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Balkan Pride I

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:21:58 +0000

“Balkan Pride I” was a project whose main idea was to gather LGBTI organisations in the Balkan region and promote the idea of the Pride event and its potential for improving the livelihood of LGBTI population in this region. It included 3 capacity building activities and 1 international coordination meeting, aiming at making the partner and the associated organisations strong ... Read More

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No Man Is a Island

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:21:11 +0000

“No Man is an Island” was a project implemented by LGB Youth Support Group “COME OUT” from Novi Sad on 7-16 April 2014, in partnership with organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Ukraine. It’s main idea was to gather practitioners who are working with young LGBTI people in the field of psycho-social support, to exchange knowledge and create new, ... Read More

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World Volunteer Day

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 13:35:45 +0000

As a Member of ThessNetwork (Network of Volunteer Organisations in Thessaloniki), Thessaloniki Pride tagged along to celebrate the World Volunteer Day on 5 December 2022. The openair action that the members of ThessNetwork held at Aristotle Sq. included informing yougsters about voluteering opportunities, playing informative interactive games and cleaning street signs of historical and cultural interest in the center ... Read More

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QueerEurope2021

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:28:50 +0000

From 14 to 21 October 2021 we hosted in Thessaloniki the youth exchange of the project QueerEUrope 2021. We welcomed our partners from SVLS, Germany and Gruppo Giovani GLBTI, Italy, and spent a productive and exciting week. The project focused on contemporary issues affecting the LGBTI community, about sexism and other forms of discrimination, gender definitions and ... Read More

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Call for slogan proposals for the 9th Thessaloniki Pride

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:19:29 +0000

The topic For more than a year now our world has been going through a state of pandemic. For more than a year now, and while its effects are being more intense to the most vulnerable groups, we expect the desired “return to normality”, as it is continuously reiterated. But which normality do we want to return to? For most ... Read More

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EuroPride 2020 postponement

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:31:08 +0000

The board of Thessaloniki Pride has taken the difficult decision to postpone EuroPride 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. No new date has been set yet, but the board will continue to monitor the situation over the coming weeks and make a decision on a new date, as soon as it is practical to do so. Thessaloniki Pride continues ... Read More

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BDSM Party

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:41:19 +0000

We love all forms of sexual expression and celebrate it. Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sadism & Masochism. For you if the words ‘whip’, ‘collar‘,’ handcuffs‘,’ dungeon’ create other associations: wear your accessories and come without inhibitions

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Bears for Pride

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 12:45:54 +0000

Bears go proud, too. Thessaloniki’s bear scene is developing and Thessaloniki Pride is there. On Saturday, 30 March, bears and all other tribes go partying at Big Bar, the new gay hotspot of Thessaloniki. Music by DJ Boli. Surprise happenings, as well. Entrance is free.

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QueerEUrope 2018

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:36:20 +0000

The project focused on the general question about how gender definitions affect society, how they can provide privileges or can limit freedom and, how we can try to share those privileges in order to raise appreciation for diverse ways of life. It particularly explored and compared empowerment strategies for young LGBTI refugees and developed methods used for the work with ... Read More

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Slogan of the 6th Thessaloniki Pride

Thanos Vlachogiannis — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:44:45 +0000

We are proud to announce the slogan of the 6th Thessaloniki Pride: COME AS YOU ARE Come as you are without feeling ashamed of your sexual orientation, your gender expression or identiy, your sex characteristics or any other identity you might have. Come as you are to chant this slogan in the streets of Thessaloniki on 17 June ’17. Besides, ... Read More

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