Celebrating Pride 2024
We are delighted to continue our Dublin Pride sponsorship for a second year and have curated a programme for the month of June for those wanting to learn how to best support as an ally, celebrate the LGBTQ+ community or get more involved.
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Dublin's first-ever public Gay rights demonstration, which took place in June of 1974. Since then, Dublin Pride has evolved from a one-day event into one of the biggest LGBTQ+ festivals in the country, a month-long extravaganza of diversity, empowerment and fun where everyone is welcome. From gigs and walking tours to film screenings and the parade, Dublin Pride is celebrating 50 years in style. Because of the importance of these anniversaries, Dublin Pride has announced that the theme for 2024 is SHINE.
We have a few different initiatives this month to celebrate Pride.
LGBTQ+ Seminar with Laya Healthcare
Laya will hold an online seminar with a focus on effort, empathy, and dedication, which are key to creating a more inclusive community. It's important that people feel valued and that all voices are heard.
LGBTQ+ Workshops
As proud sponsors of Dublin Pride, we would like to invite everyone to:
Pride 101
This is a fun and interactive learning session with ShoutOut, a registered charity committed to improving life for LGBTQ+ people by sharing personal stories and running educational programmes, which offers a comprehensive overview of LGBTQ+ identity, terminology, and allyship. In this workshop we look at the history and meaning behind Pride and seek to capture why it is still such an important movement for LGBTQ+ communities in every corner of the world. Here, too, we’ll look at how we can play a meaningful role in the celebrations as allies, and how we can continue to use Pride as a springboard for change and progress. Everyone can learn something here!
LGBTQ+ On Demand Sessions
We have also partnered with Peptalk to bring our employees four incredible talks:
- ‘Celebrating Pride: Believe to Achieve’ with Stephanie Hirst – Award-Winning Radio Host.
- ‘How to be you’ with Jeffrey Marsh – LGBTQ+ Activist & Reporter.
- ‘Opening up the conversation’ with Ben Hunte – The BBC’s first LGBT Correspondent.
- ‘Pride: A personal perspective’ with Charlie Martin – Transgender Racing Driver.
Happy Pride from everyone in Forvis Mazars.