{"id":5189,"date":"2016-06-25T11:49:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T09:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=5189"},"modified":"2018-06-22T18:29:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:29:14","slug":"madrid-pride-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrid-pride-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid Pride 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madrid Gay<\/strong> Pride<\/strong>, or Orgullo<\/a>, is one of the city’s most eagerly anticipated events. Heralding the true beginning of the summer, this enormous celebration is not only the largest Gay Pride<\/strong> event in Europe, it is the single largest annual gathering of people in Europe, with over 2 million people taking to the streets! \u00a0The success of Orgullo<\/strong> in Madrid is hardly surprising, after all, Madrid is one of the most of the most open, diverse, cosmopolitan,\u00a0and gay<\/strong>-friendly cities on the planet.<\/p>\n

\"Madrid_gay_pride_2016\"<\/a>As with similar events in other countries, Orgullo<\/strong> originated as a positive stance against discrimination against the LGBT<\/strong> community, to promote visibility, for self-affirmation, dignity, to build a sense of community, and celebrate sexual diversity in all its forms. \u00a0Despite the Catholic history of Spain, the Spanish people have embraced and supported the LGBT<\/strong> community like nowhere else. \u00a0So much so, that Orgullo<\/strong> has evolved into less and less of a gay<\/em> event<\/em>, but seems to be now about Madrilenos of any and every orientation and\u00a0persuasion, holding Europe’s biggest fiesta and having one big mixed party to celebrate life.<\/p>\n

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