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The parade is 1,3 miles long (2,1 kms.) and it's all along the Copacabana Beach. Have fun with the many shows put on by DJ’s, Drag Queens and their carnival-like outfits, music concerts and much more.Arrive early and enjoy the beach while warming up. Even though the meeting point is at 1 PM, the parade doesn’t start to move before 2 or 3 PM. The parade will take place at the Avenida Atlantica along Copacabana Beach and will end at Posto 2, in the proximities of the famed Copacabana Palace Hotel. It's right in the confluence of Ipanema and Copacabana. The meeting point is at the Posto 5 which is located near the Forte de Copacabana, or if your not familiar with it, close to the Rio Sofitel Hotel. The event is known to bring big tourism dollars to the city with projected earnings of US$ 50 million in revenue, according to Brazilian tourism authorities. The event is the third most important in the city's calendar, after New Year's and Carnival. Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's most beautiful city and South America’s most visited by gay tourists. In 2010, 1,5 million people attended the 15th annual Rio de Janeiro Gay Pride Parade. Stay tuned.Īs one can imagine, the march is the event’s main activity and the one the draws the biggest attention to the press, the Brazilian authorities as well as to the hundreds of thousands of curious people that align themselves along the parade’s route. This year, there will be a couple of after parade parties to choose from. The city will be packed with folks from all over the country, including Sao Paulo, Florianopolis, Belo Horizonte and the northeastern cities of Recife, Salvador and Fortaleza. So you would expect that the people would go home when it's over to work the following day. The 2016 Rio Gay Pride Parade falls on a Sunday. Next year’s London Pride event will be held on July 1.Posto 5 - near the Forte de Copacabana where Ipanema meets Copacabana.Ģ016 Rio de Janeiro Gay Pride Parade on the Map The company also achieved a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation 2015 Corporate Equality Index – for the ninth consecutive year – and is a Stonewall Diversity Champion. In 1993, it was one of the first companies in the world to offer employee benefits to same-sex domestic partners.
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Microsoft has been a pioneer in workplace diversity. This year there were more than 60 Pride events held across the UK, in addition to 27 other Pride festivals and events worldwide which Microsoft participated in. In 2015, Microsoft staff and their friends joined the parade in London, which saw a total of 30,000 people take part, who were watched by 500,000 spectators – the event’s biggest ever turn-out until 2016. Michel Van der Bel, managing director of Microsoft UK, said: “Microsoft is really excited to be part of London’s biggest Pride parade. It’s great to support events like Pride with customers, partners, friends and family, to help everyone achieve more through their unique values.” Microsoft’s employees got into the spirit early with photo session at the company’s offices in Reading and Paddington, London. The official Pride after-party then got under way at Electric Brixton. Theresa McHenry, Microsoft UK Senior HR Director, discusses the importance of diversity in the workplace and supporting the LGBT community
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This was followed by performances and speeches in Trafalgar Square until 8pm, featuring finalists from the Pride’s Got Talent competition and the Red Arrows. This year’s London Pride parade started in Portland Place at 1pm before taking in Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, Lower Regent Street, Pall Mall and Trafalgar Square, before ending in Whitehall at 4:30pm (see below). Our aim is to raise awareness that there is still a lot of work to be done towards equality.” Maria Alexandra Ilie, who is leading Microsoft’s straight allies initiative for GLEAM, said: “Celebrating Pride is a crucial milestone for Microsoft each year, as we strive to create a welcoming work environment and to empower every individual on the planet to achieve more. Under the motto of “be yourself with a smile”, GLEAM – Microsoft’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employee resource group – attended the event in the capital with branded T-shirts, badges and vuvuzelas. More than a million people watched 40,000 people take part in the parade on June 25, and 150 Microsoft staff joined them. Microsoft revealed its biggest ever turnout at a record-breaking Pride Festival in London.