MORE PRIDE. LESS PREJUDICE. Pride Month 2023 #humanrights LGTBIQ+ rights #Awareness

 

As Pride Month 2023 begins, we’re embarking upon a rainbow-coloured journey through the past, present and future of this important event and why we celebrate it today. OUR MOTTO: MORE PRIDE. LESS PREJUDICE. Our students are creating awareness posters because right now, at this very moment, as you read this text, around the world, people are under attack for who they are. Their poster are campaigns to protect and uphold the rights of LGBTI+ people, including their right to life, freedom and safety. 

According to Amnesty International, living as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGTBIQ+) person can be life-threatening in a number of countries across the globe. For those who do not live with a daily immediate risk to their life, discrimination on the basis of one’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression and sex characteristics, can have a devastating effect on physical, mental and emotional well-being for those forced to endure it.

Discrimination and violence against LGBTI+ people can come in many forms, from name-calling, bullying, harassment, and gender-based violence, to being denied a job or appropriate healthcare. Protests to uphold the rights of LGBTI people also face suppression across the globe. 

The range of unequal treatment faced is extensive and damaging and could be based on: your sexual orientation (who you’re attracted to) gender identity (how you self-identify, irrespective of the sex assigned at birth), gender expression (how you express your gender, for example through your clothing, hair or mannerisms), sex characteristics (for example, your genitals, chromosomes, reproductive organs, or hormone levels.)

It’s Pride season, a time of celebration and recognition for the LGTBIQ+ community. While we honour the progress made towards equality, the continued discrimination and violence experienced by the LGBTQ+ community is disheartening. 

ESO 1

IGNACIO MANUEL

DAVID MOLINA

ABRIL

IVAN SALCEDO 

ALEJANDRO MOLINA PEDROSA

JUAN CARLOS MARROYO

CARLOS PEDROSA

ÁLVARO GALÁN

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MARÍA GRANADO

CARLOTTA IGLESIAS

CLARA DURÁN

AMANDA

CARLA SALOMÉ BORRELLA

ELIA

IRENE BORREGO

ALEJANDRO QUINTANA

Carla Sánchez-Mora Merino 

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IRENE PRIETO

GONZALO GALLEGO

JORGE CUÑO

ÉRIKA ÁLVAREZ VILARINO

LEIRE GARCÍA GARCÍA

ELVIRA DAMAS

ELENA MARTÍN CAVA

MARINA ELVIRO

VERA 

NORA

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MARTA VICHO

NIEVES

ÁNGELA QUIJADA

GLORIA GONZÁLEZ

Last week marked seven years since the Pulse Night Club shooting in which 49 people were murdered as they peacefully joined together in community. Sadly, LGTBIQ+ students and young people also experience violence, even more so than their peers.