HAPPY PRIDE 2021!

Together Gibraltar celebrates PRIDE with the LGBTQ+ community, which has fought so hard for equality. We have moved in great strides over the last 10 years:

2012 - Equalisation of the age of consent

2013 - Anti-discrimination laws in all areas and hate-crime legislation

2014 - Adoption by same-sex couples

2014 - Recognition of Civil Partnerships by same-sex couples

2016 - Same-sex marriage

2017 - IVF treatment for lesbian couples

2019 - Removal of provision for conscientious objection by registrars for same-sex couples from the Marriage Act (Clause 6b)

2021 - Surrogacy bill

Same-sex marriage WITHOUT conditions (as fought for in Parliament by Marlene Hassan Nahon) was paramount to the normalisation of same-sex relationships and to increase visibility and acceptance. There is still work to be done regarding the trans community and to further education to do away with homophobia and transphobia.

Why do we need Pride? Heterosexuals are not discriminated against, oppressed, persecuted against for their sexuality anywhere in the world. While the LGBTQ+ community is now in a much better place than 10 years ago there are still reasons where real equality has not been reached - public displays of affection (such as holding hands), microagressions, discrimination or lack of acceptance in some family or friends circles as experienced by some.

There are also 69 countries or territories where being LGBQ+ is outlawed (almost half are Commonwealth territories) and in some, it is punishable by death. The day when the LGBTQ+ community can live without fear is when we will no longer need Pride.

Together Gibraltar always has and will always support our LGBTQ+ community - equality, diversity, inclusion and acceptance are part of our core values and are in our Party DNA.

List of countries where being LGTBQ+ is outlawed:

Afghanistan

Algeria

Antigua & Barbuda

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bhutan

Brunei

Burundi

Cameroon

Chad

Comoros

Cook Islands

Dominica

Egypt

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea

Guyana

Iran

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati

Kuwait

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Myanmar

Namibia

Nigeria

Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip)

Oman

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Qatar

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Uzbekistan

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe