Year: 2025
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Engaging the Community – LGBTQIA+ City Makers Wanted!
Seeking to foster a truly inclusive and dynamic urban environment, the City of Bruges launched the Queer City Makers Participation Moment. This initiative serves as a crucial good practice in community engagement, specifically targeting local LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies. The goal is to move beyond traditional consultations and actively invite community members to become co-creators…
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Bruges Pride Parade
The Bruges Pride Parade is a vibrant and inclusive celebration that brings a powerful message of diversity, equality, and community to the heart of this historic city. This annual event is a collective effort, organized by local LGBTQIA+ groups and allies, with the clear goal of promoting acceptance and love. The day features a colorful…
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Employability and Social Inclusion
The City of São Paulo, through its LGBTI Policy Coordination Office, promotes initiatives that combine employability, citizenship, and social inclusion. The “Employability Task Forces” connect LGBTI+ individuals with private sector companies, offering career guidance, training, and referrals to affirmative action job openings. The “Transcidadania Program” guarantees educational training, professional qualification, and comprehensive support for the…
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Replacement of information plaques to prevent discrimination in México City
As part of LGTIQ+ Pride Month, COPRED, in collaboration with the Secretariat of Economic Development and the Administrative Verification Institute of Mexico City, announced the new Non-Discrimination Placard that must be displayed by commercial establishments in Mexico City. The sign indicates that DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT on the basis of gender identity, sexual…
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Creation of the Unit for Attention to Sexual Diversity in Mexico City (UNADIS)
México City has agreements, legal provisions, and institutions for the implementation of actions in favour of people of sexual and gender diversity. In 2021, the Law for the Recognition and Care of LGBTTTI+ Persons in México City was published, which stipulates that the city’s executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as the local governments…
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Supporting Artistic Projects that Make LGBTQ2IA+ Realities Visible
The City of Montréal supports community organizations to foster artistic projects that highlight the diversity of sexual and gender identities through an intersectional lens. Recent initiatives include: Keeping Our Memories Alive, an exhibition by the Quebec Lesbian Archives with support from the MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises, documenting decades of activism, community building and…
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Inclusive Facilities : Universal Change Rooms and Washrooms
The City of Montréal is introducing universal change rooms and washrooms across its facilities to promote safe, respectful, and inclusive access for all — including families, groups, trans and non-binary individuals, people with disabilities, and their accompanying persons. Too often, trans and non-binary individuals experience anxiety, discrimination, harassment, or denial of entry in gendered changing…
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March 31 : A Day to Reaffirm the Rights of Trans People
On March 31, 2025, the City of Montréal raised the Trans Pride flag at City Hall to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility. The ceremony, accompanied by an official resolution adopted at the March 17 City Council meeting, marked the City’s first formal declaration dedicated to this important day. Through this declaration, Montréal reaffirms…
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“Making Elder LGBTQ+ Lives Visible” Online Exhibition and Event Series
Since Taiwan’s legalization of same-sex marriage on May 24, 2019, significant progress has been made in marriage and family rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. However, the needs and experiences of older LGBTQ+ people remain underrepresented. Facing challenges such as invisibility, lack of support, and unfriendly services, they require more inclusive aging and care policies. In 2025,…
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Annual Queer New Year’s Reception – Fostering Visibility and Connection
The queer employee network QUEER² of the City of Mannheim hosts an annual New Year’s Reception to bring together queer staff members and allies, strengthen the visibility of queer perspectives, and celebrate diversity within the organisation. The event begins with welcome addresses from senior management and staff representatives, highlighting the importance of inclusion, respect, and…