Barcelona will host World Pride 2030 from June 28 to July 28 of that year. The mayor, Jaume Collboni, states that the city is at the service of countries where the LGBTQIA+ community cannot express itself.
The city has been chosen to host the World Pride 2030, an international event that will take place from June 28 to July 28, 2030. The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, celebrated the designation at a press conference alongside the Minister of Equality and Feminism, Eva Menor.
Collboni insists that the candidacy does not aim to present the capital as a model of success. According to the mayor, the city wants to be at the service of groups that face the most pressure in their countries to express themselves, and who still cannot celebrate Pride.
“We did not want to sell a destination, we did not want to sell how well we are here, we did not want to set ourselves as an example, we have put ourselves at the service of those who are in this fight more harshly.”
Eva Menor highlighted that the event comes at a “very timely” moment, when, in her words, it is necessary to defend rights and freedoms more than ever. The minister pointed out that the designation of Barcelona and Catalonia represents a statement of intent against the reactionary wave that, according to her, is advancing in other places.
From the organization, the president of Pride Barcelona, Ferran Poca, spoke of a historic day. He explained that the city received 84% of the support against 686 Prides from around the world that were competing for the venue.
“It is a triumph of the candidacy. We have presented a political, reivindicative project for human rights, organized from activism.”
The vice president of Pride Barcelona, Maria Giralt, announced that the event will serve as a platform for communities around the globe. She defined it as a World Pride “for the world, not for the city,” and called on civil society to support those communities in preparing for the event.
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