ABOUT GLOBAL PRIDE
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on Pride organisations worldwide with hundreds of marches and events cancelled or postponed. Global Pride was established to provide an opportunity for the LGBTIQ+ community around the world to come together to celebrate diversity and equality during these challenging times.
Global Pride 2020 was launched on 1 April as a partnership between InterPride, the European Pride Organisers Association, and national Pride networks in several countries. It’s being led by a team of volunteers from every region of the world who are all committed to ensuring that everyone, everywhere, can take part in Pride this June. More details visit Global Pride 2020
LEAD ORGANISERS
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
- CSD Deutschland
- Fierté Canada Pride
- OLA – Orgullo Latin America
- Svenska Pride
- Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras*
- UK Pride Organisers Network
- US Association of Prides
* In the absence of a Pride network in the region, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras are coordinating the participation of Pride organisations in Asia Pacific and Oceania regions.
FUNDING FROM GLOBAL PRIDE
Proceeds from Global Pride have been regranted to support the Pride movement and Pride organizations worldwide. Pride organizations work on the front lines as beacons of hope and connectivity providing the world’s most vulnerable with human rights and social justice community-based support. The proceeds have been distributed into three areas:
- Relief fund: Pride organizations that are in financial distress due to COVID19
- Support fund: Organizations / groups / Pride organizations to support projects that empower LGBTQI+ communities or Pride events in underserved communities or regions
- Racial justice fund: Pride organizations with specific work that promotes change to end generations of inequities, racism, injustice, and systemic oppression
Pride organizations were able to apply for more than one fund, but were required to complete separate applications for each fund for which they were requesting support. Full details on the criteria and application process (now closed) can be found later on this page.
GRANT AWARDS
The following is the list of grants awarded by Global Pride. All amounts are shown in United States Dollars (USD).
RELIEF FUNDS
| Allied Rainbow Communities / Malta Pride | 1,000 | Malta |
| Arcigay Varese (Varese Pride) | 1,000 | Italy |
| Asociacion LGTB Arcoiris | 1,000 | Honduras |
| Asociación Silueta X | 1,000 | Ecuador |
| Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center | 1,000 | United States |
| Budapest Pride | 1,000 | Hungary |
| Cape Town Teen Pride | 1,000 | South Africa |
| Cathedral City LGBT Days | 1,000 | United States |
| Coeur Arc-en-ciel | 1,000 | Congo |
| Corporación Stonewall | 1,000 | Colombia |
| Ferndale Pride | 1,000 | United States |
| Gaborone Pride | 1,000 | Botswana |
| Gandhinagar Queer Pride | 1,000 | India |
| Gay Harmony | 1,000 | Hong Kong |
| Greater Palm Springs Pride | 1,000 | United States |
| Guadalajara Pride | 1,000 | Mexico |
| Health and Human Rights Cameroon | 1,000 | Cameroon |
| Pride in Hull | 1,000 | United Kingdom |
| ICS Center | 1,000 | Vietnam |
| Inclusive Bangladesh | 1,000 | Bangladesh |
| Institute of Equality (PL – Instytut Rownosci) | 1,000 | Poland |
| Instituto Amizade de Direitos Humanos, Cidadania e Sustentabilidade – Distrito Federal/Goiás | 1,000 | Brazil |
| Jeunes Feministes Engagees pour le Changement | 1,000 | Congo |
| Khumbulani Pride | 1,000 | South Africa |
| Kuchu Times Media | 1,000 | Uganda |
| Lancaster Pride Association | 1,000 | United States |
| Las Vegas Pride | 1,000 | United States |
| Le Girofard | 1,000 | France |
| Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana – LEGABIBO | 1,000 | Botswana |
| Marcha de la diversidad, Pride Costa Rica | 1,000 | Costa Rica |
| Phoenix Pride, Inc. | 1,000 | United States |
| Pretoria LGBTQI+ Gay Pride | 1,000 | South Africa |
| Pride St. Charles | 1,000 | United States |
| PRIDE SV – ELSALVADORG | 1,000 | El Salvador |
| Quimbanda Dudu | 1,000 | Brazil |
| Rain Arcigay Caserta onlus / Caserta Pride | 1,000 | Italy |
| Rainbow Mission Foundation (Budapest Pride) | 7,000 | Hungary |
| Salford Pride | 1,000 | United Kingdom |
| San Diego Pride | 1,000 | United States |
| Seoul Queer Culture Festival | 1,000 | Korea |
| South Central MInnesota Pride | 1,000 | United States |
| Spencer Pride, Inc. | 1,000 | United States |
| St. Louis Black Gay & Lesbian Pride Committee, Inc. | 1,000 | United States |
| Stichting Zwolle Pride | 1,000 | Netherlands |
| Thessaloniki Pride | 1,000 | Greece |
| Umbria Pride – Omphalos APS | 1,000 | Italy |
| União do Povo de Santa Edwiges | 1,000 | Brazil |
| United and Strong Inc | 1,000 | Saint Lucia |
| Visual Echoes for Human Rights Advocacy (VEHRA) | 1,000 | Uganda |
| West Pide | 1,000 | Sweden |
SUPPORT FUNDS
| Association des Femmes Egales | 1,000 | Congo |
| Association of LGBT and their friends Mozaika | 1,000 | Latvia |
| Ensemble Pour le Développement Durable et Inclusive au Burundi, EDDIB en Sigle | 1,000 | Burundi |
| Fierte Montpellier Pride | 1,000 | France |
| Kapul champions | 1,000 | Papua New Guinea |
| Le Girofard | 1,000 | France |
| Marcha de la diversidad, Pride Costa Rica | 1,000 | Costa Rica |
| Movimiento Somos | 1,000 | Venezuela |
| Rain Arcigay Caserta onlus/Caserta Pride | 1,000 | Italy |
| Rainbow Pride Foundation | 1,000 | Fiji |
| CSD Bielefeld | 1,000 | Germany |
| Service Workers In Group Foundation | 1,000 | Uganda |
| St. Louis Black Gay & Lesbian Pride Committee, Inc. | 1,000 | United States |
| United Prides of Africa | 1,000 | South Africa |
| Visual Echoes for Human Rights Advocacy (VEHRA) | 1,000 | Uganda |
RACIAL JUSTICE FUND
| Asociación Silueta X | 5,000 | Ecuador |
| Baham ARTS | 4,500 | France |
| ChillOut Daylesford Inc. | 5,000 | Australia |
| Diversity: Arts Music & Entertainment | 5,000 | Canada |
| Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) | 5,000 | Saint Lucia |
| Pride in Hull | 3,500 | United Kingdom |
| Inclusive Bangladesh | 1,000 | Bangladesh |
| Little Rock Black Pride | 5,000 | United States |
| METU LGBTI+ Solidarity | 10,000 | Turkey |
| OUT Reach Africa | 5,000 | South Africa |
| San Diego LGBT Pride | 5,000 | United States |
THANK YOU
Thank you to all our Global Pride viewers, performers, speakers, volunteers, sponsors, partners and all those who have donated to the Global Pride Relief Fund. We wish you all, each and every one of you, a Happy Global Pride!
Thanks to your support we have re-granted more than $100,000 to Pride and LGBTI+ organisations around the world, to help them survive the COVID19 pandemic and to fight for social and racial justice.
COVID19 RELIEF FUND
Fifty-percent of the proceeds from Global Pride were to be allocated to organizations in financial distress due to COVID19. The actual amount was determined in mid-August, prior to the committee meeting to disburse the funds.
Awards were for USD 1,000 and were designed to provide some financial relief to Pride organizations that have suffered a financial loss due to COVID19 because of canceling an event or loss of income. This support was not for programming or producing events.
Screening Sub-Committee
- Dave Wait, InterPride (USA)
- Steve Taylor, European Pride Organisers Association (Denmark)
- Ronald Zinke, CSD Deutschland (Germany)
- Linda DeMarco, InterPride (USA)
- Ron deHarte, US Association of Prides (USA)
SUPPORT FUND
Fifty-percent of the proceeds from Global Pride were to be allocated to the Support Fund. The sub-committee of this fund determined the amount for each purpose when they reviewed the applications. This fund was to support programming, producing events or racial justice activities.
Applications for these two funds had rolling deadlines of August 15 2020, September 15 2020 and October 15 2020. Applications are now closed and no further applications are accepted.
- Purpose 1: Organizations / groups / Pride organizations to support projects that empower LGBTQI+ communities or Pride events in underserved communities or regions.
- An initial award of USD900 will be issued when the application is approved, the remaining USD100 will be issued once a final report is received
- The activity must take place by October 31, 2021
- The final report is to consist of a one-page summary of the event and two photographs of the event. The final report is due within 60 days for the event
- Purpose 2: Pride organizations with specific work that promotes change to end inequities due to racism, injustice, and oppression. These awards will range between USD1,000 and USD10,000.
- The initial award will be for 90% of the grant, the remaining 10% will be issued once a final report is received
- The work must be completed by October 31, 2021
- The final report is to consist of a summary of the program, a financial report of the program, and two documents/pictures that shows the work taking place. The final report is due within 60 days of the work being completed.
A screening sub-committee consisting of individuals that served on the Global Pride Secretariat reviewed the applications. The goal was to have all of these funds awarded by November 15, 2020. The program or event must be completed by September 30, 2021.
Screening sub-committee
- Robyn Kennedy, InterPride (Australia)
- Jen LaBarbera, San Diego Pride (USA)
- Julian Sanjivan, InterPride (USA)
- J Andrew Baker, InterPride (Switzerland)
- Marsha H Levine, US Association of Prides (USA)
- Matthew Van As, InterPride (South Africa)
- Uwe Hörner, European Pride Organisers Association (Germany)
The committee agreed to use the InterPride definitions on what a Pride Organization and Pride event are, and the following is an extract from the InterPride Bylaws.
Pride Organization – An organization* that produces Pride Events as one of its major purposes or activities; and
- Operates in the manner of a Non-governmental organization (NGO); and
- Any profits of the organization must benefit the LGBTQIA+ communities.
*The organization may be either registered or unregistered with their local authority.
Pride Event – A parade, march, rally, festival, arts festival, cultural activity or other event/ activity, and is at least partially open to the general public, organized for people identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and/or other emerging sexual identities and promoting the visibility and/or validating the existence of those persons and commemorating the Stonewall Riots and/or a similar historic event/annual/periodic event and produced by a Pride Organization.