Prides Against Prejudice Conference

ORGANISING PRIDE IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
Friday 30 June 2006 - London

As part of EuroPride06 in London this June, a major conference that aims to support LGBT people in central and eastern Europe where many Gay Pride marches have been met with great hostility, usually from people with a faith-based or far right perspective, and often with the support of prominent politicians.

"The current extreme reaction to plans for a Pride march in Moscow in May is just the latest in a series of sometimes violent prejudice," said Stephen Coote, Chair of Pride London. " The aim is to build on the successes achieved so far by sharing the lessons gained and by exploring the ways that European institutions and international solidarity can contribute to further advances."

The conference on 30 June - the day before the EuroPride Parade in central London - will also share positive learning from the UK, with workshops on "Pride and policing" and "Pride and diversity". To make this know-how available to a wider audience a toolkit on organising Pride in a hostile environment will be published after the conference.

The conference is organised on behalf of EuroPride by Pride London, Amnesty International, the European Pride Organisers Association, and ILGA-Europe (the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association).

More information at www.pridelondon.org/conference