Prime Minister Trudeau to Speak at Global Pride 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be speaking at Global Pride 2020 Event on June 27. Global Pride will be streamed on its website and via YouTube, with more streaming partners being added.

Trudeau is known for being the first sitting Canadian Prime Minister to march in a Pride Parade and raised the Pride Flag on Parliament Hill for the first time. “We are proud to have Prime Minister Trudeau join us for Global Pride 2020,” The organizers shared on Face Book.

Some of the other prominent personalities who will be speaking at the Global Pride 2020

Nancy Pelosi – The 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States

For the past 31 years, Nancy Pelosi has tirelessly served California’s 12th District, San Francisco; and indeed all United States citizens, since making HER story as the first woman Speaker elected in 2007. A keen advocate and true ally, Congresswoman Pelosi has been a champion of equal rights – supporting the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in 2010 and the Same-Sex Marriage Bill.

Joe Biden – The Democrats Presidential Candidate, United States

Joe Biden served as the 47^th Vice President of the United States of America (2009 to 2017). During the Obama-Biden Administration, the United States made historic strides toward LGBTI+ equality with the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Biden’s historic declaration in support of marriage equality on Meet the Press in 2012

Leo Varadkar – Irish Taoiseach of Indian Heritage

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is Ireland’s first openly gay head of government and the first Taoiseach of Indian heritage.

“It’s not something that defines me. I’m not a half-Indian politician, or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter. It’s just part of who I am. It doesn’t define me.” Varadkar

Global Pride will be revealing more artists and speakers in coming days.