Pride 2018 – United4Love
Trinidad and Tobago's very first Pride celebration
Early Pride
For over two decades, brave and pioneering groups and individuals have celebrated LGBTI+ Pride in Trinidad & Tobago by hosting a series of related community events and productions. In 2018, once again a diverse cross-section of interested persons, NGOs, CBOs and other parties unified, only this time under the banner of “The Trinidad & Tobago Pride Arts Festival“.
The First Parade
After a month of diverse events, organized by community leaders and PrideTT affiliates, Trinidad and Tobago’s first pride culminated in a Pride Parade alongside a Pride Fair at Queen’s Park Savannah on July 28th, 2018. Hundreds paraded through the streets of Port-of-Spain to celebrate love and acceptance. TT Pride 2018 was an opportunity for the LGBT+ community and all its allies to “unite for love”, to celebrate the successes and recommit for the struggle that lies ahead.
Proud participants in T&T's first ever Pride March
The Chairman's Words
While members of the LGBT+ community still face discrimination, lack of access to fundamental rights, and hate, there is still much for them to be proud of. They continue to contribute to national development of our ‘rainbow nation’, as they have always done, not only in stereotypical roles as stylists, artisans, decorators and performers but indeed in all areas of society. Many have been awarded and recognized for their efforts at national and international levels.
TT Pride 2018 is an opportunity for the LGBT+ community and all our allies to “unite for love” – which is needed ever more in our nation today – to celebrate the successes and recommit for the struggle that lies ahead. The Festival Committee and the wider LGBT+ community must be commended for demonstrating the benefits that can redound from working together for positive change!
We call upon all of T&T to ‘stand with us’ side by side as we move Iere (land of the hummingbird) forward.
Media & Reports
See the media section for downloads, including the yearly report for insights.
Members Part of Pride 2018
RuD H
Co-chair
Terry-Ann Roy
Member
Gaynor De Gaye Foster
Member
Johannah-Rae Reyes
Member
Aaron P
Member
Fabrice Francois
Member
Michael Francis James
Member
Cherisse Lauren Berkeley
Member
Josh Ryan
Director
Jay Pierre-Smith
Member
Chivaughn C
Member
Kennedy Everett Maraj
Co-Chair
