This year, Kyiv Pride has joined with Warsaw Pride in a joint March for Peace, uniting the LGBTQIA+ community in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. “For us in Warsaw Pride, community means standing up for others,” says Ms Julia Maciocha, chair of Warsaw Pride. “Community means making space for voices that are not heard enough. Community means marching side by side for safety and freedom of those who had it taken away.” Join this march, and experience the essence of Pride.

25 June; epoa.eu

New York is where the modern Gay Rights movement took hold. Fifty years on from the first march, New York Pride remains a vital expression of the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community. This year, the fortnight of cultural happenings includes Bliss Days, a celebration for LGBTQIA+ Womxn, Youth Pride and Broadway Sings, a theatrical performance celebrating Ms Taylor Swift. Proof then, be you womxn, teen or Swiftie, NYC Pride has something for you.

15-27 June; nycpride.org

Pride is a protest, designed to further LGBTQIA+ rights globally. Much has been achieved in the 50 years since Stonewall; this year, for example, Switzerland’s trans community has won the right to legal, gender self-identification. Zurich Pride 2022 reflects this spirit of self-determination, putting the demonstration’s agenda in the hands of the city’s trans community for the first time in its 27 years. The point: march with the community here, and you’re raising its voice.

18 June; zurichpridefestival.ch

Mr Russell T Davies’ Aids drama It’s A Sin was a cultural landmark, in part because of how far it resonated beyond the LGBTQIA+ community. The understanding that the community’s history is part of our wider story is also part of the ethos at Queer Britain, the first national LGBTQIA+ museum in the UK, which opened its doors in May this year. A landmark institution in ensuring that historically marginalised queer stories are not lost, Queer Britain also hopes to be essential for anyone seeking to understand our national identity, “helping complete the nation’s family tree”.

Now open; queerbritain.org.uk

Pride may simply look like one big street party. And in some respects, it is. One of the largest, Christopher Street Day in Berlin, is undoubtedly huge. But so is the festival’s list of demands for change. Pride, after all, is political and this year’s demonstration in the German capital comes with a lengthy call for action across all sectors of society from the workplace, education, social, medical, national and international spheres. The message: march with us and think big about the changes we can collectively make in the world.

July 21; csd-berlin.de

Taiwan has been on the vanguard of the gay rights movement in Asia, becoming the region’s first place to legalise same-sex marriage in 2019. Founded in 2003, and held on the last Saturday in October, Taipei hosts the biggest gay Pride parade in Asia and offers an open armed invite to the LGBTQIA+ community from neighbouring countries, where progress is slower. Go here to support this community and its LGBTQIA+ neighbours.

27-30 October; twpride.org

Mardis Gras 2022 may be but a sequinned memory, but there’s an opportunity to explore the city’s LGBTQIA+’s past at Queer Sydney’s Powerhouse Late x Vivid Ideas event in June. The multi-disciplinary experience takes the audience on a journey from the original Mardi Gras 78ers to now through a mix of talks on radical music to Sydney’s internationally acclaimed response to the HIV/Aids epidemic, plus a race through the archives and a drag fashion parade.

16 June; vividsydney.com

LGBTQIA+ cinema may be available on streaming services and occasionally, on at the local multiplex. But when it comes to telling stories that speak to the complexity of our experiences, our independent film festivals continue to do the heavy lifting. This year marks the 30th birthday of film fests in Dublin and Melbourne, while the longest-running Black LGBT festival, Black Alphabet in Cincinnati, is also back, with a screening of BLACK AS U R, a documentary exploring black queer experiences.

June 16; blackalphabet.org

September; gaze.ie

November; mqff.com.au

Pride is founded on inclusivity. If you prescribe to that ethos then Pride is for you, however you identify. One simple way of showing support and getting involved is by volunteering. Prides remain (largely) free, community events and organisers don’t ask questions about which letter of the alphabet you stand under, only if you are happy to lend a hand. San Francisco Pride is currently accepting volunteer applications.

23 June; sfpride.org

Clubs and bars, an integral part of LGBTQIA+ culture, are in danger of disappearing. In London alone, nearly 60 per cent of these spaces closed down in the last decade, because of – among other things – gentrification and the stay-at-home allure of dating apps. So, it is a cause for celebration when a new LGBTQIA+ space, such as Camp in Margate, opens. The event space, bar and karaoke booth has landed in the seaside town on the English south coast, just ahead of the Pride in August.

Now open; campmargate.com

This summer’s Pride events offer plenty of opportunities to see your favourite artists on the main stage but if you want the full festival experience, there is also a number of LGBTQIA+ one- to three-day musical festivals on the horizon. In July, Porto plays host to the LGBT+ music festival on the bank of the Douro in an all-inclusive celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community, featuring performances from Ms Iggy Azalea, Ms Bebe Rexha and Drag Race alumni Bimini.

1-3 July; lgbtmusicfestival.com

Since bars and clubs are LGBTQIA+ community spaces, drinking culture has gone hand in hand with a lot of our experiences. For those who do not want to mix the two, there are an increasing number of events such as The Dance On The River, a dance party on the Hudson River on the Sunday night of NYC Pride. It’s organised by Gay & Sober, a group dedicated to the party without the hangover. Equally refreshingly, this 600-strong event welcomes all sober men, women transgender, gender fluid, non-binary, queer, children (12+) and LGBTQ+ allies. All aboard.

26 June; gayandsober.org

Pride is an ambitious, ongoing project for a better future that doesn‘t leave anyone behind. If your to-do list includes fighting homophobia, transphobia and the patriarchy, then She Fest, part of San Diego Pride, is for you. A great example of inclusivity in action, She Fest is the work of a group of LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary folks, a woman-centred event, and dedicated to centring the diverse experiences of LGBTQ+ women and people who feel at home with “she”.

9 July; sdpride.org

That this summer’s poolside reading lists include best-selling LGBTQIA+ novels such as Mr Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo and Ms Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise is an illustration of the appetite for queer stories. Interested in reading more? LGBTQIA+ specific events, like Coast Is Queer, a literary festival on the English south coast this October, gives a platform to smaller names, newcomers and diverse perspectives that you might not see on the bestsellers’ list… just yet.

October; coastisqueer.com

Global Black Pride gathers together Black LGBTQIA+ communities in Toronto to celebrate their culture, diversity and provide a space for activists and community-based organisations across the globe to engage and reflect. Once the talking’s done, it’s time to fly your flag at Blockobana, the closing party of the weekend and a music and arts Festival organised by Blackness Yes! It’s obviously a big yes from us.

28-31 July; globalblackpride.org