 km to Marques VILLAGE
de Pombal plaza--the gateway to the old city centre and
site of football victory celebrations--where it branches
into broad avenues towards newer parts of the city.
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Project Revenues (EUR) Projected Expenditures (EUR)
5.BUSINESS PLAN:
Sponsors 250,000 EPOA license 10,000
SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
Portugal Tourism Administration
150,000 100,000
Agency 2019-2022
EuroPride 2022 Portugal public events, including the SUSTAINABILITY B LAB CERTIFICATION
Human Rights Conference will be free to attend. In addition, National Government 125,000 Staff costs 16,000
our planning includes helping students in particular with Being Beyond Proud also means being exemplary in our impact B Lab is a non-profit organisation that serves a global
accommodations in order to make youth participation a Local Governments 50,000 Volunteer costs 14,000 on the world. That is why EuroPride 2022 Portugal will make movement of people using business as a force for good.
priority. controlling its environmental and socioeconomic impact a B Lab’s vision is of an inclusive and sustainable economy
Participation fees Marketing/ priority. that creates a shared prosperity for all. Criteria go beyond
EuroPride 2022 Portugal will be marketed as a single, 50,000 30,000 product- or service-level certification to measure social and
(floats/stages) communications
contiguous, 6-day festival that begins in Porto and ends in The operational specifics will be elaborated with technical environmental performance. The B Impact Assessment
Lisbon. Communications will take a digital-first, substance- experts such as B Lab (see box) to reduce the event’s evaluates how operations and business model impact
Stand/booth rentals 45,000 Venue rentals 30,000
first approach, timed with the calendar of European and environmental footprint and create positive social externalities workers, community, environment, and customers. From
worldwide LGBTI events from 2019 to 2022. Social platforms where possible. This includes, but is not limited to: reducing/ supply chain and input materials to charitable giving and
Merchandise sales 25,000 Stages, sound and light 245,000
(Facebook, Instagram, etc.) will serve for audience-capture eliminating event swag; prioritizing recycled/recyclable materials; benefits, B Lab certification protects the highest standards
and as extensions of the EuroPride 2022 website and app. By prioritizing mass transit, rail travel, and ride-sharing; prioritizing of verified performance, supported by transparency and
going beyond promotion and information to deliver added- Catering sales 25,000 Equipment rental 85,000 clean and renewable energy; rules and raising awareness accountability requirements.
value knowledge, we will position EuroPride 2022 as a must- about pollution and waste disposal; prioritizing local sourcing,
attend event. Donations 28,000 Production 55,000 contracting and human resources to anchor economic benefits
in the community; raising awareness about local issues and
Faithful to our Beyond Proud concept for EuroPride to be a Variações 110,250 Performers 76,500 coordination with housing and social welfare advocates.
positive force for communities, we will design a social and
environmental programme to guide our efforts. We will aim Insurance 3,000 Furthermore, the Code of Conduct we establish will apply to our
to meet B Lab standards for sustainability and inclusivity the relations with suppliers, partners, and practitioners in order to
full length of our supply and value chains, and encourage our Travel 24,500 broaden its impact through network effects.
vendors and partners to do the same.
Accommodation 60,500
Utilities 6,750
Security 51,000
Catering 11,000
Cleaning and sanitation 40,000
Total 858,250 Total 858,250
32 33Beyond Proud
COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS from the EuroPride 2022 website and app. Content will lead with #PROUDLYPORTUGAL
stories and issues to introduce and highlight the importance
Ad ve r ti s i n g
EuroPride 2022 Portugal will be marketed as a single, contiguous, of the people, topics, and other elements of the EuroPride 2022 Marketing and communications for EuroPride 2022 Portugal
6-day festival that begins in Porto and ends in Lisbon. ILGA programme. By going beyond promotion and information to Digital will have access to the resources of Proudly Portugal. Proudly
Portugal will lead in communicating with LGBTI social and deliver added-value knowledge, we will position EuroPride 2022 as Print Portugal seeks to establish Portugal as a place where LGBTI
political action and Human Rights networks across Europe. rede a must-attend event. P hys i ca l tourists, residents, and investors are welcome. EuroPride is
ex aequo will engage with youth organisations involved in LGBTI naturally an opportunity for Portugal to demonstrate these
issues. Variações will be responsible for broader LGBTI consumer While online multimedia content and interactivity drive audience values in action.
marketing and promotion, with the aid of Proudly Portugal (see engagement, print formats, influencer outreach, and events
box). will add durable, personal, and tangible reach where digital Proudly Portugal asserts, on the one hand, that economic
is less effective. In particular, we will focus on advertising and
B ran de d S po n s o r - empowerment is a Human Right and an essential part of
Consistent with the objectives of EuroPride 2022 Portugal, press coverage in key European and international LGBTI media, co n te n t s h i ps LGBTI equality. On the other hand, it maintains that diversity
marketing and communications aim to: and by leading bloggers/vloggers, with particular emphasis on and inclusivity bring opportunities for all. It thus uses
reaching minorities within the larger LGBTI community. We will economic incentives to achieve social goals.
• Inform people about EuroPride 2022 Portugal with regard to represent EuroPride 2022 with delegations to EuroPride 2020 S o ci a l
the dates, events, travel and accommodation options, and key Thessaloniki, WorldPride+EuroGames 2021 Copenhagen, EPOA pla tfo r ms Proudly Portugal launched in 2019, financed by a grant
news about the preparations (e.g. high-profile speaker/performer AGMs, and major local Prides in each of the intervening years. from Portugal’s Ministry of Economy Secretary of State
appearances, etc.) Finally, EuroPride 2022 Portugal will feature prominently in the for Tourism, and implemented by Variações. This aligns
Proudly Portugal presence at LGBTI travel expos ITB Berlin, FITUR, E dito r ial Eve n ts the needs of EuroPride organisers and Portuguese LGBTI
• Inspire people to attend EuroPride 2022 Portugal with BTL Lisboa, IGLTA and others, and at events in Portugal, such as organizations with those of the Government to ensure buy-
information about EuroPride’s spirit of community, contribution, the Queer Film Festival in Lisbon and Porto, all local prides, Web A r t i cl es Tra de s h ows in across stakeholders and at all levels.
Summit and others. I n flue n ce r
and celebration, as well as about the opportunities visitors will Pho to es s ays S o c i a l eve n t s
have to express Pride and experience Portugal eve n ts
V i d eo s Exhibitions
• Initiate people’s engagement in support of EuroPride (viral
effects) with ways to participate in and contribute to the build-up
through interactivity (polls, games, contests) and user-generated
content
Communications will follow a digital-first, substance-first
approach, timed with the calendar of European and worldwide
LGBTI events from 2019 to 2022. Social platforms (Facebook,
Instagram, etc.) will serve for audience-capture and as interfaces to
disseminate news, information, entertainment and other content
34 35Beyond Proud
6 .PORTUGAL :
#1 IN LGBTI TRAVEL
The ultimate measure of Pride is its long-term impacts. The short-
term measure of Pride is size: how mass a statement it makes and
how many individual lives it lifts. Size is the product of substance
and style.
Renowned for its warm weather and warm welcome, Portugal is
among the 20 most visited countries in the world, receiving an
average of 13 million foreign tourists annually. Ranked among the
five most peaceful countries in the world, Portugal also tied for #1
on the 2019 Spartacus Gay Travel Index. Since five years, Portugal
consistently features among Top-10 destinations, on both pro-
fessional (Monocle, Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveller, etc.) and
user-generated (TripAdvisor, Airbnb, etc.) lists.
While the need for greater LGBTI social acceptance and legal
equality is acute, openness to foreigners and a culture of respect-
fulness mean that Portugal remains among the safest, most wel-
coming places for LGBTI travelers. Lisbon and Porto have dynamic,
visible LGBTI presence, and initiatives in smaller cities are multiply-
ing rapidly as evidenced by the local Prides and EPOA members
emerging in the last two years.
36 37Beyond Proud
AIR
GETTING THERE Lisbon and Porto are Portugal’s main airports and
international points of entry. They offer short- and medium-
Located in the southwest corner of Europe, Portugal haul non-stop service to most European cities on a wide
is no more than a medium-haul direct flight from any array of traditional and low-cost airlines, as well as direct
European country. At the same time, its location makes long-haul service to cities in Africa, the Americas and the
Portugal the closest European destination to much of the Middle East. Located mere minutes from their city centres,
Americas and Africa. Once arrived, Portugal’s small size they both feature easy and safe rapid-transit to downtown
and well-developed transportation systems make travel or to rail, road and sea hubs for onward travel.
within the country easy, quick and inexpensive.
ROAD & RAIL
Portugal boasts one of the world’s most modern and
OSLO
comprehensive transport networks. Congestion is rare
and distances short, allowing travelers either to move
STOCKHOLM MOSCOW easily along an itinerary or remain in one location with
DIRECT FLIGHTS day-trips nearby. Portugal’s main rail line runs north-south
connecting the major cities. High-speed tilt-technology
APROX. 1H APROX. 3H APROX. 4H APROX. 5H
trains make the run almost hourly, with First and Second
Madrid Amsterdan Athens Moscow
Classes, and on-board dining. Less expensive conventional
LONDON BERLIN
Rome Bucharest Tel Aviv trains run only slightly slower.
Valletta Oslo Belgrade AMSTERDAN
APROX. 2H PRAGUE
Budapest Sofia
Paris Prague Warsaw
Brussels Vienna Chisinau PARIS
Dublin Zagreb Riga
London Berlin Stockholm
Luxemburg Copenhagen Helsinki
Zurich Maspalomas Istanbul PORTO
Barcelona Kiev ROME
Cabo Verde
LISBOA
ATHENS
APROX. 7H APROX. 8H APROX. 9H APROX. 11H
New York Miami Sao Paulo Maputo
Toronto Doha/Dubai San Francisco
Luanda
Recife
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